# Presents: starGAZE Participants Venus Patel, Jack Warren & Stephen T. Lally Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally.md Podcast: [Film Ireland Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003) Published: 2026-04-10T09:40:53+00:00 Episode link: https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/e/69d8c5a5d3f0dd7747af9f7f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally Duration seconds: 3194 ## Resource How is important art and fandom shaped? In today’s episode , we’re joined by more wonderful LGBTQIA creatives from starGAZE: multidisciplinary artist Venus Patel, writer/filmmaker Jack Warren and director, screenwriter, and concept artist Stephen T. Lally discuss their literal journeys, professional achievements, the films and art that inspired them, and the impact starGAZE has had on their careers so far. We’re delighted to partner with the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival and the National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama to celebrate this year’s  starGAZE  participants. starGAZE, the professional development initiative supporting six emerging LGBTQIA filmmakers, returns for its third year in 2026. Applications are now open and will close at 5pm on Monday 20th April . For more information on how to apply, visit  www.nationaltalentacademies.ie/film-tv . Listen now on SoundCloud, Apple, Spotify, Acast & Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts . Here's the link to the podcast with Vera Drew, mentioned in the discussion: https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-vera-drew-director-co-writer-of-the-peoples-joker/ Venus Patel is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist working in film, theatre & visual arts. Her work examines social conformity & Queer/POC suppression through the lens of absurdity, informed by her experiences as a trans woman of colour. Her debut short film, Eggshells, which she directed, wrote & acted in, premiered at GAZE Film Festival & won the RDS Taylor Art Award & the Image Now Multimedia Award. Her most recent short film, Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse, has screened at film festivals across the US, the UK, Ireland, Germany, & France, & won an Audience Award from… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/film-ireland-podcast-896003/episodes/presents-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/film-ireland-podcast-896003/presents-stargaze-participants-venus-patel-jack-warren-stephen-t-lally.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.