FREE - aemi: online skills sharing event with filmmakers Ross McClean & Michael Higgins

This online event aimed at film artists, offers practical skills sharing and information delivered by practitioners working in the field.

ONLINE SKILLS SHARING EVENT:

SESSION 1 @ 2pm: with Ross McClean

Ross will introduce and give an overview of his film practice while also focusing on workflow when making and planning film projects. Ross will also advise on how best to manage multiple projects and partners at once. Ross will also discuss his approach to festival strategies and how to productively navigate the festival circuit. 

Ross McClean is a filmmaker from Belfast. His most recent film, No Mean City (2025), premiered at Visions du Réel, won a Golden Frog for Best Short Documentary at Camerimage, Best Director at CIFF, and Best British/Irish Short Film at Leeds and Docs Ireland. It has also been nominated for an IFTA award.

SESSION 2 @ 3.30pm: with Michael Higgins

Michael will introduce and give an overview of his film practice while also focusing on the more technical side of best practices when it comes to getting a film project completed. There will be particular emphasis on technical planning and ensuring deliverables meet necessary requirements touching on accessibility, DCP creation, file formatting and colour grading.

Michael Higgins is a filmmaker living and working in Kilkenny Ireland. Michael is interested in using the filmmaking process to rupture the reality of the everyday, skewing documentary and fiction in order to highlight alternative ways of seeing and experiencing.