Audio recording of the Arts Council Film Funding Clinic & Career Interview with film artist Tadhg O’Sullivan, hosted by AEMI

Published date: 07 Feb 2023

Audio recording of the Arts Council Film Funding Clinic & Career Interview with film artist Tadhg O’Sullivan, hosted by AEMI, on January 20th 2023 at Goethe-Institut, Dublin

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Free in-person presentation from the Arts Council on funding opportunities for film artists and career interview with filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan at the Goethe-Institut Ireland which took place from 12pm to 3pm on Friday January 20th 2023.

This free event gave invaluable insight into the Arts Council’s funding opportunities for film artists as well as a personal account from Tadhg O’Sullivan on how Arts Council support has enabled him to develop his career as a film artist.

Designed to provide film artists with comprehensive information about funding, this event hosted by aemi began with a presentation from Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film and Architecture at the Arts Council, on the funding opportunities offered by the Arts Council to support film artists. This was followed by a career interview with internationally acclaimed Irish film artist Tadhg O’Sullivan about the dynamic and significant role that mentorship, collaboration and Arts Council funding has played in the development of his career.

Biography, Tadhg O’Sullivan
Tadhg O’Sullivan is a film-maker, sound artist and writer. His films include the features To the Moon, The Great Wall, Yximalloo and the upcoming The Waves, The Sea. He has made numerous short films, moving-image works and radio programmes, including the on-going series for Lyric FM The Cloud of Unknowing. Alongside from his own practice he has collaborated widely with other artists and film-makers, as editor, sound designer, and most recently, as producer. In 2021 he was the Arts Council Film Artist in Residence at UCC. He is on the boards of Visual in Carlow and the Irish Film Institute.

 

 




Images:

An Arts Council of Ireland Funding Clinic at Goethe Institute, Dublin, Ireland. A room full of people seated with their backs to the camera. To the left in the foreground there is a modern television standing. In the centre of the image in the foreground are two men and one woman who are leading the public discussion. There is a large window behind them.

Filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan, with AEMI co-directors Alice Butler and Daniel Fitzpatrick.

A photo of an Interview with film artist Tadhg O’Sullivan. He is seated and turned slightly away from the camera to his right. He is speaking into a microphone, which he holds in his right hand, and is gesturing with his left hand. He has light skin, dark hair, a dark beard, and wears a dark blue wollen jumper. He is cropped out of the image from the waist down. There is a cream wall behind him and a large window behind him to his right.

Career interview with filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan.

Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film and Architecture at the Arts Council of Ireland, is presenting an information session. She is standing in front of a microphone in the background of the image. There is a large modern television to her right, which displays her presentation. She has light skin, medium length dark hair, and wears black clothing. In the foreground there is a full room of audience members seated and observing her presentation, with their backs to the camera.

A presentation from Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film and Architecture at the Arts Council.



Supporting and Exhibiting Artists' and Experimental Moving Image in association with LUX, the Irish Film Institute and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Supported by the Arts Council.