Opportunity: applications open for aemi’s ‘Developing Your Practice as a Film Artist’ programme 2026-2027
Applications are now open for aemi’s year-long artist development programme:
‘Developing Your Practice as a Film Artist’
This programme is designed to provide a group of nine Irish or Ireland-based film artists with a career support network to draw from across twelve months to enhance the creative development and audience reach of a single project. Central to the programme is the opportunity to participate in aemi’s Rough Cut development workshops through which filmmakers share works in progress with an invited audience of peers and arts professionals including film festival programmers, producers and critics.
This programme is focused exclusively on the development of film projects designed specifically for cinema and film festival audiences.
Applicants must be from or resident in Ireland.
Our goals with the programme are:
– To assist you to navigate the film artist landscape by offering project focused development
– To support you with film festival & exhibition strategy
– To broaden your network and community
-To help you identify and secure mentorship opportunities for career development and advancement.
-To help you to foster and build confidence in your practice
-To help you to expand the scope of your practice through critical engagement with your work in supportive environments.
DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE AS A FILM ARTIST gives applicants access to:
-aemi Rough Cut Project Development Workshops
-Individuated aemi Mentorship
-Access to workshops, masterclasses, and information sessions
-peer to peer support across the year of the programme
Up to 9 artists will be selected to take part in this year long programme.
Programme meetings and Rough Cut events typically take place in Dublin and so we ask applicants to please consider these travel and potential accommodation costs before joining the course.
This opportunity is open to everyone. While applicants have typically attended a one-to-one aemi Artist Support Session in the past, having met with us previously is not a requirement and will not affect the evaluation of your application.
Interested applicants should email info@aemi.ie with a completed Application-Form 2026 by end of day Friday 26th June.
aemi will accommodate adjustments requested during the application period and can accept an audio or video recording as equivalent to the written application form.
If you have any access needs that you would like to discuss with us please email info@aemi.ie before applying and please also allow ample time for us to support you ahead of the deadline on Friday 26th June.
We actively invite filmmakers and artists who identify as being from underrepresented or marginalised communities to participate in this programme. Particular consideration will be given to recent migrants and to those filmmakers and artists falling under the protected grounds of the Equal Status Act laid out by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. As part of aemi’s EDI strategy, we particularly encourage applications from people from the Global Majority (global majority refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and/or have been referred to as “ethnic minorities”); Disabled people; and others who have experienced barriers or discrimination at work.