STUDENT FILMMAKERS! Catalyst International Film Festival’s National Student Short Film Award 2026 in association with TUS Digital Arts and Media Department, Limerick still accepting submissions — with €1000 in prize money to be won!

Is it the end, or just the beginning? Calling all screenwriters!The Catalyst Short Screenplay Award 2026 (in association with the Writers' Guild of Ireland) is your chance to showcase your voice and vision. SUBMIT NOW! #CatalystFilmFestival #Screenwriting #ShortFilm

🚨 EARLYBIRD CLOSES 17/10/25 🚨 Submit your short film or script to #Catalyst2026! Filmmaker Fatoumata Gandega joined Gorm Media’s #WideshotProgramme to create her first film Where The Heart Is, which screened at Catalyst 2024.We need to see more voices! Submit to Catalyst 2026!

SUBMIT TO CATALYST 2026 🎯 "We Beg to Differ" won the Catalyst 2025 Student Short Film Award. The film strongly reflects Catalyst’s values of representation and diversity - on and off screen. filmfreeway.com/catalystinte…

Catalyst 2023 - Irish Short Award - Special Mention: Safe as Houses, directed by Mia Mullarkey. We 💚 this short! Submit to Catalyst 2026! Earlybird ends 17th October 2025! filmfreeway.com/CatalystInte… A film with diversity and community at its heart.

Blast from the past! Catalyst 2022 Irish Short Film Finalist "Sparkle" Directed by Gerard Walsh, Written by Andie McCaffrey Byrne SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO CATALYST 2026 NOW! filmfreeway.com/catalystinte… #IrishFilm #IndieFilm #FilmFestival #Cinema #OnScreen

Have you submitted to Catalyst 2026 yet? Our Short Documentary Award Winner 2025 was Knuck & Knuckle, directed by Ellie Marron, Seán Horgan. Lee Reeves' story is a gripping tale of how a young Limerick man uses his love of boxing to overcome the pain of losing his mother.

Keep those submissions to Catalyst 2026 coming! Earlybird rate available 🐦 Catalyst 2025 Short Documentary Award Finalist “Cahā” is an intimate, fly-on-the-wall documentary that captures the first encounter between two immigrants — one Indian, one Bruneian. #filmfestival

Kin (Directed by Tim Corrigan, Esther Springett) 2025 Finalist - Catalyst Short Documentary Film. Submit to Catalyst 2026! We want to see your stories on screen! Submit via Filmfreeway.com/catalystinte…

We were honoured to meet Maeve Murphy, (multi-award-winning Irish filmmaker and trailblazer in feminist and socially conscious cinema!) at Catalyst 2025 and screen her short film St Pancras Sunrise! SUBMIT TO CATALYST 2026 NOW! filmfreeway.com/CatalystInte…

Thank you to Festival Formula - we love all the hard work you're doing for filmmakers! SUBMIT TO CATALYST 2026 NOW (Earlybird discount available)! Catalyst prioritises stories and storytellers who may struggle for visibility in the film industry and in mainstream film festivals.

REMINDER! EARLYBIRD SUBMISSIONS OPEN for Catalyst 2026!Got a short film or script that champions diverse voices? If your film or script reflects inclusion on screen and behind it – we want to see it. filmfreeway.com/CatalystInte… Tell bold stories. Be part of the change.

Exciting news! Earlybird submissions are now open for the 2026 Catalyst International Film Festival. Submit your short films and screenplays now to present your work to a global audience via Filmfreeway.com/catalystinte…. #CatalystFilmFest2026 #FilmAwards #EarlybirdSubmissions

Catalyst Short Doc Bursary Award Winner 2024 @NicolaLeddy BOOBS screens at @FastnetFilmFest catch it today!thrilled to see BOOBS start its International festivals' campaign and excited to see what happens next! #fastnet #cork #schull #westcork

Big congratulations are due to screenwriter and director Bernadette Rowe! Bernie's short script "Going Out" was selected for Diversity in Cannes 2025! The script was a new draft which Bernie finessed during our Screenwriting Lab at Catalyst 2025 🥳🤓🧐 #cannes #film #diversity

A huge THANK YOU to all the incredible panelists, guests, filmmakers, and attendees who made this year's Catalyst International Film Festival possible! We couldn’t do this without your support!

Throwing it back to the last day of panels at Catalyst 2025! With panels on Caring, Parenting and the Screen Industries; Inclusivity in Irish Crews; and the Future of Documentary Filmmaking!

✨That's a wrap on Catalyst International Film Festival 2025 and here are our winners!✨ Congratulations to everyone and we look forward to Catalyst 2026!❤️ #Catalyst2025 #Awards #Limerick #Festival #Winners #Ireland #Films #Filmfestival #Irishshorts #Documentary #Studentshorts

See you this afternoon for our panels at the Savoy Limerick, starting 1pm today!

NEXTGEN PERSPECTIVE WRAP DAY 1 OF CATALYST✨🎬 We wrapped up our Afternoon in the Belltable! Congratulations to the Winning School Comeragh College in Co.Tipperary!! And Runners Up St. Joseph’s Secondary Ballybunion! Thanks to @burninghousep for NextGen Workshop!