For the general public there's a lot to grab the attention of those with even a passing interest in film, drama and television, but for anyone who hopes to act, write, direct or even produce they are essential.
Workshops and special events for the next week include, on Saturday 22 November from11am-12.30pm, a Script To Screen Masterclass with Deborah Moggach, an established and respected writer with 17 novels, two collections of short stories, and a stage play to her name.
She has adapted many of her novels as TV dramas and has also written several film scripts, including the BAFTA-nominated screenplay for 'Pride and Prejudice' (starring Keira Knightley). Deborah's most recent adaptation 'The Diary of Anne Frank', for the BBC, will be broadcast this year.
This masterclass will take participants through the whole process of adapting a script to screen with particular emphasis on 'Pride and Prejudice' and Deborah's latest adaptation 'The Diary Of Anne Frank' Deborah will also talk about how she got started in her career as a writer, and the differences involved in writing for the large and small screen.
Also on Saturday 22 November from 1pm-2.15pm, there will be a Double Negative Masterclass with Adrian de Wet - Digital Effects Supervisor on 'Hellboy II:The Golden Army'.
Double Negative, was set up in 1998 with a team of 30 staff. Since then the company has grown to 450-plus staff. Over the last year, Double Negative has completed work on projects including; Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, 10,000 B.C., Cloverfield, Atonement, The Duchess, Franklyn, Love in the Time of Cholera, In Bruges, Doomsday, Inkheart, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas and Rudo y Cursi.
Double Negative are currently in various stages of production on, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quantum of Solace, The Green Zone, The Soloist, The Boat That Rocked, The Reader, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, The Wolf Man and Angels and Demons.
The same day, from 3pm-5pm, the Nerve centre will host the 99 Minute Film School with Elliot Grove.
Of course it is impossible to explain filmmaking in 99 minutes! Or is it?
Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance and one of the most knowledgeable filmmakers in the UK, will attempt just that and give a viable plan and dozens of filmmaking tips in just 99 minutes.
This workshop will run through the following basic essentials you will need to create a film and to create a plan to launch your career.
Elliot Grove founded Raindance Film Festival in 1993, the British Independent Film Awards in 1998, and Raindance TV in 2007. He has produced over 150 short films, and 5 feature films. He has written eight scripts, one of which is currently in pre-production. His first feature film, TABLE 5 was shot on 35mm and completed for a total of £278.38.
He teaches writers and producers in the UK, Europe. Japan and America.
That day at 5pm, the nerve Centre will host the FreshFilmFestival 2008 Showcase, a showcasing body for the work of young filmmakers between the ages of 7 and 18 years.
The call is on for short film entries for the 12th festival, which will take place next March. This showcase of a selection of 2008 entries will demonstrate what it's all about.
You never know, Ireland's Young Filmmaker of 2009 could be you!
At 6pm, Willie Doherty will be in conversation with Declan Long. This time the venue will be the Omniplex.
Willie Doherty has been recognised as one of the most important visual artists alive in Europe, twice nominated for the turner prize.
Following a screening of Ghost story, Willie will be joined on conversation by Declan Long, lecturer at the national college of art and design in Dublin.
On Wednesday November 26, at 5pm, the Nerve Centre will host a Prisons Memory Archive. The Prisons Memory Archive, a unique record of 200 interviews back inside
Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh prison, contains interviews withex-prisoners, prison officers, doctors, probation officers, teachers andvisitors.
The next day, the same venue will host the world premiere of Piece of cake, from 2pm to 3pm.
This is a uniquely original, humorous and thought provoking animation on a theme of Equal Rights which allows young people with disabilities to be seen, heard, valued and recognised. It is of particular relevance at this time when Northern Ireland is in the process of drafting a Bill of Rights.
Cresco Trust in partnership with the Nerve Centre engaged with young people from Foyleview School in a series of workshops in music, music technology, songwriting, singing, recording, animation, filmmaking and human rights debate.
This closed screening for the young filmmakers and human rights advocates, their families and school friends, will be followed by a presentation of certificates and light refreshments.