Stephen Byrne

Zahara Moufid and Jim Sheridan established DAFF in 2014 in a bid to allow Irish audiences the opportunity to enjoy some of the best new and classic Arab films ever made. The festival, which has been presented and supported since its inception by Dubai Duty Free, has had some very high-profile actors, filmmakers and celebrities involved with it over the years. I have been working on the festival since 2019. as a festival programmer. My duties include website building, video editing, social media management and coordinating with filmmakers and film production companies.

The Waterford International Film Festival is Waterford's premiere film festival that showcases the works of national & international filmmakers & artists. The festival was established by filmmaker Stephen Byrne in 2007 and he is the creative/festival director of the annual event. In 2022 the festival will be celebrating its 16th Annual event! This year the festival will be a blend of Cinema & Online Screenings. Cinema Screenings will take place in the Odeon Cinema in Waterford City. 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 festival welcomes all forms of short films: live-action, animation, documentaries and music videos. The festival has a passion to celebrate short films from around the world,bringing filmmakers together. The Waterford Film Festival was the 1st festival in the Republic of Ireland to hold an annual short screenplay competition supporting and acknowledging the work of short screenplay writers. The festival also runs a movie themed Photography Competition to support and encourage new and emerging talent in the areas of photography and art. 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 & Artists from across the globe have attended the festival and we always look forward to meeting and engaging with all filmmakers and our audience. 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.

Brand Video Production, Marketing Videos, Online Promos , Video Production, Short Film Production,Team Management, Video Editing.