PRISMA Queer Film Festival | NTA Industry Events
Following its acclaimed launch in 2024, PRISMA Queer Film Festival proudly returns in 2025 with an expanded three-day programme running from August 29–31 in Cork City. Presented by Out of Frame Cork, the festival continues to amplify LGBTQ+ voices through cinema, collaboration, and community engagement - now with even more screenings, talks, and industry events than ever before.
This year, PRISMA will host the Irish premieres of three international feature films, each offering deeply personal perspectives, alongside four diverse short film programmes that include voices from twelve different countries. With its commitment to authentic queer storytelling, the festival highlights the flourishing of LGBTQ+ filmmaking around the globe, celebrating its power to unify, empower, and inspire.
PRISMA maintains a strong focus on industry inclusion and development, rooted in the belief that diversity must begin behind the scenes - from crew structures to casting to the earliest stages of scriptwriting. Film, at its core, is political, and PRISMA positions itself as a vital platform for queer representation, joy, resistance, and activism.
As part of its 2025 industry programme, National Talent Academies (NTA) are thrilled to partner with PRISMA and are excited to present a series of standout events, all free and open to the public with registration:
PRISMA SOCIAL NETWORKING EVENT & QUEER TALENT DATABASE LAUNCH
Saturday, August 30 / 15:30 / St. Peter’s, Cork / Free
Presented in collaboration with the NTA, this event celebrates the launch of the Queer Talent Database – a new initiative by Alba Fernandez aimed at expanding visibility and opportunity for queer creatives across the screen industries. Join fellow filmmakers, artists, and professionals for an afternoon of connection and community.
HOW TO DOC – DOCUMENTARY MASTERCLASS WITH CAROL O’KEEFFE
Sunday, August 31 / 12:00 / Kino Event House / Free
Filmmaker and activist Carol O’Keeffe offers a deep dive into her documentary practice, which spans over two decades. Exploring themes of addiction, identity, adoption, and resistance, O’Keeffe shares her approach to authentic storytelling and social change — inspired by the Kieslowski principle: “Every life is worthy of scrutiny.”
AN ACT OF RESISTANCE: QUEER (PEOPLE IN) ANIMATION
Sunday, August 31 / 14:00 / Kino Event House / Free
This timely panel explores the potential of queer creators to reinvigorate animation amidst an industry in flux. What does it mean to make queer art in animation today? Includes a screening of PLACEHOLDER by Elisa Beli Borrelli.
Panelists: Darragh Herlihy, Niamh Bennett, Nico Rylands
Host: Elisa Beli Borrelli
LASTA GO LONRACH: CASTING A LIGHT ON QUEER GAEILGE FILMMAKING
Sunday, August 31 / 16:00 / Kino Event House / Free
With a rising wave of short films told as Gaeilge, this panel explores the intersections of language, identity, and queerness in Irish filmmaking.
Screenings:
- I DO – Joseph Jones
- NORMÁILTE – Caoimhghín Ó hEodhasa
- CAILÍNÍ GRÁNNA – Hilary Bowen-Walsh
- Hosted by: Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin
Further Information:
PRISMA Queer Film Festival 2025 takes place from August 29–31 in Cork City.
For the full programme and to reserve tickets for screenings, talks, and industry sessions, visit: www.prismafilmfest.com
Please direct all general placement enquiries to: prisma.outofframe@gmail.com
The NTA Film & TV is an initiative of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, managed by Ardán.
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