Roster Proudly Announced for 2025 Facing In/Facing Out Development Workshop
We are pleased to announce the roster for the 2025 “Facing In/Facing Out: A Development Workshop for Screenwriters.” This Program is offered in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Film Fair and Marketplace.
The participants in the program were selected through a competitive application process, and we congratulate them on their selection. To learn more about the program, click here.
PARTICIPANTS:
Helen Adams — Dublin, Ireland — Butterfly Mountain // Environmental Drama Feature
Arann Blake — Cork, Ireland — The Sorrows // Dark Comedy Feature
Mugs Cahill — Santa Monica, CA, USA — Oileán // Mystery, Magical Realist Feature
Tara Calihman — Wicklow, Ireland — The Sheoguey // Dark Comedy Thriller Feature
Cici Clancy — Toronto, ON, Canada — The Primal Scream Club // Pyscho-Drama, Horror Feature
Tricia Collins — Vancouver, BC, Canada — Clinch // Drama Feature
Shane Collins — Sligo, Ireland — Farmer // Horror Feature
Seán Connolly — Wicklow, Ireland — Emergency Accommodation // Drama, Comedy Feature
Ellen Costa — Dublin, Ireland — Teston // SciFi Romance, Speculative Feature
Stephen Cox — London, United Kingdom — Scorched Earth // Drama/Eco-Thriller Feature
Esme Douglas — Glendale, CA, USA — The Overlap // Dark Comedy Feature
Eamonn Faherty — Galway, Ireland — In a City of Tribes // Drama Feature
Norma Farley Bodie — Dublin, Ireland — Battle of Hastings // Revenge Thriller Feature
Seán Gallen — Dublin, Ireland — Banana Saga // Drama Feature
Beth Goldader — Rotherfield Greys, United Kingdom — The Alley // Drama Feature
Rita Ann Higgins — Galway, Ireland — Fracture // Dark Comedy Feature
Edwin Ho and Alexandra Borza — Paris, France — There Is Only One Season // Coming-of-Age Drama Feature
Olga Holtz — Berkeley, CA, USA — One in a Billion // SciFi Thriller Feature
Alexandra Hsu and Christopher Laughter — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Beach House // Psychological Drama Feature
Hayley Jorja — Dublin, Ireland — Angels on the Internet // Drama Feature
Toygar Kabaş — Cork, Ireland — Where is your Homeland? // Road Movie, Drama Feature
David Ledger — London, United Kingdom — Rejoyce! // Drama, Comedy Feature
Oisín McKeogh — Clare, Ireland — Cowland // Dark Comedy Feature
Olivia McLaughlin — Leinster, Ireland — Single Rider // Drama, Comedy Feature
Carly Mills — Guildford, United Kingdom — The Pull // Comedy Feature
Andrew Montague — Wicklow, Ireland — What We Leave Behind // SciFi Drama Feature
Sheila Moylette — Mayo, Ireland — Our Father // Fantasy Drama Feature
Roisin Mulligan — Leitrim, Ireland — Summer Bodies // Horror Comedy Feature
Nóra Ní Fhlatharta — Galway, Ireland — The Arrangement // Dark Comedy Feature
Maureen O’Connell — Dublin, Ireland — Killing Flora Dumbface // Dark Comedy Feature
Adam O’Keeffe — Kerry, Ireland — Midnight at Mizen Station // SciFi Climate Feature
Clare Perry — North Yorkshire, United Kingdom — Dogsbody // Body Swap Comedy Feature
Elena Reynaert — Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium — Sound of the Somme // War Drama Feature
Hudson Shelton — New York, NY, USA — Evaders // Queer SciFi Feature
Eva Justine Torkkola — Melbourne, Australia — Something Has Died in the Forest // Drama Thriller Feature
Jacky Watson — Glendale, CA, USA — Peruanitos // Drama Feature
THANK YOU TO OUR INDUSTRY GUESTS
Conor Barry — Dublin, Ireland — Creative Producer
Ali Doyle — Dublin, Ireland — Head of Development / Development Producer, Newgrange Pictures
Constance Tsang — New York, NY, USA — Filmmaker
PROGRAM LEADS
David Rocchio — Stowe, VT, USA — Founder & Director, Stowe Story Labs
David Pope — Lewes, England — Lead Facilitator/Program Delivery, Stowe Story Labs
