Event Theme: 

Disrupting DEI through storytelling. 

DEI got edited down. We’re bringing you the director’s cut. GORM Gathering 2025 was your behind-the-scenes pass to a film-led space of joy and resistance. where performativity is shown the door. Expect a screening that dares to show what corporate DEI events won’t, panels that reclaim authorship, performances that carry protest in their rhythm, and a co-creation session where industry listens and community leads. 

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Disrupting DEI is about redefining equity goals, moving from surface-level representation to deep structural transformation, grounded in fairness, participatory ownership, data-informed practice and storytelling that unsettles as it inspires.

Because when the system won’t hand us the mic - we bring our own.

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The event line up:

Film Screening
Kick off with GO HOME, a powerful short by Marcello Fidelis exploring displacement and survival in post-riot Ireland — produced as part of The Close Up Summer Residency 2025.

Two Provocative Panels

• From Box-Ticking to Belonging – A deep dive into authorship, authenticity, and the limits of corporate DEI.
• Creative Interference – Artists and organisers unpack art as resistance to diversity optics.

Live Performances
Feel the protest and the joy through music, movement and spoken word

Community Co-Creation Session
No keynotes. Just real voices. Industry professionals become listeners as the community leads a collaborative session on reimagining inclusion from the ground up.

Connection Over Food + Music - Closing Ritual
We’re carving out space for genuine chats, unexpected partnerships, and the conversations that often happen in the margins.

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