In response to today's Budget 2026 announcement - Alan Duggan, CEO @ Ardán on behalf of WRAP and the Western AV Forum.
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Ardán; Fostering talent in Film, TV, Games and Animation since 1989. We give creators a platform to tell their stories, and support our community through advice, training, resources, events & funding. CHY No: 10188
In response to today's Budget 2026 announcement - Alan Duggan, CEO @ Ardán on behalf of WRAP and the Western AV Forum.
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22.09.2025 14:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A great showcase of all the games made during our 24th Galway Game Jam with the theme 'Someone is in Here'
A massive thank you to CREW and @ardan-ie.bsky.social for making this event possible and of course thank you to all the amazing Jammers who participated 🎉
Group photo of all the Galway Game Jam participants
And that's a wrap 👏👏👏 well done to all the Jammers of Galway Game Jam 24 who make this event possible!
Thanks to CREW Galway and @ardan-ie.bsky.social for their continued support!
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17.09.2025 11:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0To mark World Heart Day on Monday September 29th, CÚRAM and Croí will host a free screening of‘Counter Attack’ at Croí House! Directed by Tiernan Williams and produced by Cluster Fox Films, the film was produced under Science on Screen, a partnership between CÚRAM and Ardán running since 2015.
17.09.2025 11:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Galway Screen West Talent Database Callout!
As part of the Screen West rebrand & restructure, Ardán is creating an up-to-date database for screen talent working in film, TV, games, animation, & VP who are resident in Galway.
Read more and submit here ardan.ie/initiatives/...
Comhghairdeas mór! 🎮 ✨ 💚
09.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ardán & Imirt are delighted to announce that we have selected the 12 Galway participants & the 12 Dublin participants who will take part in a 12-week Games Incubator coast-to-coast programme from September to December 2025 🎮💚✨
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08.09.2025 14:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ardán & Imirt are delighted to announce that we have selected the 12 Galway participants and the 12 Dublin participants who will take part in a 12-week Games Incubator coast-to-coast programme from September to December 2025. 🎮💚✨
Read about the participants & their games: ardan.ie/funding/game...
An image containing the logo for Galway Game Jam, details on the next event, and a QR code to join the event on itch.io.
Hi folks! Galway Game Jam is back again for another event, our third in 2025!
Scan the QR code in the image, or use the below link to find out more details :
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Pitch your documentary project - apply by 18th Sept!
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01.09.2025 10:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0IGNITE-Docs is a talent development programme directed towards emerging Irish and Northern Irish documentary filmmakers embarking on their first or second non-fiction feature film from Cork Film Festival and Docs Ireland.
Apply by 19th September.
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The WRAP Commission & Ardán, with Bradford 2025 and Screen Yorkshire, hosted regional producers from West Yorkshire and the West of Ireland during the Creative Cities Convention in Bradford in May and the Galway Film Fleadh and Fair in July!
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Register to the new Queer Talent Ireland Database managed by Alba Fernandez & supported by NTAFT www.queertalent.ie
15.08.2025 11:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Read about Hazel and Jenny's experience making 'Concerned' as part of the 2023 Short Doc Bursary here ardan.ie/interview/co...
15.08.2025 11:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oíche iontach ag Club Áras na nGael le Bród na Gaillimhe d’ócaid scannán! 🌈🎬💚✨
Galway Pride held a screening and Ardán - as managers of Galway City of Film + NTA Film & TV - had 3 shorts screened as part of "Reel Lives: Trans Voices in Film."
Maith sibh to the organisers who had a full house in!
The teams have been finalised for the 2025 Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge - launching next Thursday, August 21st in the PorterShed, followed by 2 days of filmmaking, & the screening & awards will be on Sunday eve in the Town Hall Theatre!
Read more: ardan.ie/galway-city-...
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Spooky Doorway are excited to announce our new #castingcall
While set in Ireland, our story features a diverse cast of characters for you to audition for!
11F/11M/1NB
Auditions are open until August 22nd, 23:59BST
We look forward to welcoming you to the Grand Séance!
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REMINDER: Today is the final day to apply for the Games Incubator!
11.08.2025 10:45 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0The 2024 Ardán/ RTÉ Short Film Commission short 'Remote Strutting' will receive it’s first national broadcast on RTÉ2 tonight at 11:30pm 💚✨🎬Also available on the RTÉ Player!
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30.07.2025 09:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Come along to our networking event next week at the PorterShed at 7pm on August 6th to meet people looking to form a team for the Little Cinema/ Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge.
If you want to put your info forward as a team member you can fill out the form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/mm467Mhbsk
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24.07.2025 14:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Imirt and Ardán are delighted to confirm that our incubation programmes are returning in September 2025 as the Irish Games Talent Incubator, and applications are now open, supported by Screen Ireland, CREW, and GEC!
Info Session: Jul 30 @ 3 pm
Deadline: Aug 11, at 5 pm
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The team at Ardán has read, considered and adopted the Safe to Create Dignity at Work Code of Behaviour.
Read more: www.safetocreate.ie/code-of-beha...
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22.07.2025 11:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ardán & @curamdevices.bsky.social are delighted to announce that the recipients of the 2025 Science on Screen Animation Commission are Clifford Parrott & Christina O’Shea of Magpie 6 Media! They'll create a 1-minute animation with a budget of €5,000.
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