Boyne Valley International Film Festival

05/06/2026

Guys… we can’t get back into our bursary gmail account! Annoying, frustrating and very very silly! So we’re going back to the old address, [email protected].

Please send all your entries there, if you have already entered we would kindly ask you to resend you entries there too! We saw some come in but didn’t download them in time.

Apologies for the inconvenience, definitely a strange thing that’s never happen before!! Thanks!

04/06/2026

Hey Guys, we are having a slight issue with our bursary Gmail account. We’ve been locked out!!! So we’re going to ask you to hold off on sending in your entry till tomorrow. Hopefully it will open up again, and if not, we’ll have a new email address tomorrow! Apologies for the inconvenience, hopefully getting it sorted today. Thanks!

01/06/2026

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30/05/2026

We have opened submissions for the Shane Meadows Short Film Bursary, here’s what we are looking for. An idea of the layout, now yours can look different, but it should contain the same information. Synopsis, character breakdown and treatment and all in one to two pages. Now images, no look books and no completed scripts. This bursary is to help you write the screenplay.

Best of luck!

21/05/2026

Hey guys, Frank here, I wanted to jump on to remind you that our Late Deadline is coming up in less than two weeks!!! Now’s the time to get your films in. So head over to filmfreeway (link in the bio) to enter.

12/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that acclaimed writer/director Shane Meadows will join us as a special guest at this year’s festival.

To mark the 20th anniversary of This Is England, BVIFF will host a gala screening of the film followed by an exclusive In Conversation event with Meadows alongside acclaimed Irish actor (and BVIFF patron) Helen Behan, who starred in This Is England ’88, This Is England ’90 and The Virtues.

A landmark of modern British cinema, This Is England is a powerful, funny and deeply human coming-of-age story set against skinhead culture and the political tensions of 1983. Meadows, whose work includes Dead Man’s Shoes, A Room for Romeo Brass and the acclaimed This Is England TV sequels, brings his trademark mix of realism, tenderness and humour to a film that won Outstanding British Film at the BAFTAs and Best British Independent Film at the BIFAs, with Thomas Turgoose winning Most Promising Newcomer.

BAFTA-winning director, writer and producer Shane Meadows’ credits include This Is England, Smalltime, Twenty Four Seven, Dead Man’s Shoes, Somers Town and The Gallows Pole. He also directed the documentary The Stone Roses: Made of Stone and music videos for Liam Gallagher and Jake Bugg.

To mark this special event, the festival will rename its short film bursary The Shane Meadows Short Film Bursary for 2026. Meadows will attend throughout the festival and host a masterclass and panel discussion, with further details to be announced soon.

Tickets are now available for the Gala Screening of This Is England and the In Conversation event on www.droichead.com or by calling Droichead Arts Centre on 041 983 3946. Link in the bio.

Boyne Valley International Film Festival is curated by and , produced by .arts.centre in partnership with LOVE Drogheda BIDs and funded by and

Supported by and The Clinch Family.

17/04/2026

We are thrilled to announce that this year's Filmmaker in Focus is writer/director Aisling Connolly Byrne. We have long admired Aisling's work, and screened her films over the years, even awarding two of them Honourable Mentions!

We believe Aisling embodies the spirit of the award, she is a collaborative filmmaker with a unique sensibility, her work with Run of the Mill gives voice to people with intellectual disabilities and creates intimacy, immediacy and honesty in her representation.

The award comes with a full programme for her work, a live interview after the screening and €2000. More details below.

17/04/2026

A change of wardrobe is needed, I think!!

Congratulations to our Filmmaker in Focus 2026. Welcome to the T!

Aisling joins an as an FiF and takes pride of place on the new t-shirt!!

14/04/2026

We are delighted to present Baz Black and Diarmuid Goggins with their hugely popular Acting For Screen Workshop, taking place on Sunday April 26th in Barlow House on West st. Drogheda. Book a place today via the email below.

Delighted to announce a one day Acting for Screen Workshop with BAFTA nominated Director Diarmuid Goggins and Writer/Director Baz Black Actor in association with .arts.centre Droichead Arts Centre

Location- Barlow House, Drogheda, Co.Louth
Date- 26th April
Time- 10am-5pm

Contact- Email: [email protected]

31/03/2026

FILMMAKERS!!! Regular Deadline ends TODAY!!!!

We move to our Late (and Final) Deadline Tomorrow, and the entry fee goes up. So today’s the day to get your short films in.

Head over to FilmFreeway NOW to enter. Link in the Bio.