Friday 2nd May, 6.30 pm Filmmakers Networking Event & SCREENING TUS University reception from 6.30 pm In conjunction with Westmeath Film Collective, The Networking event holds an opportunity for Actors/Producers/Directors/Lighting/Sound/Costume/Set designers to meet, greet and experience the film making activities that are taking place in the region. 7pm – 9pm approx.: screening of short films

Workshop on short film structure and how to start writing your first short film while avoiding the biggest mistakes people make, with Rachel Moloney.

The Athlone film festival is celebrating it's seventh year this year with seven high quality short films from around Ireland on May 3rd in the Athlone IMC cinema starting at 8pm and finishing approximately 10:30pm. Ather the screening there will be a short panel discussion with the film makers and light refreshments. The films this year are: A Simple Killing directed by Jason Branagan While trying to take her own life, Mai is interrupted when a young, pregnant woman in distress calls to her door in desperate need of help. The Wilde Sisters directed by Táine King After dying in a tragic party fire, sisters Emily and Mary Wilde are trapped in purgatory, struggling with denial and painful truths about their lives as they seek a way to finally move on. Trespass directed by Desmond Lynch A young boy witnesses the murder of his father on his doorstep in Belfast, 1976. Years later having never forgotten that day, he seeks revenge as an older man. Upper Current directed by Gregory O'Reilly A hit-and-run spirals into a nightmarish struggle against fate as a man’s desperate attempt to cover his crime leads him into the merciless grip of the open sea. Vanilla […]

Picture credits Paola Bassanese A family friendly pop-up market in Connaught Gardens starting at noon on Sunday May 4th till 4pm. Face painting (no real paint), Puppets, Food, Bric a Brac.