Community Films

Seanscoil 2025

Seascape

Screening dates

Lorraine Hogan’s work celebrates community, creativity, and volunteerism. Through film, music, and storytelling, she highlights Irish heritage, sustainability, and the people who quietly shape local culture. Seanscoil 2023 was her debut documentary and was nominated for Best Television Production in Irish at the 2024 National Student Media Awards.

Its follow-up, Seanscoil 2025, was nominated for Best Short Film at the Waterford International Film Festival and has been officially selected for the Fastnet Film Festival, where it was in competition for Best Cork Film, Best Irish Language Film, and Best Irish Film. Seanscoil  2025 also will feature as part of the Cape Clear Irish Language Day Programme at Fastnet Film Festival.

As cinematographer and editor, Lorraine also participated in the 24-Hour Waterford Screen Waterford Film Challenge alongside John Foley and team, contributing to a multi-award-winning production recognised across several categories.

Seascape, a documentary exploring the camaraderie and community around sea swimming in Cork featuring Imelda Lynch, was an Official Selection at the IndieCork Film Festival, with sold-out screenings at The Arc Cinema and additional community screenings at The Inkwell Theatre.

Creative Minds is a short-form series by Lorraine Hogan spotlighting Cork artists, their voice, and creative process.

Community Screenings

FEATURED MEDIA

Sean Scoil

Sean Scoil 2023, Produced, Directed and Edited by Lorraine Hogan. (OLD SCHOOL) A short documentary celebrates the local community saving an old school building from demolition.They transformed the 1836 building into a state-of-the-art community and arts centre, helping the cultural life of a rural parish of traction, Co. Cork.

Seascape

A short film featuring Imelda Lynch and the Oysterhaven sea swimming group in Cork. The short interview delves into the sense of community that has developed around sea swimming in Ireland.

Produced, directed, filmed and edited by Lorraine Hogan.
Original music/poem by Lorraine Hogan – Translated Voice Over by Áine Uí Fhoghlú.

The Panopticon

Produced, directed, filmed, and edited by Lorraine Hogan A two screen art film/installation that addresses the contemporary issues of surveillance within urban environments. The work looks at the way in which contemporary living is controlled and monitored, dictating an individual’s time and space hour by hour.

Creative Minds

A special episode of Creative Minds featuring the Tracton Music and Arts Festival which is presented, produced and directed by Lorraine Hogan.

Creative Minds

Creative Minds with Lorraine Hogan featuring the MTU Degree Show Highlights 2024. Presented, produced and directed by Lorraine Hogan.

Breathe me in

‘Breathe Me In’ is the opening track of Lorraine Hogan’s self titled EP ‘RAINE’. Music video produced and directed by Lorraine Hogan.