Film and Digital Media play a huge part in our operation, with over 30 films produced by the RCC in the last 3 years, and many schools and community groups gaining invaluable digital media training in areas such as: Music Production, Animation, Film-making, and Soundtrack Production.
Sharing Stories Website
To view any of the Sharing Stories films please visit www.sharingstories.ie Sharing Stories is a cross-border community film project in County Donegal and Derry City, led by the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny in partnership with the Nerve Centre in Derry~Londonderry. It is funded by the International Fund for Ireland and aims to contribute to positive relationship building and to develop greater understanding and reconciliation between the two main communities (and new migrant communities). The project commenced in October 2009 and...
read moreGasland (Film Screening)
Thursday, 19 January 2012 7pm Free Admission The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town...
read moreScreen Writing Course
creenwriting for Beginners. A Six week course with award-winning filmmaker and writer Orla Walsh. Learn all you need to know to write a great script. All levels welcome. Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny – Every Saturday 1.30pm-4.00pm Starts January 28th 2012. Costs E90.00. Contact Orla (085-1471631) or the Regional Cultural Centre (074-9129186) The course explores screenwriting in its various forms including the short film and feature film. The main aim is to get participants to find the story they want to tell in their own unique...
read more25th Nov – Film and Digital Media Seminar
Admission is free but prior booking is essential. To book a place simply email jeremyfhoward@gmail.com and request a place. Sharing Stories in a New Media Age, an innovative free one-day event at the Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny next Friday November 25th to coincide with the Sharing Stories exhibition featuring 18 community films from Donegal and Derry. The seminar will highlight how a combination of good storytelling and new media technologies can help individuals and communities to create a greater impact with a larger...
read moreFilm Club (Autumn 2011)
The new season of the Regional Cultural Centre’s Film Club will get underway in September. This time round we are letting YOU pick your favourite films and we will screen as many as we can. People can email a suggestion to me (jeremyfhoward@gmail.com), along with a short paragraph why you love the film so much. Warning: All films screened will have to be introduced to the audience by the selector, so be prepared to stand up and explain your choice! Admission and Membership to this seasons film club is free. Share
read moreNokotaHeart – Film Screening and Q&A with Director
Screening of documentary Nokota Heart and a short Q&A with its director Sean Garland Venue: Regional Cultural Centre Date: Thu 24th Feb @ 8pm Admission: 5 Euro www.longislandbridiepictures.com North Dakota. Present day. Haunted prairies and shimmering badlands. Ghost towns and grazing buffalo. Lakota, Sioux, Chippewa. This is Indian country. Buried under Wal-Mart and strip malls. Leo Kuntz, Vietnam vet turned horse rancher, feels the quiet storm of change. He has fought to preserve Sitting Bull’s sacred lineage of Nokota horses for...
read morePonyo (Animated Feature Film)
16 October A goldfish named Ponyo befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sosuke, and decides she wants to become a human girl. A beautiful film from the director of Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, starring Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Matt Damon and Liam Neeson. Age: U Duration: 101 minutes Admission: Free Time: 3pm
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