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Online platforms for local film, such as Local Film Ireland<\/a>, are dedicated digital networks that connect regional filmmakers, actors, and crew members. They serve as community-building hubs where users can message peers, join video chat rooms, and collaborate on both small indie projects and larger national productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a little write up about me from the lovely folks at Local Film Ireland<\/a>, it’s a platform built for filmmakers and its totally free for filmmakers they are giving their own time and effort to keep the spirit of filmmaking a alive allowing real time video rooms, private messages, a unique custom profile, mine is currently https:\/\/roisin-dublin.localfilm.online\/<\/a>. Although not offically launched yet they are welcome to new memebers. Check them out! www.localfilm.online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00f3is\u00edn Kearney. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dublin, Ireland is where R\u00f3is\u00edn Kearney residess she is a member of local film online, she is good friend of mine, a creative writer, producer and director. I want to take a moment to celebrate her, to take a \u00a0quick look over some of her achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been fortunate enough to work alongside Roisin over the years and enjoyed many a few social evenings at festivals networking and making new friends. Festivals are a great place to meet like minded people, creative wizards and eccentric folk from all walks of life. Here is a little dive in to the wonderful talented Roisin Kearney Early life and return to film * Theatre & early film work:  R\u00f3is\u00edn Kearney (sometimes written Roisin Kearney) comes from Dublin.  She initially worked in theatre as a lighting designer and stage manager and toured widely.  She later branched into film production, acting in short films and working in multiple departments on low\u2011budget productions .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1990s she acted as a script consultant for RT\u00c9 pilots, rewriting female characters and providing gender\u2011consultancy before this was a recognised role . * Career break & comeback:  After starting a family, she found the industry\u2019s long hours incompatible with childcare and stepped away from film for several years .  She eventually re\u2011entered the industry in 2014 when she wrote and produced The\u202fLove\u202fAgency, a short comedy that was later turned into a radio play . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short\u2011film and documentary projects Project Role & details The Family Way (2015) Writer & producer.  A multi\u2011award\u2011winning comedy about an Irish couple trying to conceive.  The film toured internationally and won Best\u202fComedy at the Dublin Independent Film Festival 2018 . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civic Theatre notes that the film toured worldwide and won the festival\u2019s Best Comedy award . No\u202fDogs (2018) Writer & director.  A short film about a Nigerian man who encounters racism when he tries to rent a house in Ireland.  It premiered at festivals and earned Kearney a nomination for Best Female Director at the Indie\u202fCork Film Festival\u202f2018 . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WFT\u2019s Member\u202fin\u202fFocus article lists No\u202fDogs among her credits and notes the Best Female Director nomination . Algorithms (2017) Writer & director.  A dark comedy exploring online dating. The WFT profile lists Algorithms among the short films she wrote and directed . RUN (2019) Writer & director.  Premiered at the Galway Film\u202fFleadh 2019 and later toured internationally . WFT notes that RUN was one of two films she premiered at Galway Film\u202fFleadh 2019 . The\u202fFerry (2019) Co\u2011producer.  A drama about mothers and babies sent to institutions; it premiered at Galway Film\u202fFleadh\u202f2019 and was long\u2011listed for the Academy Awards .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film was broadcast on RT\u00c92 in September\u202f2021 . A WFT article states that The\u202fFerry qualified for the Academy Awards long\u2011list and later screened on RT\u00c92 . PADDY (2020) Director.  A period drama exploring Irish history.  Actor Cian Hughes won Best Male Performance at the Femme\u202fFilmmakers\u202fFestival\u202f2021 . WFT reports that the film premiered at Galway Film\u202fFleadh\u202f2020 and that Cian\u202fHughes won an award at the Femme\u202fFilmmakers\u202fFestival . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep\u202fIt\u202fUp (2022) Director of a six\u2011part hybrid documentary series produced by Macalla\u202fTeo for RT\u00c9.  