National Talent Academies | Working with an Intimacy Coordinator

Course Name: Working with an Intimacy Coordinator  

Date the course commences:  July 20th

Duration: 10am – 4.30pm

Cost: Free

Venue: Radisson, Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland 

Tutor:  Ruth Lehane

Course Profile: This workshop aims to equip film industry personnel with knowledge of the processes and protocols involved in safely creating intimate content for screen.

A greater understanding of the guidelines will provide practitioners from all departments with the knowledge necessary to support the safeguarding of actors during the creation and shooting of intimate scenes.

There will be a well being practitioner on location during this course.

Film & TV Crew Academy West is an initiative of Screen Ireland managed by Atlantic Academy.

The National Talent Academies Film and TV is an initiative of Screen Ireland managed by Ardán

Participant Profile:

Aimed at on-set crew and directors who work directly with Intimacy Coordinators

Application Procedure:

Please apply online at this link by 5pm on 21st of June 2024

For further information, please email Lorraine.higgins@nationaltalentacademies.ie   

Selection on courses/programmes will be based on the quality of the application and industry experience relevant to the course and participant profile.   We do not accept CVs so please make sure you outline all relevant experience in the application form. 

Screen Ireland courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability.

Tutor Profile:

Ruth Lehane

Ruth Lehane is an award-winning actor, movement director and intimacy coordinator. She is a highly skilled practitioner with extensive experience in film and theatre.

While much of her work has been explicitly text-based, she is also well acquainted with an eminently somatic approach in her work as a Movement Director and Intimacy Practitioner.

Some of her credits as a movement director include the award-winning, “The Hole in the Ground” 2019; “Vivarium” 2019; and “The Cured” 2017.

Her experience as an intimacy coordinator spans a wide range of productions including: “Bird” – Feature Film – Director – Andrea Arnold 2023; “Small Town Big Story” – TV Series – Directors - Chris O’ Dowd & Catherine Morshead 2023;“STAGS” – TV Series – Director – David Kerr (Currently filming) 2023 / 2024; “Too Good to be True” – TV Series - director Megan Fox 2023; “By Any Other Name” – Film- director-Daniel Deville 2023 “#Consent” - commercial for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre - director Chris Cottam – 2023 Link to DRCC Commercial:      https://www.windmilllane.com/drcc/