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Fresh Film Festival (Ireland)

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Fresh International Film Festival
LocationLimerick, Ireland
Founded1997
Festival dateMarch/April
LanguageEnglish, others
Websitefreshfilmfestival.net

The Fresh International Film Festival (Irish: Féile Úr Scannán) is a festival for young people which takes place in Limerick, Ireland each Spring.

Running since 1997, Fresh Film is a year round organisation. The annual festival includes its competitive event, Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year, which screens films made by young people aged between 7 and 18 years.

Festival

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The Festival's main aim is to encourage young people to make films. The festival screens a number of feature films and hosts workshops, masterclasses and meetings for young filmmakers.

Jury

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Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year is judged by a number of film and education professionals and the 1st and 2nd prize winners at the previous years competition.

Winners

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Best Short Film

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  • 2020: Senior Award "Pirates"- Directed by Cal O'Driscoll (director)
  • 2019: Senior Award "Rue"- Directed by Sean Treacy (director)
  • 2018: Senior Award "Choice" - Directed by John Farrelly (director)
  • 2017: Senior Award "Hidden Potential" - Directed by Eamonn McMahon
  • 2016: Senior Award "Poppies" - Directed by Rachel McGill, Limerick Ireland
  • 2011: Senior Award "4:27 AM" -Directed by Seán Murphy
  • 2010: Senior Award "Dystopia" by Seán Conroy from Dublin, Ireland
  • 2009: Senior Award "The Grim Trials of Vida Novac" by Nicholas Sheridan from Wexford, Ireland
  • 2008: Senior Award "Alien Verbatim" by Laurence Snashall from Schull, Ireland
  • 2007: Senior Award "Hang Up Noise Man" by Re Productions from Dublin, Ireland
  • 2006: Senior Award "The Cycle" dir. Eoghan McQuinn from Dublin, Ireland
  • 2005: Senior Award "The Vent" dir. Glenn Lambert DublinMade Films, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2004: Senior Award " The Boy's Revenge" dir. Jonathan Lambert, DublinMade Films, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2003: Senior Award "The Unmentionable" dir. Dónal Foreman & Danny McMahon, DogDay Films, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2002: Senior Award "Weird Evolution" dir. Emlyn Lewis, Cavan
  • 2001: Senior Award "Oxygen" by Jeremy O'Hanlon, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2000: Senior Award "After The War" by Vincent Lambe, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1999: Senior Award "The Jock Club and the Mellon Collie Death of Eugene Nerdlinger" dir. Anthony Kinsella - C13 Pictures

Radharc Trust: Documentary Award

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This category is sponsored by the Radharc Trust

  • "The First Rose" -5th Class Scoil Eoin
  • "Sneakers" dir. Patrickswell National School, Limerick, Ireland
  • "Abuelita" dir. Santana Hernandez Power, Kilkenny, Ireland
  • "The Fool's Card" Sian Murray, Dublin, Ireland

Brown Bag Animation Award

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The animation award is supported by Brown Bag Films

  • "Ages Ago" -Ryan and Mark Buckley
  • "The Show-Offs" by Colaiste Chiarain, Croom, Limeric
  • "Reflection" by Alfie Hollingsworth and Dylan Bickerton
  • "UpsideDown Goldfish" dir Bryan O'Sullivan, Cork, Ireland
  • "The Last Penguin" by Sacred Heart School, Portlaoise, Ireland

RTÉ 60 second short award

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The "short" award is presented in conjunction with RTÉ

  • "Piece Of Cake" Laura Gaynor,[1] Sligo, Ireland
  • "The Show-Offs" by Colaiste Chiarain, Croom, Limerick

International Award

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  • "Girls" aka 'Piger' by Ida Gedbierg Soerensen/Stammen, Station Next, Denmark[citation needed]

Workshops

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Workshops have included a videogame design workshop and a filmmaking workshop by Eugene O'Connor.[2]

Screenings

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The animated feature film Persepolis was screened on the 28th.[when?][3]

A collection of international short films made by young people from across Europe, Palestine and South Korea was screened under the title "Kids on the Move".

Award ceremony

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The award ceremony for the senior category is held in March/April.[4]

Trivia

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  • 2nd Prize winner for 'Requiem' in 2007, director Patrick Ryan made his 'Irish western' 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town' in 2014 Darkness on the Edge of Town (2013).
  • 1st Prize winner in 2003 for 'The Unmentionable', Dónal Foreman has written, directed and edited three feature films: Out Of Here(2013), The Image You Missed (2018) and The Cry of Granuaile (2022).[5]
  • 2nd prize winning director in 1998, Conor McMahon released his feature film Stiches starring British comedian Ross Noble (2012). He is currently in pre-production on a feature film shooting in summer 2019.

References

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  1. ^ RTÉ two tube website
  2. ^ "Fresh Film Programme 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  3. ^ "Fresh Film Programme 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  4. ^ "Fresh Film Programme 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  5. ^ "Filmography". www.donalforeman.com.
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