Coordinator appointed to grow county’s film plan
WEXFORD County Council’s film industry initiative, Screen Wexford, has announced the appointment of Linda Curtin as a new Film and TV Coordinator to oversee the implementation of a Screen Sector Strategic Plan for the region.
The initiative is part of a drive to develop film TV and animation in County Wexford, with the aim of attracting more international and indigenous film and television and nurturing local talent.
Linda is an award-winning filmmaker and artist who has been working in the industry for 10 years in varying capacities, from festival marketing to handson film production in the fields of documentary and art film.
Her work has been broadcast on television and exhibited in galleries and festivals worldwide. She facilitates workshops in creative filmmaking, while making collaborative works funded in conjunction with bodies such as CREATE, the Arts Council of Ireland and local authorities.
She has been involved in film programming and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Cork Film Centre and First Cut Film Festival.
‘Screen Wexford is perfectly placed to promote the many unique advantages to shooting here but equally important is to help grow our local grassroots film and TV industry’, said Linda who holds a n MFA from Crawford College.
‘The arts and media sectors are hugely vibrant in the county, with tremendous potential for growth. From a film locations perspective, Wexford has enormous untapped potential from our unique Norman and Viking architecture to our sprawling coastline. I’m very excited to get stuck in. We have big plans’, she added.
A spokesperson for Screen Wexford said the organisation is excited have Linda in the new role at a crucial time for film and television production and development in Ireland.
‘Currently there are 13 largescale productions filming in the country. With Linda as Film and TV Coordinator, Screen Wexford will be focused on the development of filmmaking infrastructure, regional skills development and nurturing of local talent, and also attracting foreign and international productions to the county.’