IFI Spotlight 2019 - James Hickey In Conversation
James Hickey will soon step down from his eight-year stewardship of F\xeds \xc9ireann/Screen Ireland. In conversation with Hugh Linehan, Arts and Culture Editor of The Irish Times, he will reflect on his tenure \u2013 on Screen Ireland\u2019s contribution to the growth of the Irish film industry over the past ten years; the ongoing battle for retention of industry tax incentives; the highlights of his time at the helm and the areas he wasn\u2019t able to develop as he would have hoped; and where he thinks the future focus of Screen Ireland needs to be as a new era dawns.
\nRecorded at the Irish Film Institute on the 30th of May 2019.