Schedule
9:15am
spotlight
Welcome to BMF 2026
Downstairs Theatre
9:15am
spotlight
Welcome to BMF 2026
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
spotlight, conversation
News v Noise: How can journalism break through on our feeds?
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
spotlight, conversation
News v Noise: How can journalism break through on our feeds?
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
spotlight, conversation
Who's minding the kids? Caring, Careers and the creative industries.
The Factory
10:00am
spotlight, conversation
Who's minding the kids? Caring, Careers and the creative industries.
The Factory
11:00am
spotlight, skills, social
Raising Films Ireland: Childminding Service
The Common Room, 3rd Floor
11:00am
spotlight, skills, social
Raising Films Ireland: Childminding Service
The Common Room, 3rd Floor
11:00am
spotlight, conversation
THE STATE OF US PODCAST: Court Podcasts Cross-Examined
Studio Theatre
11:00am
spotlight, conversation
THE STATE OF US PODCAST: Court Podcasts Cross-Examined
Studio Theatre
11:00am
spotlight, social
BOA ISLAND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
The Crush
11:00am
spotlight, social
BOA ISLAND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
The Crush
11:30am
commissioning
Disney EMEA + Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:30am
commissioning
Disney EMEA + Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:30am
conversation, skills
Beyond the Credits: Building a Career in the Screen Industries
The Factory
11:30am
conversation, skills
Beyond the Credits: Building a Career in the Screen Industries
The Factory
1:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Manifesting a Career
The Factory
1:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Manifesting a Career
The Factory
10:00am
spotlight, commissioning
Funding without Borders
Studio Theatre
10:00am
spotlight, commissioning
Funding without Borders
Studio Theatre
11:30am
spotlight
Simplifying Music Licensing for TV Productions
The Works
11:30am
spotlight
Simplifying Music Licensing for TV Productions
The Works
1:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Manifesting a Career
The Factory
1:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Manifesting a Career
The Factory
1:30pm
spotlight
First Of All, Do No Harm
Upstairs Theatre
1:30pm
spotlight
First Of All, Do No Harm
Upstairs Theatre
1:30pm
spotlight, conversation
BAFTA Presents: From Pitch to Greenlight.
The Works
1:30pm
spotlight, conversation
BAFTA Presents: From Pitch to Greenlight.
The Works
1:30pm
spotlight, conversation
The Write Way: Screenwriting for TV Drama
Downstairs Theatre
1:30pm
spotlight, conversation
The Write Way: Screenwriting for TV Drama
Downstairs Theatre
3:00pm
spotlight
Project Esper: Respatialising Cinema
The Works
3:00pm
spotlight
Project Esper: Respatialising Cinema
The Works
3:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Native Voices: Irish Language Podcasts
Studio Theatre
3:00pm
spotlight, conversation
Native Voices: Irish Language Podcasts
Studio Theatre
4:00pm
spotlight
Belfast Stories: an Update
The Factory
4:00pm
spotlight
Belfast Stories: an Update
The Factory
4:30pm
spotlight
Surviving the Commissioning Squeeze
Studio Theatre
4:30pm
spotlight
Surviving the Commissioning Squeeze
Studio Theatre
4:30pm
spotlight, commissioning
Greenlit Screenings
4:30pm
spotlight, commissioning
Greenlit Screenings
6:00pm
spotlight
Prison Break: Escape from the Maze
Studio Theatre
6:00pm
spotlight
Prison Break: Escape from the Maze
Studio Theatre
8:00am
social
5k Networking Run
The MAC, St Anne's Square
8:00am
social
5k Networking Run
The MAC, St Anne's Square
10:00am
conversation
Clive Myrie in Conversation
