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Welcome to Fresh Film Festival

Fresh Film Festival is the place for all you aspiring young filmmakers to have your masterpieces screened in front of captive audiences, get invaluable feedback, see the latest inspiring feature films, take part in workshops and enter for consideration in the Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Competition annually.

We programme events year round and try to keep abreast of what’s happening with youth film abroad. We love to hear what Irish young filmmakers are up to and provide support in any way we can. So get in touch and keep an eye on the website for upcoming events and opportunities!

…and ACTION!

ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW

One of the things that makes filmmaking fun is that you can include a bunch of people in the action of transforming an idea into a reality, from script to final cut, ready for screening at Fresh.
Collaboration for young filmmakers involves working with friends and parents. Even if you’re beavering away with your camera and computer in your bedroom, making an animation on your own, inevitably the process of getting your thoughts and dreams to screen means working with others. Collaboration can be tricky because, essentially, you are trying to get people to do what you want them to do… and often your ace ‘production team’ is made up of friends and family doing you a favour by giving you their time and opinions. How many times do you have a scene set up in your head or on paper, only to have it changed as you discuss it with actors, your cameraperson and others? Teamwork can be complex because you can only push things so far before your cast and crew revolt…
Film is an art form and as you set out to create a piece of art you will need to think about your allies; the people who will help you transform your imaginings into a shared moment on screen. The good news is that your school, friends, parents, group leaders, teachers and communities are only too willing to help you. When they see the interest and passion you have in your project, they will in turn offer some help and encouragement. Your main challenge is to harness that goodwill, ask for help when you need it, and build support towards getting your brilliant idea made into a unique film. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll be surprised that working with friends and family can be one of the most enjoyable experiences of making your film. Don’t be scared to ask for help, we expect they’ll queue up to give you a hand.
We look forward to seeing your work at Fresh 2013. We’ll be there to watch it with you and your friends and your family.

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Our new address is: Fresh Film Festival, 1 John's Square, Limerick

Hothouse Event 2012

During the summer months of 2012 Freelance Filmmaker Julian Hills worked with the Hothouse group to produce a number of ‘Kidspeak’ shorts. Eleven young filmmakers took part in the project and the eight shorts will be broadcast on RTE in April 2013.

Reel Exchange

A collaborative exchange project supporting International Young Filmmakers. Presented in conjunction with Ireland’s Presidency of the council of the European Union. Supported bu the Arts Council of Ireland Strand 4 programme to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Reel Exchange aims to bring together a collaborative cluster of young filmmakers from a range of international youth film organizations, working with a number of partners from Ireland.

We are inviting international youth film partners along with young filmmakers to visit Ireland in March 2013 to participate in the project and to attend aspects of Fresh Film Festival’s Young Ireland’s Filmmaker Programme.

Proposed Programme:

Screen It
Fresh will screen a selection of short films.

22nd March 10am – 12noon
Limetree Theatre, Marry Immaculate College, Limerick
Free Admission
Call the Fresh Office on (061) 319 555 for bookings.

Drop It Forum
23rd March

Session #1. Presentation of FILMINJEN.DK by Station Next, Denmark.
FILMINEN.DK is a ground breaking online tool that that allows filmmakers to manage filmmaking processes from pre-production to post-production and assign specific tasks to each member of the film crew. Using FILMINJEN.DK allows the crew to work on their project online, send messages and track the progress of each department, and is ideal for international collaborations. The presentation of this technology at the morning session of the Forum event will give young filmmakers, youth film production companies and festivals an insight into how users of FILMLINJEN.DK can experience an integrated solution for practical film production.

Session #2. Forum Theme: Technology, Distribution and the Virtual Space
The online world presents a wave of new possibilities and challenges for the production, promotion and showcasing of films. This session will explore the position of youth cinema in this virtual space, focusing on the potential for collaboration across boarders.

Presentation of the Give It + Take It Workshop and Micro-films.

International

Fresh Film Festival continuously submits entries into Film Festivals around the world. Past International Film Festivals that our entrants have found success with include Seoul International Youth Film Festival, REC- Berlin Youth Film Festival, Four Rivers Film Festival- Croatia, Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF), and CineYouth Festival presented by the Chicago International Film Festival.

In the near future, Fresh aims to invite entries from various international film festivals, with the hope of building relations with these organisations.

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Fresh Film Festival 2013 Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to all of our 2013 Winners!!

Senior Category

1st ‘Dive’ by Andrew Jordan
2nd ‘Hide and Seek’ by Conor Foran
Joint 3rd ‘Cents’ by Desmond Bros Productions & ‘The Dice Man’ by One Cent Productions
Group Award ‘Monster Squad’ by Oatlands College
Brownbag Animation Award ‘Nuclear Winter’ by Canbinteely Community School
RTE 60 Sec Award ‘Repulsive by Action School of Film
Audience Award ‘Hide and Seek’ by Conor Foran

International

1st ‘Anne Roos’ by Casper Buytendyk
2nd ‘In a Coconut Shell’ by Ida Akestrom Knudsen

Highly Commended

For Comedy ‘Unexpected Target’ by Tiernan O’Rourke Click Click TV, Colaiste Chiaran
For Performance ‘Raggsy the Runner’ by Connect 7
For Style ‘A Christmas Plan’ by David Brazil, Conor Igoe & Shane O’Brien

Special Mention

‘Brainstorming: Ideas for a Short Film’ by Danilo Zambrano & Paul Hewison

Junior Category Winners

1st ‘American Nazi’s’ by John Farrelly
2nd ‘Dead Apocalypse’ by Ewan McNulty
3rd ‘Failte Isteach’ by Cappabue National School
Radharc Documentary Award ‘The Normans in Desertserges’ by Ahiohill National School
Brownbag Animation Award ‘Framed’ by Cian & Aoibhinn MacCoille

Highly Commended

For Innovation ‘The World Over’ by Robert Gaynor
For Performance ‘Infection’ & ‘Stalemate’ by Drimnagh National School
For Storytelling ‘Trouble’ by Lily Shortt

Regional Heat Audience Award Winners

Congratulations to Liam Duinin and Noel Murphy who won the Audience Award at the Dublin Heat for their film ‘The Man Who Thinks He’s a Fork’.

Congratulations to Cormac Tierney, James Allen and Sean Thomas. ‘The Event’ won the Audience Award at the Dublin Heat.

Congratulations to Conor Foran. ‘Hide and Seek’ won the Audience Award at the Leinster Heat.

Congratulations to Michael Geraghty for his film ‘Impact’ which won the the Audience Award at the Galway Heat.

Congratulations to Cian O’Connor who won the Audience Award at the Cork Heat for his film ‘Acceptance’.

Congratualtions to Dylan Bickerton and Alfie Hollingsworth whose film ‘The Dice Man’ won the Audience Award at the Limerick Heat!

Fresh Film Festival is delighted with the increase of entries we’ve had for this year’s film festival. With an approximate 25% increase, we are impressed with everything we’ve seen so far. The standards for this year are very high, and entrants should expect fierce competition!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Fresh Film Festival have moved.

Our new address is:
Fresh Film Festival
No 1 John’s Square
Limerick City

For more information please contact the office on 061 319555.