Margaret McGoldrick is a Northern Irish producer/writer-director and recently was accepted to the Women in Films UK’s Mentorship Scheme sponsored by Netflix. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic Margaret has proposed “The Library Club” which is a fictional TV series which merges entertainment and education to support home learning.
Future Screens NI Invest £115,000 to Shape the Future in a Post-Covid World
Future Screens NI have awarded 13 companies a financial package of £5,000 with an accompanying academic support package of £10,000 to advance the future in a Post-Covid World. Selected projects are operating at the intersection of health, community, education and new emerging technologies.
Projects include amongst others:
The Bus Stop by Big Telly which will develop a future proofed prototype to promote human interaction
Story Moments by Corrina Askin which will develop emotionally responsive story moments which will provide emotional support when required
Flying by Gwen Stevenson which is a one woman immersive theatre show
Cloaked by Joe McStravick an immersive film capturing the experience of an autistic child during and in the aftermath of Covid-19.
Resist AV Empower People Young People for a Better World in Leave No One Behind
In “Leave No One Behind,” music, voices, and visuals combine in a piece about what can be achieved beyond isolation and the pandemic, from the perspectives of young people, and with hope for the future.
“When the project was conceived we were in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and so we worked remotely. For the sake of the future, it is important to empower young people to have a vision for a better world, aligned with the SDGs, and it is also crucial to have confidence in young people to then take action and make that vision a reality. If educators, artists, families, businesses, politicians and other leaders in society focus on fostering young people in this way, a global solidarity of youth taking action for the SDGs can be achieved.”
Koichi Samuels, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Created by: Pupils of Junior Academy of Music, Queen's University Belfast; music composition by Koichi Samuels; video by Dervla Hillan; production by Resist-AV studio, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SDGs: 10, 16, 17
Created with the pupils of Junior Academy Music, Belfast
https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/Discover/jam/
Directed by Resist-AV studio
www.instagram.com/resistbelfast
Music by Koichi Samuels (Resist-AV)
Video Artist: Dervla Hillan
Future Tuesdays Special on the Safe Return to Workplaces During Covid-19 with MMW Legal
The unexpected COVID -19 crisis has generated sudden changes to the workforce and the ways in which we work. Future Screens were joined by David Mitchell and Abbie Long from Millar McCall Wylie for practical techniques, expert advice and real-life experience regarding the safe return to the workplace during the ongoing crisis.
The team discuss how best to plan for a return to the workplace, whilst discussing health and safety and risk assessments, contractual issues that may arise, and also the Coronavirus Job Support Scheme.
Future Tuesdays - "Wish you were here" with Grace Sweeney and Laura O’Connor
Wish You Were Here is an online oral history documentary project created by Grace Sweeney and Laura O’Connor.
The project is part of the Future Screens NI and Northern Ireland Screen initiative ‘Rewriting the Narrative’. The initiative sponsored a number of projects responding to the impact of Covid-19 on the creative industries in the following areas: community, creativity, environment, work/life balance & education.
Wish You Were Here was created as a way for older members of the community who were shielding or isolating to engage in storytelling, where their stories could be shared with strangers without them having to leave the house.
The theme that ties the stories together is ‘first time abroad’. Considering the current situation where travel is limited we wanted to transport viewers into the world of the contributors journey. The eight video interviews use personal archive, open source footage and archive provided by Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive to take you on the journey.
Each video is displayed alongside personal archive images. These images have been used to create unique postcards. The postcards have links and QR Codes that you scan with the camera on your phone and you will immediately land on the video webpage. At the bottom of the page is a comment box. If you leave a comment for the contributor it will be published in a photo book at the end of the project.