PAST EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
2023
2022
2019
2023
2022
2019
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 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"
EVENTS 2023
10:05am
spotlight
In Conversation with ....Channel 4
Downstairs Theatre
10:05am
spotlight
In Conversation with ....Channel 4
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
26
Social Media For The Screen Industry
The Factory
10:00am
26
Social Media For The Screen Industry
The Factory
11:30am
26
Ní bac ach bua / The Rise Of Irish Language Drama
The Factory
11:30am
26
Ní bac ach bua / The Rise Of Irish Language Drama
The Factory
11:00am
conversation
Creative Chemistry - Bring Animation IP into Video Games
The Factory
11:00am
conversation
Creative Chemistry - Bring Animation IP into Video Games
The Factory
11:45am
26
Blue Lights: Under The Bonnet of The Hit Drama
Upstairs Theatre
11:45am
26
Blue Lights: Under The Bonnet of The Hit Drama
Upstairs Theatre
12:00pm
26
QUB/BFI Skills Cluster: Generative AI in the Creative Industries
The Works
12:00pm
26
QUB/BFI Skills Cluster: Generative AI in the Creative Industries
The Works
10:00am
28
BBC & TikTok: Empowering Social Creators
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
28
BBC & TikTok: Empowering Social Creators
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
26
Podcasts: Uncovering the Truth, One Episode at a Time
Upstairs Theatre
10:00am
26
Podcasts: Uncovering the Truth, One Episode at a Time
Upstairs Theatre
10:00am
26
When Diversity Meets Creativity - empowering inclusivity in the media sector.
The Works
10:00am
26
When Diversity Meets Creativity - empowering inclusivity in the media sector.
The Works
11:30am
commissioning
Low Cost, High Volume Returnables Masterclass
The Works
11:30am
commissioning
Low Cost, High Volume Returnables Masterclass
The Works
11:45am
28
Meet the Channel 4 Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:45am
28
Meet the Channel 4 Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
9:45am
Welcome to BMF 2024
Downstairs Theatre
9:45am
Welcome to BMF 2024
Downstairs Theatre
12:00pm
keynote
Meet The BBC Scripted Commissioners
The Mac Foyer
12:00pm
keynote
Meet The BBC Scripted Commissioners
The Mac Foyer
9:00am
social
Meet The Potato Talent Team
The Crush
9:00am
social
Meet The Potato Talent Team
The Crush
9:00am
skills
PACT Pre Panel Breakfast: Where Diversity meets Creativity
The Works
9:00am
skills
PACT Pre Panel Breakfast: Where Diversity meets Creativity
The Works
6:00am
spotlight
Test
Test
6:00am
spotlight
Test
Test
12:00am
skills
Test Skills
12:00am
skills
Test Skills
12:00am
social
Social Test
12:00am
social
Social Test
12:00am
spotlight
2024 Test Schedule - Wed AM
Test
12:00am
spotlight
2024 Test Schedule - Wed AM
Test
12:00am
conversation
2024 Test Schedule - Thur AM
Test
12:00am
conversation
2024 Test Schedule - Thur AM
Test