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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!

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Announcing the dates for the 2012 Festival

Monday 26th March – Friday 30th March

Download the 2012 entry form here

Closing dates for 2012

Friday 27th January 2012
National entries

Friday 3rd February 2012 - International entries

Four Rivers Film Festival. Croatia

Congratulations to Sean Conroy who won the award for BEST FICTION at The Four Fiver Film Festival in Croatia.

Sean shared this prize with a film titled 'Retour' from Station Next in Denmark and Fresh also sends a big congratulations to them

Galway Junior Film Fleadh

Hothouse Short Film Panel in association with Fresh Film Festival

13.00 Saturday 19th November 2011. Town Hall Theatre. Age 14-18 yrs limited places. 45 mins

Fresh Film Festival has worked with young Irish filmmakers for over 15 years. During the 2011 festival Fresh colaborated closely with a group of young experienced filmmakers forming the ‘Hothouse Group’ which has now received funding from the Arts Council to make a 10 minute short.

The group is made up of 12 young filmmakers, all assigned specific roles who are currently working on this short. The Junior Galway Film Fleadh is proud to host a panel discussion featuring members from the Hothouse Group who will give an insight into their experiences as young Irish Filmmakers and offer tips and advice for budding young filmmakers.

Hothouse - Productions

It might seem like all our energies are going into exporting your films but we are also working with the Hothouse group, who met on the last day of the festival. The Hothouse group proposed making a film over the summer and their Youth Ensemble Scheme application went through to the Arts Council in April.

Fresh are delighted to announce the Hothouse group application was successful and funds have been awarded to the group to make a short. Out of 44 applicants the Arts Council awarded 19 projects so a big Congratulations to the group!

The first pre-production day with the group will take place in Dublin before the end of August. We hope that production and post production will take place late October in Limerick.

Fresh will keep you posted on the progress...

Are you Ireland’s Young Filmmaker 2012?

Fresh Film Festival is excited to announce its call for entries for Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Awards 2012.

Do you have an idea for a film or do you have a film on your computer and are looking for a chance to have it screened? If so, Fresh film festival is the event for you.

Fresh Heat Dates

Cork:Triskel Arts Centre
Wednesday 29th February

Galway: Town Hall Theatre
Wednesday 29th February

Dublin: IFI Temple Bar
Wednesday 7th March

Leinster: IFI Temple Bar
Wednesday 7th March

Limerick: Storm Cinema
Thursday 8th March

International festivals

The 2011 festival may be over but Fresh is kept busy promoting your amazing work and bringing you and your films all over the world.

We have already submitted films to a number of festivals including Seoul International Youth Film Festival, Jana International film festival, 4 Rivers festival and the Berlin Jugendmedienfest. There will be more festivals to come and we are always on the look out for new opportunites for your work

You have also been telling us about festivals to whom you have submitted so please continue to keep us informed about how your films are getting on and about other International events that screen films made by filmmakers aged 7 – 18.

Congratulations to...

Sean Murphy whose film 4:27am was selected by SIYFF for screening in Korea in July.

The North West Film School whose films Love Emily & Steve the Robot were also selected by the SIYFF jury.

Arran Tenzin Bradstock whose film Somnium is to be screened in Wales in August as part the International Youth Film Festival UK. We are still waiting to hear from some other festivals and we will let you know when we do.

4:27am (Sean Murphy) . Delusional Cruelty (Jack Doyle), Love Emily (North West Film School),Somnium (Arran Tenzin Bradstock), Taking The Biscuit (North West Film School), The Contemplation of Oscar,(TY Coolmine Community School), The Elwood Killings (1 Cent Productions) and finally Az Utalosó Livoskaja - The Last Princess (Sean Conroy) have also been selected by the Four Rivers Festival, Croatia jury.

Mouse (Hal Warner-Clayton), Dublin Zoo (YIFM), Wake Up Call (Megan Devaney) and Have You Ever (Gearoid Gibbs & Dean Gilchrist) are all selected for Berlin Jugendmedienfest in September. We are still waiting to hear from some other festivals and we will let you know when we do.