CREATIVITY
IN MOTION.

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’s edition of the Belfast Media Festival yielded our largest turnout ever: across two days, the festival offered the knowledge and opinions of 40 brilliant speakers, including Ian Katz, Jon Ronson, Charlotte Moore and many more to over 1200 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.

The Belfast Media Festival is returning to The MAC for its fifteenth year on November 13th and 14th, 2024.

Creativity
in Motion.

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.

What to expect

Sessions & Events

A packed programme of events across 2 days featuring an impressive lineup of speakers, creatives and decision makers across the screen industries. Hear from the talent behind hugely successful productions as they share insights, identify trends and discuss issues facing the industry today.

Networking

We are all about the people at BMF. Bringing commissioners and talent executives from every industry to your doorstep, providing opportunities for 1-1’s and Q&A’s, for both seasoned professionals and new starts alike.

SKILLS & SUPPORT

From grass roots beginnings to transferable skills – BMF provides access to the bodies that will support you on your journey through the creative industries, from bursaries to unions to work life balance.

Sessions & Events

A packed programme of events across 2 days featuring an impressive lineup of speakers, creatives and decision makers across the screen industries. Hear from the talent behind hugely successful productions as they share insights, identify trends and discuss issues facing the industry today.

NETWORKING

We are all about the people at BMF. Bringing commissioners and talent executives from every industry to your doorstep, providing opportunities for 1-1’s and Q&A’s, for both seasoned professionals and new starts alike.

SKILLS & SUPPORT

From grass roots beginnings to transferable skills – BMF provides access to the bodies that will support you on your journey through the creative industries, from bursaries to unions to work life balance.

Location

The Mac,
Belfast.

Belfast Media festival will take place on the 13 – 14th of November at the Mac, Belfast.
For directions click here

COMMITTEE

Jennifer Johnston (Chair)

Unscripted Content Manager, NI Screen

Sara Gunn-Smith ( Vice Chair)

Marketing and Audiences Officer, Film Hub NI

Vikkie Taggart (Treasurer)

Director of Operations, Stellify Media

Mary Johnston

Producer, DoubleBand Films

Mary McKeagney

Commissioning Editor, BBC NI

Gavin Halpin

Managing Director, Paper Owl Films

Heidi McAlpin

Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund Executive, NI Screen

Connor Richmond

Development Coordinator, Two Cities

Doireann Nic Dhomhnaill

Irish Language Broadcast Fund Officer, NI Screen

Dee Harvey

Dee Harvey is an immersive and interactive artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Caolan McKendry

Operations Director & Producer at Ambertail Games, Coordinator of NI Game Dev Network

Abigail Keyes

Development Producer, Rare TV

SUSTAINABILITY

At the Belfast Media Festival, we are committed to promoting and fostering sustainability and environmental consciousness. Our aim is to reduce our environmental impact and inspire positive change within our industry.