About us
Vision
Our vision is for an inclusive & diverse Irish creative screen industry which supports sustainable careers for carers and parents. We envisage a creative screen industry that openly values and celebrates caregiving and parenthood, promoting equity of caring amongst genders and recognising caregiving as a vital aspect of a balanced life.
We want carers and parents to feel like they belong in our creative screen industries.
Purpose
Raising Films Ireland seeks to shift the culture within the Irish creative screen industries by creating a more diverse, inclusive, equitable and sustainable working environment for carers & parents.
Value Statement
Our values are rooted in our deep commitment to a diverse, equitable and inclusive creative screen industry for carers and parents. These values underpin how we operate. As an organisation RFI...
- centres care and its place in a flexible, balanced working life. We promote and educate on compassion and empathy towards carers and parents.
- is courageous in challenging the established working culture that hinders sustainable careers by advocating for practical and realistic changes.
- is determined in our projects, collaborations and awareness-raising. We are changemakers leading with passion and persistence.
- thrives on strong, collaborative relationships with industry stakeholders who are focused on our common goals.
Directors & Board
Ailish Bracken
Chairperson / Treasurer
Producer and Line Producer working on the ground with crew and stakeholders for the last 18 years.
Clare Monnelly
Secretary
Clare is an Actor, Writer, Director and Mother. Having worked across film and theatre her whole career, she is passionate about making the arts more accessible to people with caring responsibilities.
Grace Odumosu
Grace Odumosu is an Irish/Nigerian solo parent, actor, and Producer working at Keeper Pictures. Grace holds a BA in acting from the Dublin Institute of Technology, a Master’s degree in Drama Therapy from NUI Maynooth, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Producing from TU Dublin.
Jennifer Davidson
Screenwriter and Chair of the Writers’ Guild of Ireland, Jennifer is also serving her second term as Chair of the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds. A writer with over 100 tv drama credits to her name, Jennifer is also a fierce advocate for writers, and has developed and run a number of training and development initiatives for writing talent at all stages of their careers. In 2023, she founded her own production company to champion and develop great stories and talent rooted in the west of Ireland.
Elaine Walsh
Director at Raising Films. Co-founder/Director of Green from Script to Screen consultancy, specialising in climate storytelling on screen, and sustainability onset. Development Producer/Script Editor/Producer, loves writers, loves scripts, shapes story from concept to development and onto funding. Builds GEDI creative teams, cast and crews and provides childcare on set. Menopausal mother of a preschooler (and an IVF advocate),and a returner to the industry, having previously cared for parents for eleven years.
Dr Susan Liddy
Chair of WIFT Ireland, President of WIFT International, chair of the Equality Action Committee of the Writers Guild of Ireland, a board member the Irish Film Institute and Director of Catalyst International Film Festival.
Louise Ryan
Head of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs at Screen Ireland and the Irish Representative for European Film Promotion.
Niall Murphy
Niall is an Irish film producer, legal executive and founder of screen industry website Scannain. He is known for championing Irish cinema and working across business affairs, consultancy, and independent production with multiple Irish companies.
Emer MacAvin
Higher Executive Officer at Screen Ireland. Mother and carer, passionate about making the Screen Sector inclusive and accessible to all. Programme Designer and Developer of competency frameworks for the sector.
Staff
Aisling Malone
Project Manager / General Manager
Ais Malone wears multiple hats in the screen industry and is a mam to 4 year old. She is the project manager with Raising Films Ireland. Ais is also a creative producer, running an independent production company called Rye Films and is a PhD researcher with TU Dublin School of Media, funded by TU Dublin’s ARISE. Her research is focused on the Irish Creative Screen Industries - developing best practices for engendering an equitable, inclusive, sustainable and diverse culture and work environment for people to thrive in.
Katie Killane
Administrator
Film and Television Lecturer and Course Coordinator for the BA in Film & TV at CDCFE (University of Wolverhampton). An RTS Award-winning television producer, she has worked extensively across factual programming for leading UK and Irish broadcasters. She combines teaching with industry advocacy through her work with Raising Films Ireland, is Co-Director of NiftyPics, and is a parent of two.
Soojin Choi
Accounts Assistant
Background in education, design, and technology. Project manager, scriptwriter, and Korean language teacher. ACCA student at City of Dublin FET College, actively leveraging my diverse skillset to transition into production accountancy for the TV and Film industry.
