Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Announces 25 New Mentorship Pairings for Screen Mentoring Scheme 2025
Posted: 11th December 2025
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland (Screen Ireland) is delighted to announce that 25 screen professionals based in Ireland have been selected as mentees for the seventh round of the Screen Mentoring Scheme, following this year's competitive selection process.
The selected mentees have each been matched with a highly experienced industry mentor from our panel with Four Mothers producer Martina Niland, The Hole in the Ground writer/director Lee Cronin, Bugonia producer Ed Guiney, You Are Not My Mother writer/director Kate Dolan and Small Things Like These producer Catherine Magee among those who will mentor upcoming talent in this round of the scheme. This year's edition will also welcome a number of leading international filmmakers offering mentoring support including filmmakers Lucile Hadžihalilović (France), Patricia Rozema (Canada), Walter Fasano (Italy) and Lone Scherfig (Denmark). The mentors will offer their mentees practical, tailored advice and guidance based on their professional experience, on a one-to-one basis.
The full list of selected mentees and their respective mentors are as follows:
- Ayla Amano (Writer/Director) - Frank Berry (Writer/Director, Aisha, Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here)
- Sam Atwell (Chief Creative Officer) - Catherine Magee (Producer, Small Things Like These, Normal People, Bad Sisters)
- Kelly Campbell (Writer/Director/Producer) – Patricia Rozema (Director/Writer, Mouthpiece, Into the Forest, Mansfield Park, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing)
- Tomek Ciezki (Director/Producer) - Larry Bass (Producer, The Miracle Club, The Faceless Lady, Miss Scarlet & the Duke, Clean Sweep, Dancing with the Stars)
- Katie Davies (Animation Writer & Script/Story Consultant) – Alix Wiseman (Senior Vice President Distribution & Acquisitions, 9 Story Media Group/Executive Producer, Dasher, Shaun the Sheep)
- Molly Furey (Director) – Rachel Lysaght (Producer/Writer/Director, Testimony, Pure Grit, Herstory Ireland’s Epic Women, One Million Dubliners, Patrick’s Day)
- Nathan Griffin (Producer/Director) – Martina Niland (Producer, Four Mothers, Sing Street, The Young Offenders, Once)
- Kate Haley (Writer/Director) – Lone Scherfig (Writer/Director, The Girl with the Needle (Exec Producer), Their Finest, The Astronauts Wives Club, An Education, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself)
- Lorraine Higgins (Producer) - Teresa McGrane (Chief Operating Officer, Wild Atlantic Pictures)
- Patricia Kelly (Writer/Director) – Neasa Hardiman (Director/Screenwriter, Untamed, Sea Fever, The Power, Hit and Run, Jessica Jones, Happy Valley)
- Mary Kirwan (Screenwriter) – Kate Dolan (Writer/Director, Soulm8te, You Are Not My Mother, The Tourist, Kin)
- Stephen Lally (Director/Writer/Concept Artist) - Lucile Hadžihalilović (Writer/Director, The Ice Tower, Earwig, Evolution, Enter the Void (Writer), Innocence)
- Lochlainn McKenna (Director/Writer) - Paddy Breathnach (Director, The Dry, Rosie, Viva, I Went Down)
- Jake Morgan (Producer) - Stephen Fagan (Producer, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, Epic Eric, Agony Ant)
- Patrick McGivney (Director/Co-Founder) - Ed Guiney (Producer, Bugonia, Poor Things, The Favourite, The Room, The Lobster)
- Ged Murray (Screenwriter) – Lee Cronin (Director/Writer, The Mummy, Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground)
- Adam O’Keefe (Screenwriter) – Malcolm Campbell (Writer/Executive Producer, Herself, What Richard Did, Shameless, Ackley Bridge)
- Audrey O’Reilly (Writer/Director) - Dearbhla Walsh (Director, Bad Sisters, Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale)
- Michela Orlandi (Script Editor) – Lena Byrne (Producer/Writer/Script Editor, Becca’s Bunch, Louise Lives Large, Jessy and Nessy)
- Allyn Quigley (Writer/Director) - Aisling Walsh (Director/Writer, Maudie, Song for a Raggy Boy, Elizabeth is Missing, Fingersmith)
- Dee Roycroft (Writer) – Chelsea Morgan-Hoffman (Producer, The Lost Children of Tuam, The Listeners, September Says)
- Áine Ryan (Writer) – Aileen Docherty (Founder, Emerald Films. Writer, Holby, Waterloo Road, Eastenders)
- Rian Smith (Screenwriter) – Peter McKenna (Writer, Hidden Assets, Gangs of London, Kin)
- Stephen Staunton (Film Editor) – Walter Fasano (Editor, Suspiria, Call Me By Your Name , A Bigger Splash, I Am Love, Pino (Director/Writer/Editor))
- Emma Wall (Writer/Director) - Cathy Brady (Director/Writer, The Doll Factory, Wildfire, Can’t Cope Won’t Cope, Glue)
Désirée Finnegan, Chief Executive at Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, said:
We are delighted to congratulate this year's selected participants for the Screen Mentoring Scheme. Now running for its seventh edition, this key skills initiative from Screen Ireland offers a unique opportunity for Irish screen professionals to connect with and learn from industry mentors in their respective fields. Screen Ireland would like to thank our extensive panel of Irish and international mentors for generously contributing their time and expertise, and also wish our mentees every success as they take the next step in their professional development.