About the Festival
The Waterford Film Festival is an independent International Film Festival and it was established in 2007.
Several members of our team have a background in short film production and we all have a passion to celebrate short films from around the world, bringing filmmakers together.
It has always been our goal to promote and support established, debut and student filmmakers especially in the field of independent short films with our annual events and competitions.
The Waterford Film Festival also recognises and supports writers. Since 2008 the festival has held an annual screenplay competition. The Waterford Film Festival was the first festival held in Ireland to hold a short script competition.
The festival welcomes all forms of short films and filmmakers from different cultures and backgrounds.
The Waterford Film Festival presents a wide range of genres including drama, thrillers, horrors,
comedy, sci-fi, experimental, music and documentaries.
Our annual programme also includes films that engage with social, political and cultural issues.
Each year we produce a series of events that are creative, intriguing, fun and entertaining.
The Festival hugely encourages networking. Social meetups and events are held for the audience to meet other filmmakers over the Festival weekend.
Filmmakers from across Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Greece and as far as Canada and USA have attended the Festival. We always look forward to meeting and engaging with all filmmakers and our audience.
In 2021 the Festival is expanding our competitions by adding new categories and we are launching a brand new Photography Competition called the Principal Image Photography Competition.
The new competition is for aspiring, amateur and student photographers.
The Waterford Film Festival is the first film festival in Ireland to hold such a competition.
The festival strives to promote talent from all over the world and to bring a wide variety of projects for our audience of cinema lovers to enjoy.
Several members of our team have a background in short film production and we all have a passion to celebrate short films from around the world, bringing filmmakers together.
It has always been our goal to promote and support established, debut and student filmmakers especially in the field of independent short films with our annual events and competitions.
The Waterford Film Festival also recognises and supports writers. Since 2008 the festival has held an annual screenplay competition. The Waterford Film Festival was the first festival held in Ireland to hold a short script competition.
The festival welcomes all forms of short films and filmmakers from different cultures and backgrounds.
The Waterford Film Festival presents a wide range of genres including drama, thrillers, horrors,
comedy, sci-fi, experimental, music and documentaries.
Our annual programme also includes films that engage with social, political and cultural issues.
Each year we produce a series of events that are creative, intriguing, fun and entertaining.
The Festival hugely encourages networking. Social meetups and events are held for the audience to meet other filmmakers over the Festival weekend.
Filmmakers from across Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Greece and as far as Canada and USA have attended the Festival. We always look forward to meeting and engaging with all filmmakers and our audience.
In 2021 the Festival is expanding our competitions by adding new categories and we are launching a brand new Photography Competition called the Principal Image Photography Competition.
The new competition is for aspiring, amateur and student photographers.
The Waterford Film Festival is the first film festival in Ireland to hold such a competition.
The festival strives to promote talent from all over the world and to bring a wide variety of projects for our audience of cinema lovers to enjoy.
About Waterford
Waterford is Ireland’s oldest city, founded by Viking raiders in AD 914. It has played a pivotal role in the economic, political and cultural life of the country and its motto Urbs Intacta (the untaken city) bears witness to the many power struggles and conflicts in which it has been embroiled through the centuries.
Throughout the medieval period and up until the end of the seventeenth century, Waterford remained the second city in Ireland. Today Waterford is the cultural, economic, educational, technological and industrial capital of the South East region.
Waterford is a historic and cultural city. It is a city of colour and excitement. Above all it is a rapidly developing and progressive city.
There are many attractions to Waterford – its Gallery and Museum, its busy streets full of fascinating shops, small lanes to stroll through with 1,000 years of history meeting you on virtually every street corner.
Throughout the medieval period and up until the end of the seventeenth century, Waterford remained the second city in Ireland. Today Waterford is the cultural, economic, educational, technological and industrial capital of the South East region.
Waterford is a historic and cultural city. It is a city of colour and excitement. Above all it is a rapidly developing and progressive city.
There are many attractions to Waterford – its Gallery and Museum, its busy streets full of fascinating shops, small lanes to stroll through with 1,000 years of history meeting you on virtually every street corner.
