Big year ahead for FFF 2025

Festival Awards Night 2024

Screening of Chariots of Fire followed by Q&A with Producer David Puttnam

Nathan Nugent and Lenny Abrahamson at FFF

Music in Film at FFF 2024

Irish Language Day on Cape Clear. Thurs 23rd May

Double Blind FFF Focus on Horror

Bloody Sunday & An Irish Goodbye at FFF 2024

That They May Face the Rising Sun' screening at Fastnet

Ransom '79's first festival screening at Fastnet

Evil Dead Rise screening at Fastnet in Schull

Nosferatu Reimagined: A Gothic Symphony at Fastnet Film Festival

One Night in Millstreet for Fastnet

A Night with King Frankie: Screening and Insightful Q&A with Peter Coonan, Olivia Caffrey, and Dermot Malone

Daisy Edgar Jones and Lenny Abrahamson latest highlights announced

Songs for While I'm Away' added to the line up in May.

The untold story of poet, organiser and hero Mary Jane O’Donovan Rossa

Oscar winners Ross White and Tom Berkeley announced as guests for FFF 2024

Festival Image Revealed, First Guests Announced.

Sponsor announced for Irish Day on Cape Clear 2024

Sponsor of the 2024 Irish Language Day on Cape Clear!

Sending our Very Best Wishes

Short Film Competition prize fund for 2024 is €24,000

Announcing new Best Irish Student of Film & Media Studies Award

Announcing The Winners at Fastnet Film Festival 2023

Four Finalists announced for the €25,000 Puttnam Script Award Live Pitching Event

Screening of An Cailín Ciúin with special guest the quiet girl herself, Catherine Clinch in attendance.

Full 2023 Programme Revealed

Score Composition

Casting, Screen Acting and Finding an Agent all part of FFF 2023

Focus on Ukraine

Schull to say Hello to 'An Irish Goodbye'.

Please join us for at the Cinematographers' Party, 3rd of May at the Crane Lane 18.00 - 20.00

Clair Dix

The Sparrow

How to Finance Your Film with Producer David Clarke

'Filming the Light' a masterclass by Kate McCullough

The Art of Screen Acting 2 - Day Masterclass

The Art of Screen Acting2 - Day Masterclass

Foley Lab workshop announced for FFF in May

Celebrating 15 Glorious years

First Guest for FFF 2023 Revealed

2023 Festival Image Revealed

Season's Greetings from Schull

€25,000 Puttnam Script Award Announced

Welcome to FFF 2023 which promises to be the best festival yet!

We are delighted to announce our 15th Call for Entries with a prize fund of €20,000.

Fastnet Film Festival 2022 Winners Announced.

Awards 2022

Pauline McLynn and Paddy Breathnach

2022 Shortlist Announced

Irish Language Day on Cape Clear

Pocket guide to FFF 2022

Opening Party

Please join us on Wednesday 25th of May at the Opening Party at Grove House Schull

Paul Mescal announced as guest for FFF in May

Please join us on Thursday 21st April for the Cinematographers' Party Crane Lane Cork.

All Welcome to the Crane Lane, Cork.Thurs 21st April, 6pm-8pm

Ciarán Hinds & Stephen Warbeck

During the festival Ciarán Hinds will be in Conversation with Siobhán McSweeney of Derry Girls fame. This will include the screening of clips of film from Ciarán career so far.

Special guest Stephen Rea

It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of Stephen Rea to the line up.

Breaking Out and Interference

Scotland News

Fastnet Film Festival hotting up!

Conversations with Friends Stars to Take Part in Fastnet

First Guest News

Human Rights Award

Happy New Year

Culture Night 2021

The Winners 2021

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Cash Prize of €5,000Category Panel: Sue Howes, Sandy Lieberson & John Kelleher A Sister Delphine GirardBelgium | 16:29 | Drama SPECIAL MENTION Charlie SurferPia StrømmeNorway | 15:30 | Documentary BEST IRISH FILM Cash Prize of...

The Shortlist 2021

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Cash Prize of €5,000Category Panel: Sue Howes, Sandy Lieberson & John Kelleher A SisterDelphine GirardBelgium | 16:29 | DramaCharlie SurferPia StrømmeNorway | 15:30 | DocumentaryDetoursChristopher YatesBelgium | 18:06 |...

3 days to lift off…

For five days from Wednesday, we will stream 350 competition short films from 50 countries, which includes Drama, Documentary, Animation, Scannain as Gaeilge, and more. From today you can join us in our secure screening room, sign up now for free, browse the...

Exciting News! In Short with the Experts

We are so excited to introduce this year's craft element...... Workshops and masterclasses with leading industry professionals have always been a welcome feature of our festival. Although Covid-19 has seen us having to put these on hold, for now, we are delighted about this...

Submission Selection Process for May 2021 Now Complete

We are delighted to announce that 350 of over 700 submission films are through to the next stage of the competition and will be screened as part of our online festival in May. Click here for the full list of competition shorts. 350 short films will be...

FFF 2021 Award’s Ceremony Hosted by Gerard Stembridge

Join us for our first virtual FFF Awards Ceremony – May 29th at 7pm. We would love to have celebrated with you in person in Schull, but that will have to wait untill May 2022. We are however delighted to announce this year’s Award Ceremony host, the...

€20,000 Puttnam Award Finalists announced

Four Finalists have been chosen by a panel of industry experts, from over 60 entries. There were so many excellent submissions the judges had a very difficult time choosing the shortlist. Those shortlisted will take part in a live pitching event which will be screened...

IN COMPETITION FILMS FOR FFF MAY 2021

We are delighted to announce that 350 of over 700 submission films are through to the next stage of the competition and will be screened as part of our online festival in May. Many congratulations. NoYear EnteredFilm TitleDirector12020134Sarah-Jane...

Fastnet Film Festival 2021 to go online

Organizers of the Fastnet Film Festival confirm that their 2021 festival will go online from May 26-30. As with 2020, most events this year are being forced online and the future seems unclear as to when they may return but technology is providing an...

Fastnet Film Festival Announces New €20,000 Short Film Award

Fastnet Film Festival is pleased to announce The Puttnam Award, which will provide €20,000 to fund production of a live-action short film to be made on the Wild Atlantic Way in Cork with a theme reflecting ‘The New Normal’. Full details and application requirements...

Fastnet Film Festival 2020 – CANCELLED

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Having been voted best festival in West Cork, we're preparing for a record breaking Festival in 2020.

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The FFF Team is Preparing for an even better festival in May 2020... The Winners of this year’s Southern Star West Cork Business & Tourism Awards have been announced, chosen from 111 businesses and organizations throughout the region. We are honored and...

Fastnet Film Festival Call For Entries

A focus on Social Rights at FFF 2022