We were genuinely overwhelmed by the support and familiar faces who joined us on the evening of Thursday 17th April at FLUX Studios for our Film Ireland Cover Art Exhibition (Issues 1–100).
Your presence helped mark a special moment in the ongoing development of the Film Ireland Digital Archive, and it meant so much to have contributors, readers, collaborators, friends and film lovers in the room.
Presented in association with DBS School of Arts and the PARC25 Research Conference, the exhibition is a celebration of Film Ireland’s journey—from its samizdat beginnings as Film Base News in 1987 through to its evolution into Ireland’s leading film publication.
“This archive is about more than preserving old magazines—it’s about celebrating the culture, community, creativity and conversations that have shaped Irish film over decades, and making that history accessible to all.”
— Steven Galvin, Editor, Film Ireland
The Film Ireland Digital Archive will make all 147 physical print issues—over 12,000 pages of essential Irish film history—freely accessible to students, researchers, and the public under a Creative Commons agreement.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made the night so special—and to filmmaker and founding editor of Film Ireland Johnny Gogan for his warm words to open the evening.
Watch back here as DBS’s Conor Murphy talks about the event and the wonderful work done by the DBS team in preserving this vital archive:
