Welcome to the Cork Screen Commission website,
the official site for filming in both Cork City and County.
The Cork Screen Commission is a one-stop shop for advice and help with all of your Pre Production, Production and Post Production needs in Cork City and County.
We are focused on actively marketing Cork region as a film location, providing a comprehensive Production Support Service and supporting indigenous film production in every way that we can.
We even offer a free Location Scouting Service to help Producers and Location Managers find and make the best use of Cork's magnificent unused locations, so feel free to contact us anytime by e-mail or phone – the Commissioner is always available to offer free help and advice quickly.
As well as having the most comprehensive Locations Database in the region, we also hold an extensive database of Cork-based Screen professionals, including Cast, Crew, Production Support Services, Production and Post Production Companies.
Cork is a very dynamic and film friendly place to shoot and we have direct links with all of the relevant Statutory Bodies that you will need to notify when filming in the region. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, or have more specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Commissioner direct.
The Cork Screen Commission works to develop, recognise and promote all Screen activities in Cork City and County, whether Film, Television, Online or Gaming, while also working to promote the area as a Production Centre and prime filming destination.
It also works with local Screen Industries to support and develop a wide variety of projects with significant ties to the area with the goal of developing the Region into a Centre of Screen Excellence.
Although we do not fund projects, we provide detailed information on funding opportunities and are happy to help point you in the right direction.
For more information on Cork Screen Commission please call 087 946 3993 or email info@corkscreencommission.com
Read more TestimonialsKen Loach, Paul Laverty and I had a terrific time making “The Wind that Shakes the Barley” in County Cork. We set ourselves a big challenge in making a period war film on a very tight budget and at times it seemed daunting and we felt we could never pull it off. But we managed to do it with the help and support of all sorts of people in the area, both from outside and within the film industry. We chose Cork for various reasons: its independent spirit, the beautiful landscape, its rich seam of acting talent and the wide variety of locations on offer – and we were not disappointed with our choice.
We filmed in many areas: chiefly Coolea (near Ballyvourney), Bandon, Buttevant, Mallow and Cork City. It was a complicated shoot but we were very well looked after wherever we went and local communities in each area helped with details like costumes, set decoration, transport and security. Almost all of the actors were Cork based which gave the film its roots in a community. Wherever we went we were welcomed and we genuinely felt that the film belonged to County Cork by the time we had finished it. We had its premiere in a shopping mall just outside Cork City and the presence of so many local people at that made us feel really at home. It gave us real pleasure to bring home to Cork the Palme d’Or that the film won in Cannes.
We would love to work in Cork again and hope that one day a project turns up that will take us there.
Rebecca O’Brien
‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’ Dir. Ken Loach. Winner Palm D’or Cannes
Producer “The Wind that Shakes the Barley”
Pitching Award Announced for Galway Film Fleadh
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Have you got an idea for a film that you're just dying to get made? If so, now is your chance to realise your dream by applying to the Ptching Award competition during the Galway Film Fleadh.
Read More‘The Things We Do For Love’ Short accepted into Fastnet Short Film Festival
Thursday, 16 May 2013
The short film, 'The Things We Do For Love' by Cork based Colin O'Donovan has been accepted for screening at this year's Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, taking place over the last week in May in Schull, West Cork.
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Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival programme released - see it here first!
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
This year's Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival programme has just been releasaed and is available to view first here.
Read MoreMarketplace at Galway Film Fair - Application Deadline looming.
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
If you have a completed film/documentary or a project in development and would like to participate in the Marketplace at the Galway Film Fair please complete the enclosed application form and return with a 100 word typed synopsis of your project to the above address by Friday 10th May 2013 at the latest.