Making films that move people

Ahead of the 15 April 2026 screening in the Jethro Centre, Lurgan, of his award winning documentary, The Quiet Shuffling of Feet, Director Fergus Cooper reflects on some of the challenges of filmmaking post-conflict The Quiet Shuffling of Feet The film took 3 years to realise, researching, shooting, and editing. It was filmed across the summer, autumn and winter of 2018-19, mainly on locations in Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Belfast. It explores conflict trauma and the recovery jo

My first feature documentary: The Quiet Shuffling of Feet was successful in submissions to three international film festivals. In July it...

There will be a special screening of my documentary: The Quiet Shuffling of Feet Thursday 8th of September in Newcastle Community Cinema,...

My love of films began at a very young age. The youngest of 4 boys, I tagged along with the brothers to the Saturday morning film club at the ABC Strand cinema, on Belfast’s Holywood Road. The 90-minute programme included multiple cartoons, a couple of Laurel & Hardy films and an instalment of a weekly serial such as Batman & Robin or The Lone Ranger. Mum and dad loved films as well, dad being a big western fan. It helped that we did not get a television until I was 10 years

Giving your first television interview need not be as daunting as you first feared. Here are some things you can do to ensure that the...

Current events in the Ukraine, in the Yemen and Palestine remind us that war devastates and changes lives forever. It is not just the...

As a documentary filmmaker, I'm often asked where do you get your ideas from? And this is followed up by, how do you make a start? To...

I attended the Northern Ireland Film & Television School, SERC, Bangor 2019-21. I was 62 when I started and 64 when I emerged with my...

How I got started in filmmaking and shooting documentaries.