This event took place on Thursday 30th May 2019.

TICKETS:
Morning session – €5.50
Afternoon session – €5.50 
Full day – €8.50
IFI Café Bar Special Lunch Deal Soup & Sandwich €7.95  

IFI Spotlight 2019, now in its seventh year, presents a day of panel discussions, presentations and interviews gauging the current
health of the Irish film and television industry. Filmmakers, funders, exhibitors, distributors and academics join us in reviewing the Irish film and television output of the last 12 months, and look at burning issues facing the industry. We believe that an annual process of considered reflection and review is essential for the development of a healthy Irish film culture, an informed production community and a cine-literate audience body. The day provides an invaluable tool for considered consumption by students, practitioners and general audiences.

COPING WITH CO-PRODUCTION (14.00)
A timely investigation of Irish co-production practice providing an overview of international co-production opportunities for Irish producers; inward production of major TV dramas; extension of Section 481; cultural viability of international co-productions. A range of
panellists representing sectoral interest will include Siún Ni Raghallaigh, CEO at Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios; David Collins, Managing Director, Samson Films; Samantha Perahia MBE, Head of Production UK, British Film Commission; Steven Davenport, Inward
Production Manager, Screen Ireland; and Fionán Higgins, Senior Supervisor, Windmill Lane. The panel will be chaired by Niall Murphy of Scannáin.

EXIT INTERVIEW: JAMES HICKEY IN CONVERSATION (15.00)
James Hickey will soon step down from his eight-year stewardship of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. In conversation with Hugh Linehan, Arts and Culture Editor of The Irish Times, he will reflect on his tenure – on Screen Ireland’s contribution to the growth of the Irish film industry over the past ten years; the ongoing battle for retention of industry tax incentives; the highlights of his time at the helm and the areas he wasn’t able to develop as he would have hoped; and where he thinks the future focus of Screen Ireland
needs to be as a new era dawns.

WRAP UP (15.45)