EXCLUSIVE: Eternity writer-director David Freyne, The Rachel Incident writer Caroline O’Donoghue and exec producer Matt Jordan Smith and All About The Money director Sinéad O’Shea have been confirmed as speakers for the third edition of Storyhouse, Element Pictures’ Dublin-based screenwriting festival.
They will join previously announced speakers including Brady Corbet, Abi Morgan, Will Tracy, Audrey Diwan, Eva Victor, Harry Lighton, Ava Pickett, Jack Rooke, Suhayla El-Bushra, Brendan Canty and Nicôle Lecky.
The two-day event, which kicks off tomorrow (April 17) at the Light House Cinema, will host a raft of panels and in-depth discussions and hosts set to guide the conversations include: Aurelie Godet, Festival Programmer for the Cork International Film Festival; Charlene Lydon, Festival Programmer at the Galway Film Fleadh; The Rachel Incident and September Says producer Chelsea Morgan Hoffman; Pillion and Normal People producer Emma Norton; You Are Not My Mother writer-director Kate Dolan; writer and journalist Patrick Freyne; Constellations writer Sinéad Gleeson; playwright and screenwriter Sonya Kelly; and Bodkin writer Ursula Rani Sarma.
Storyhouse is a not-for-profit initiative backed by Element Pictures and spearheaded by Academy Award nominated producer and Co-CEO of Element Pictures, Ed Guiney. It’s supported by Screen Ireland, Fremantle and Element Pictures and is produced in association with the Light House Cinema.
The festival is positioning itself as a hub for new and established writers and industry professionals to benefit from in-depth interviews, panels and case studies from some of the most established international creators of stories for the screen. Panels run alongside its Storyhouse Lab, a five-day initiative that connects 15 emerging screenwriters with industry figures under the mentorship of What Richard Did and 500 Miles writer Malcolm Campbell.
“We are so looking forward to the third edition of Storyhouse over the coming days and are so grateful for the generosity of our incredible guests and moderators,” said Guiney. “Thanks to the Storyhouse team and all our sponsors and backers for supporting and wrangling this incredible lineup.”
Storyhouse takes place on April 16-17, 2026, in Dublin’s Light House Cinema.
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