Adaptation Film Scheme & Bursary 2025
Creative Heartlands I Sligo, Leitrim & Roscommon
Now in its third year, the Adaptation Film Bursary is an award by Sligo Arts Services Department and the Creative Ireland Roscommon and Leitrim Programmes and is supported by the National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama.
Tom Conway has been selected as the Sligo recipient of the award for 2025 for “Ah, It’s Myself?” a short poetic drama inspired by a rediscovered painting created in 1972 by Frank Conway, a then 17-year-old aspiring artist who would go on to carve out a career in film and theatre which saw him work as production designer on “The Field”.
Tom’s screenwriting journey began in 2017 when he began writing his first feature, “The Cedar Room”, which resulted in him getting to the final interview stage of Channel 4’s 2018 4screenwriting course. The following year, Tom’s next script saw his selection by Ardán as an emerging screenwriter for the prestigious 2019 Script Mentorship Scheme where he was mentored by renowned producer Keith Potter and resulted in “The Rooster”, a 6-part comedy series about an unlikely rural Irish superhero.
His short script, “The Radio”, a concept exploring the radio as a companion for elderly man, won the Galway Film Centre / RTÉ Short Film Commission in 2019 which was selected for the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh. “The Gloaming”, is built upon The Radio and delves further into the life of an aging father and the difficult choices that confront his family. Tom is also currently working on his next script, “Helicopter”, under the mentorship of screenwriter Ray Lawlor (Obituary).
Performing Arts Forum Gathering May 2025
Three bursaries for arts practitioners based in the Sligo County administrative area to attend the Performing Arts Forum Gathering in Limerick were awarded to artists Heather Rose, Monica McCarthy and Maeve McCormack.