The show follows nine teenage girls who have given up sport and explores why girls drop out of physical activity.  It is notable for its all\u2011female crew and its aim to provide positive role models .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series was nominated for Best Children\u2019s Programme at the Celtic\u202fMedia\u202fAwards . WFT\u2019s report on the series emphasises that it uses an all\u2011female crew and follows teenage girls re\u2011engaging with sport .  Another WFT article notes the Celtic\u202fMedia\u202fAwards nomination . The Laughing Boys (2025) Co\u2011writer & co\u2011director (with Caroline\u202fGrace\u2011Cassidy).  A six\u2011minute short documentary in which Mary Murray recalls growing up in Dublin\u2019s St\u202fTeresa\u2019s\u202fGardens.  It premiered at the 2025 Galway\u202fFilm\u202fFleadh and won Best Dublin Short Story at the Bloomsday Film Festival\u202f2026 . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bloomsday festival lists The\u202fLaughing\u202fBoys as the winner of Best Dublin Short Story .  The Bleeding\u202fPig Cultural Festival programme describes the film as a spoken\u2011word piece about childhood joy and loss . The Secret Life of Jim (producer) Kearney produced Emmet\u202fKelly\u2019s short film about a son trying to connect with his father, who has Alzheimer\u2019s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film won multiple awards, including Best Film (Chicago Irish Film Festival), Best International Short Film (South Texas International Film Festival) and Best Short Film (Vienna International Film Competition) . Burning House Productions lists these award wins for The\u202fSecret\u202fLife of Jim . The Ballad of Olive Morris (executive producer) The short film about British civil\u2011rights activist Olive\u202fMorris was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 2023 BAFTA Awards  and won Best Short Film at the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WFT highlights the film\u2019s BAFTA nomination and other festival accolades . Other work: Kearney also produced or co\u2011produced the shorts Prodigy and We\u202fHave Each Other with Academy\u2011nominated writer Naomi\u202fSheridan; wrote and directed the science\u2011fiction short Algorithms; and has served as associate producer on RT\u00c9\u2019s children\u2019s series Gamer\u202fMode . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scannain\u2019s Filmmaker\u2011in\u2011Focus article lists these credits . Awards & recognition * Puttnam Script Award (\u20ac25\u202f000) \u2013 In May 2025 Kearney was one of four finalists for the Fastnet Film Festival\u2019s Puttnam Script Award.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She pitched Forget\u202fMe\u202fNot (later retitled \u00c9IST), a story about a boy who breaks his grandfather out of a nursing home.  Two days later she was announced as the winner, securing a \u20ac25\u202f000 bursary to produce the film .  She noted that the script had previously won Best Script at the Waterford\u202fInternational\u202fFilm\u202fFestival\u202f2017 . * Film\u2011festival honours (2018\u20132020):  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WFT\u2019s Member\u2011in\u2011Focus profile lists numerous accolades: nominee for the Edinburgh\u202fTV Festival New\u202fVoice Award\u202f2019; Best Film (Toronto Film Festival\u202f2019); Audience Award (Chicago Irish Film Festival\u202f2019); Best\u202fComedy (Dublin Independent Film Festival\u202f2018); Best Female Director nominee (Indie\u202fCork Film Festival\u202f2018); finalist at the Palm\u202fSprings International Comedy\u202fFestival\u202f2018; finalist at the Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship\u202f2018; winner of Best Comedy Writing (Top\u202fIndie\u202fFilm Awards\u202f2018); and winner of Best Short Screenplay (Waterford Film Festival\u202f2017) . * Stowe Story\u202fLabs fellowship (2022):  She was selected for the Screen\u202fIreland fellowship at Stowe\u202fStory\u202fLabs in 2022, receiving script development mentoring for her crime\u2011drama series Patrius . * Film\u2011festival focus:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was named Filmmaker\u202fin\u202fFocus at the inaugural Boyne Valley International Film Festival.  Scannain\u2019s profile notes that her films The\u202fFamily\u202fWay, No\u202fDogs and RUN were highlighted during the festival . * Other honours:  The\u202fFerry qualified for the Academy\u202fAwards long list in 2021 ; Cian\u202fHughes won Best Male Performance at the Femme\u202fFilmmakers\u202fFestival\u202f2021 for his role in PADDY ; and The Laughing Boys won Best Dublin Short Story at the Bloomsday Film Festival\u202f2026 . Recent projects & bursaries * \u00c9IST (Forget\u202fMe\u202fNot) \u2013 After winning the Puttnam Script Award, Kearney produced \u00c9IST, a ten\u2011minute film starring Stephen\u202fRea, Aaron\u202fMonaghan and Louis\u202fKirwan.  