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
conversation
Clive Myrie in Conversation
Downstairs Theatre
10:00am
skills
From Belfast to Beyond: Productions on the Global Stage
The Factory
10:00am
skills
From Belfast to Beyond: Productions on the Global Stage
The Factory
11:30am
spotlight
Algorithm vs. Authenticity: Hacking True Crime’s Next Era
Studio Theatre
11:30am
spotlight
Algorithm vs. Authenticity: Hacking True Crime’s Next Era
Studio Theatre
11:30am
commissioning
Meet The RTE Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:30am
commissioning
Meet The RTE Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:30am
commissioning
Meet The RTE Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
11:30am
commissioning
Meet The RTE Commissioners
Downstairs Theatre
12:30pm
spotlight
Indigenous Animation: LÃ Ban 2 & Spritelites
The Factory
12:30pm
spotlight
Indigenous Animation: LÃ Ban 2 & Spritelites
The Factory
1:00pm
spotlight, commissioning
Inside the BBC: Unscripted Commissioning
Downstairs Theatre
1:00pm
spotlight, commissioning
Inside the BBC: Unscripted Commissioning
Downstairs Theatre
1:00pm
spotlight
Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund
The Factory
1:00pm
spotlight
Ulster Scots Broadcast Fund
The Factory
1:30pm
spotlight
Small Place, Big Stories> Creating, making and selling drama from Northern Ireland
Studio Theatre
1:30pm
spotlight
Small Place, Big Stories> Creating, making and selling drama from Northern Ireland
Studio Theatre
2:00pm
spotlight, conversation
The Games We Didn't Make
The Factory
2:00pm
spotlight, conversation
The Games We Didn't Make
The Factory
2:15pm
commissioning
BBC Commissioner One-To-Ones
The Mac Foyer
2:15pm
commissioning
BBC Commissioner One-To-Ones
The Mac Foyer
2:30pm
skills
Your Creative Future Starts Here: How FE Colleges and Creative Industries Collaborate
The Factory
2:30pm
skills
Your Creative Future Starts Here: How FE Colleges and Creative Industries Collaborate
The Factory
2:30pm
commissioning
Winning Business with C4: Jo Street in conversation with Jannine Waddell
Downstairs Theatre
2:30pm
commissioning
Winning Business with C4: Jo Street in conversation with Jannine Waddell
Downstairs Theatre
3:00pm
spotlight
Creating IP: The business behind THE BIG DEAL WITH STEPH MCGOVERN
Studio Theatre
3:00pm
spotlight
Creating IP: The business behind THE BIG DEAL WITH STEPH MCGOVERN
Studio Theatre
3:30pm
skills
Channel 4 New Writers 25/26 – Northern Ireland
The Factory
3:30pm
skills
Channel 4 New Writers 25/26 – Northern Ireland
The Factory
4:00pm
conversation, keynote
Who's Watching? The RTSNI Dan Gilbert Lecture.
Downstairs Theatre
4:00pm
conversation, keynote
Who's Watching? The RTSNI Dan Gilbert Lecture.
Downstairs Theatre
4:30pm
conversation, commissioning
The BBC Documentary Brief: Meet the commissioners
Studio Theatre
4:30pm
conversation, commissioning
The BBC Documentary Brief: Meet the commissioners
Studio Theatre
5:30pm
spotlight, conversation
A Town, A Story, A Film: Inside Skintown
Downstairs Theatre
5:30pm
spotlight, conversation
A Town, A Story, A Film: Inside Skintown
Downstairs Theatre
5:30pm
spotlight
Special Screening: Climate Cinema at Native Coffee
Native Coffee, Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9DB.
5:30pm
spotlight
Special Screening: Climate Cinema at Native Coffee
Native Coffee, Queens Quay, Belfast BT3 9DB.
6:00pm
spotlight
Special Screening: Skintown
Downstairs Theatre
6:00pm
spotlight
Special Screening: Skintown
Downstairs Theatre
6:00pm
skills
Two Minute Masterpiece: Celebrating 10 Years of Emerging Filmmaking Talent
Studio Theatre
6:00pm
skills
Two Minute Masterpiece: Celebrating 10 Years of Emerging Filmmaking Talent
Studio Theatre