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Bridging the Border: The State of Games Funding across Ireland

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TIME & LOCATION

Thursday 13 November, 10:00 am

End Time: 11:00 am

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Join IMIRT and leading developers to explore how games studios across the island have navigated funding, from early challenges to emerging supports in both the North and South. This panel examines what’s working now, where the gaps remain and how future funding could strengthen cross-border collaboration and sustainability for Ireland’s growing games industry.

 

Chair

Leela Collins (IMIRT)

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Panel

Llaura McGee

Dreamfeel
DREAMFEEL is a game studio run by multi-award winning Irish artist, designer and video game maker Llaura McGee. Best known for 'CURTAIN', the story of a destructive relationship between two queer women in a Glasgow punk band. In 2015 'CURTAIN' won AMaze Berlin's Grand Prize and the Writers Guild of Ireland's Best Game Script. In 2016 DREAMFEEL won three awards and a commendation in the Irish Design Awards including Emerging Talent and the overall Grand Prix for 'If Found...'.In 2017 Llaura was chosen as one of 'The Irish Times' Ones to Watch'.

Treasa McCabe

Spooky Doorway
Treasa studied engineering at Trinity College and worked in fintech for a number of years before co-founding Spooky Doorway in 2015 where she no longer uses anything she learned at college.

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Christina Logan

Crybaby Studio
Christina has been an avid advocate for worker’s rights for over 5 years and a passionate speaker on EDI in the UK Game Industry. She is the current Vice-Chair for the IWGB Game Workers as well as running her own independent game studio in Northern Ireland.

Benjamin Donoghue

Blackstaff Games