Welcome to Darklight, Ireland’s premier festival celebrating independent, DIY and artist films. Each annual Darklight festival promises to be an exciting weekend of film, animation, art, music and workshops. It began in 1999, as an opportunity for artists and filmmakers to share their work and experiment with new technologies and has emerged as one of the most important art events of the year.

Darklight’s mission is to nurture new talent and to create new possibilities for the imagination.

Since its inception, the Darklight Festival has achieved this through cinema, exhibition and performance that has brought new and exciting work to Irish audiences, and through the internet and Touring Programme that has developed Darklight on an international scene. The Darklight Festival Programme is an extensive programme that is comprised of an online presence, a newsletter, year-round touring programme, a film and video festival, music/launch party, research efforts, fundraising/sponsorship, regular exhibitions, kids programme, workshops, conferences, seminars, podcasts and a YouTube channel.

Darklight Board Members
Lenny Abrahamson (Filmmaker, Adam & Paul, Garage), Eve-Anne Cullinan (Project Manager of cultural and urban regeneration projects, IFI Board Member), Sue Patterson (Darklight & Sink Digital Media co-founder), Marie Redmond (TCD Professor, CEO X-Communications), Rod Stoneman (Director, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, Former Chairman of Irish Film Board), Ali Curran (Arts Consultant and Producer)

Darklight Staff
Festival Director Nicky Gogan
Festival Manager Sinead Ni Bhroin
Festival Coordinator Sarah Gunn
Design Sue Patterson
Press Team Christine Monk & Alison Crosbie
Volunteers Coordinator Kate McCarroll
Production Manager Peter Symes