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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.

After two years without a live event, our return in 2022 yielded our largest turnout ever: across two days, the festival offered the knowledge and opinions of 40 brilliant speakers to over 1000 registered delegates, including students, freelancers, indies, broadcasters, commissioners, developers, producers, writers and famous faces. The festival audience is dominated by local attendees, with special guests from the UK, Ireland, Europe and beyond.

HIGHLIGHTS 2024

Indigenous Stories for Modern Audiences; Lí Ban.

November 13 . 12:45am

Bridging the Atlantic: What’s working and why in the US non-scripted sector this year

November 14 . 4:00pm

Artificial Intelligence and Production

November 14 . 4:30pm

Funboys: The Making Of A BBC Network Comedy

November 13 . 12:00pm

Are You Being Heard: Women's Voices in Local Media

November 24 . 11:15am

The TV Producer's Guide to Podcasts

November 14 . 3:00pm

Opening Keynote: Ronan Bennett

November 13 . 10:00am

The RTSNI Dan Gilbert Lecture: Tim Davie

November 14 . 3:00pm

Kneecap: A Case Study

November 14 . 1:30pm

Public Service Broadcasting in Northern Ireland: Contemporary Conditions and Future Challenges

November 13 . 2:15pm

SPEAKERS 2024

Ronan Bennett

Writer & Author

Tim Davie

Director-General, BBC

Hilary Rosen

Director of Commissioning, UKTV

Rich Peppiatt

Writer, Director, Kneecap

Sara Kosek

Television industry leader and innovator

Shaminder Nahal

Head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4. 

Juliet Martin

Music Supervisor and founder Silverstream Music

Muslim Alim

BBC Daytime & Early Peak

Rob Unsworth

Head of Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning, BBC

Anna Hall

Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Candour Films

Jo Street

Director of Commissioning for Nations & Regions and Head of Lifestyle, Channel 4

Steve Lyle

Head of Football, BBC Sport

Nicole Logan

Executive Producer (Development) - Goalhanger

Susan Kirby

CEO, Screen Producers Ireland

Ben McGrath

Executive Producer, Head of Drama for Three River Fiction.

Edward Lindeman

Head of Publishers, TikTok UK, Ireland & Nordics

HIGHLIGHTS 2023

In Conversation with...Channel 4

November 15 . 10:15am

THE DAN GILBERT LECTURE: CHARLOTTE MOORE

November 15 . 3:45pm

FILMMAKER'S PANEL : THE GREEN WAVE

November 16 . 3:00pm

WHOSE PLATFORM IS IT ANYWAY?

November 15 . 3:30pm

BLUE LIGHTS: UNDER THE BONNET OF THE HIT DRAMA

November 16 . 11:45am

PODCASTS: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH, ONE EPISODE AT A TIME

November 16 . 10:00am

SPEAKERS 2023

Jon Ronson

Journalist, author, and filmmaker

Ian Katz

Chief Content Officer - Channel 4

Charlotte Moore

Chief Content Officer - BBC

Kathryn Ferguson

Filmmaker - Director - "Nothing Compares"

Cimran Shah

Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

Ross White

Filmmaker - Director "An Irish Goodbye"