DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY 7TH OCTOBER, 5:00PM
Date: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019
Duration: Two weekends (2nd – 3rd November and 7th – 8th December 2019)
Venue: Dublin
Cost: €0
Course Profile:
X-POLLINATOR is a cross-disciplinary professional development and networking initiative for female talent. We are seeking up to 150 participants from various disciplines of film, theatre, performance, literature, comedy and visual art including both emerging and established female creative talent. The programme takes place over two weekends (2-3 November and 7-8 December 2019) and aims to inspire collaboration and facilitate the forging of new creative teams and partnerships to foster the creation, development and production of new work for the screen. The initiative will also cover the business and practical side of creative screen content and navigating the audio-visual industry.
This new initiative seeks to be a rapid intervention to address the gender imbalance in the audio-visual industry while encouraging the cross-pollination of ideas and collaborative practices between art forms and creative disciplines outside of the audio-visual sector.
Taking inspiration from previous initiatives such as Catalyst and POV, X-POLLINATOR will consist of a wide, carefully curated programme of talks, masterclasses, panel discussions, break-out sessions and keynote speeches from esteemed speakers and practitioners, sharing their approach and experiences to inspire and inform participants over the two weekends. The initiative will also provide crucial facilitated networking opportunities to make connections between participants and build the female creative teams of the future.
The first wave of speakers will be announced shortly.
The programme is funded by the BAI, Screen Skills Ireland, Screen Ireland and Creative Europe Desk Ireland in association with and hosted by The Lir Academy.
Participant Profile:
Female writers, directors and producers working in film, TV, commercials, online content, games, animation, documentary, theatre, comedy, performance, visual arts using film/video, and writers with at least one credit including journalists, literature, comedy, drama, and advertising copy who want to make work for the screen.
Female practitioners in other roles (e.g. cinematographer, actor, assistant directors etc.) who are interested in moving into writing or directing work for the screen.
Male producers across all disciplines and with a range of experience are also strongly encouraged to apply.
You must have at least one professionally produced piece of work either in film, TV, animation, radio, theatre, visual art, dance, literature, journalism, comedy or other related forms.
You must be available to attend both weekends.
For further queries on the initiative, please contact us at info.xpollinator@gmail.com
X-POLLINATOR is supported by BAI, Screen Skills Ireland, Screen Ireland and Creative Europe Desk Ireland and is presented in association with The Lir Academy.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MONDAY 7TH OCTOBER, 5:00PM
X-POLLINATOR, 95 Haddington Road, Dublin 4