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film · Sunday 23 August 2026 · See website for times 
Film Track - Film in Limerick Summer Showcase
At Multiple venues across Limerick · Limerick, Co. Limerick
At Multiple venues across Limerick · Limerick, Co. Limerick
Film Track is a free, three-day celebration of independent filmmaking that takes over Limerick city for a late August weekend each year. Run by Film in Limerick (part of Innovate Limerick) in partnership with Wired FM and the National Talent Academies, it draws emerging filmmakers, musicians, and cinema fans into the same venues for screenings, industry conversations, and live competition. If you have any interest in how films are made, or simply enjoy watching work that hasn’t come through a Hollywood filter, this weekend is hard to beat.
The programme spreads across a handful of Limerick city-centre venues - ENGINE on Cecil Street Upper, the Belltable arts centre, and in previous years Cleeves Factory and the Record Room on Catherine Street. Each day opens with a Breakfast Club session where filmmakers and industry figures talk candidly about their work, followed by an afternoon of panels and screenings and a bigger evening event.
Past editions have included the screening of locally filmed sci-fi thriller Woken (starring Erin Kellyman and Maxine Peake), an in-conversation with documentary filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan, and a Young Filmmakers Showcase in partnership with Fresh Film. One of the weekend highlights is the One-Shot Filmmaking Competition - ten teams spread out across Limerick and spend the weekend making single-shot short films, with the results screened at a Sunday evening BBQ. There are also panel events aimed at musicians who want to work in film, making it genuinely cross-disciplinary.
Most public events are free. Attendees register online and collect a Film Track wristband at ENGINE, which gets them into events across all venues. Check the festival website closer to the date for the 2026 programme and registration link, as the full lineup is typically announced a few weeks out.
Limerick city is well connected by road and rail. The M7 brings you in from Dublin (roughly two hours), while the N20 connects from Cork. Limerick Colbert Station, in the city centre, is served by Intercity trains from Dublin Heuston (under two hours) and Cork. Bus Éireann runs regular express services from Dublin, Cork, and Galway. The festival venues are all within easy walking distance of the station and the main city-centre car parks on Rutland Street and at the Crescent Shopping Centre.
A film weekend is a good excuse to spend a little more time in the city - King John’s Castle and the Hunt Museum are both close to the festival venues, and the Limerick food scene around the Milk Market rewards an early Saturday morning detour. There is more to see in Limerick and across Co. Limerick.
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