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The lens turns to Belfast

A city built on story. Driven by creativity.

And captured – in every frame.

The Belfast Media Festival is a hub for inspiration, imagination and innovation. It’s a place to make new partnerships, rekindle old connections and discover new outlets for creative ideas.

Last year we had over 40 brilliant speakers, including Tim Davie, Screenwriter Ronan Bennett, Rich Peppiatt, Sara Kosek, Jo Street, Steve Lyle to name just a few. At past festivals we have also had the pleasure of hosting Kenneth Branagh, Jon Ronson, Ian Katz; Charlotte Moore; TV presenter Sarah Greene; Filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson; Oscar winner Ross White; Director and writer Stacey Gregg; Wayne Garvie (Sony Chief Creative Officer) and Greg Spence (Game of Thrones producer) Derry Girls showrunner Lisa McKee and actress Saoirse-Monica Jackson ,the team behind the multi award-winning Blue Lights, as well as commissioners and executives from Disney EMEA+, Amazon, Netflix, BBC ,RTE, HBO, Channel 4, ITV, TG4, Virgin Media, TikTok and many more.

The Belfast Media Festival is returning to The MAC for its sixteenth year on November 11th – 13th, 2025.

HIGHLIGHTS

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Locally Raised, Globally Ambitious

November 12 . 2:00pm

So You're Going To Die - Screening and Q&A

November 13 . 4:30pm

BMF Keynote: John McVey

November 13 . 3:00pm

Reimagining the Titanic: innovation in historical documentary storytelling

November 12 . 10:00am

Insiders: The TV Podcast - Live Recording

November 12 . 12:30pm

BMF Keynote: Patrick Holland

November 12 . 10:30am

The State of Us : Live Podcast Recording

November 11 . 11:00am

Open Sesame! Cracking the access code in documentary

November 11 . 3:30pm

Meet The Disney Commissioners

November 11 . 10:00am

SPEAKERS

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John McVay

CEO, PACT

Jimmy Mulville

Co-founder, Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions.

Nelesh Dhand

Manager, Original Documentary Series, Netflix

Sarah Joyce

Screen Skills, Head of Unscripted and Children’s TV

Rob Lewis

CEO of FastStream Interactive

Jo Meek

Content Director, Audio Always

Ben Zand

Filmmaker, Journalist, Zandland

Sinead Rocks

Managing Director, Nations & Regions

Patrick Holland

CEO and Executive Chair Banijay UK

Gary Penn

Creative Director, Denki; former Creative Director, Grand Theft Auto 1 & 2

Gaby Aung

Senior Manager, Unscripted, Disney+ EMEA

Shaminder Nahal

Head of Specialist Factual, Channel 4

Jason Tammemagi

Creative Producer, Cartoon Saloon

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Belfast Media Festival is free to attend. We have a limited number of tickets- please book early to ensure your attendance

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