Film\u202fIreland describes the film as a meditation on memory and childhood trauma; a boy hears his ailing grandfather call out and plans a daring escape to return him to his island home .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film premiered at the Fastnet Film Festival on 24\u202fMay\u202f2026 . * Youth\u2011led projects:  A 2025 press release for the \u201cOur\u202fTake\u201d youth peer\u2011education project notes that Kearney, along with Frank\u202fW.\u202fKelly and Si\u00fan\u202fO\u2019Connor, directed short films created by teenagers in counties Louth and Meath.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release emphasises Kearney\u2019s ongoing work and states that she is in production on the Puttnam prize\u2011winning short film Forget\u202fMe\u202fNot (working title) and is developing the script into a feature .  It also mentions that she is developing the feature film Spoke, the psychological\u2011thriller series Patrius (Of\u202fThy\u202fFather), and the comedy\u2011drama series RIP, all with support from Screen Ireland . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Upcoming films:  According to Film\u202fIreland, Kearney\u2019s development slate includes the feature documentary Playing for Ireland (with Tile\u202fMedia), the feature script Spoke, the theatre piece Moon\u202fWalk (supported by the Arts Council), and the comedy\u2011drama feature Like, Vintage .  She is also developing TV series including Patrius (a Belfast\u2011set thriller) and Bloodlines . Involvement & advocacy * Women\u202fin\u202fFilm\u202fand\u202fTelevision\u202fIreland (WFT) & Writers Guild of Ireland (WGI):  Kearney is an active member of WFT.  She participates in panels on industry issues; for example, WFT\u2019s 2021 Changing\u202fthe Conversation panel on supporting parents and carers in the Irish screen industry featured WFT chair Susan\u202fLiddy and Kearney discussing how the industry can better support parents .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Writers\u202fGuild of Ireland\u2019s description of the 2022 Galway Film\u202fFleadh panel lists her as a multi\u2011award\u2011winning writer\/director\/producer with credits including The Family Way, No\u202fDogs, The\u202fFerry, RUN and PADDY . * Mentoring & youth work:  The press release for the Our\u202fTake project emphasises that Kearney is committed to working with young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds; she helps them develop films and encourages them to consider careers in the film industry .  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fastnet Film Festival biography likewise notes that she is \u201cdedicated to working with youth, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, and her storytelling often elevates under\u2011represented voices\u201d . * Focus on women\u2019s participation:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through her all\u2011female crew on Keep\u202fIt\u202fUp and her involvement with WFT and Raising\u202fFilms Ireland, Kearney advocates for gender equality in the Irish screen industry  . Summary R\u00f3is\u00edn Kearney\u2019s career spans theatre, film and television.  After an early career in theatre and script consultancy, she returned to filmmaking in 2014 and has built an impressive portfolio of award\u2011winning short films and documentaries.  She writes, directs and produces, often focusing on socially conscious stories that explore family, memory and identity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work has been recognised at major festivals (Toronto, Chicago, Bloomsday), earned a BAFTA nomination for The Ballad of Olive\u202fMorris, and secured development fellowships from Screen Ireland and Stowe\u202fStory\u202fLabs.  In 2025 she won the \u20ac25\u202f000 Puttnam Script Award for \u00c9IST, which premiered at the Fastnet Film Festival in 2026.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond filmmaking, she mentors young creatives, advocates for better support for parents and carers in the industry, and champions female\u2011led crews and under\u2011represented voices.  These achievements, combined with her ongoing slate of feature and series projects, make her a significant and inspirational figure in contemporary Irish cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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