Fresh Film iNspiring, Nurturing and celebrating excellence in young people's filmmaking
Fresh Film runs programmes throughout the year under four headings; Fresh Education, Fresh International, Fresh Production and Fresh International Film Festival featuring Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Awards.
Fresh Film encourages young people to make films and empowers them as artists.
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🎬 Honored to be part of @corkfilmfest special event for schools with the legendary Lord David Puttnam! 🌟 An insightful journey into the world of filmmaking, filled with wisdom and inspiration. 🎥✨ Grateful for the chance to share experiences and advice with the next generation of young filmmakers. “I want you to have as wonderful a life as I have had, filled with extraordinary experiences.” – Lord David Puttnam 🌟 Such profound words that resonate with the power of possibilities and the richness of a life well-lived. #thiscouldbeyou #freshfilm #iyftys #irelandsyoungfilmmakeroftheyear #davidputtnam #nextgen
🌟 We’re thrilled to have supported @generationfleadh this week with our incredible IYFTY-nominated and winning films featured in their Generation Shorts and Gearrscannáin programmes this week. 🎬 Huge congratulations to Malachaí, Coláiste Éinde Jamie, Ella, Michael, Erin, Georgina, Conor, Coláiste Baile an Chláir, Maria, Avondale Community College, and fantastic tutors Marc and Vinny! 👏 Your talent and creativity shine brightly. 🌈✨
🎥🍿 Fresh is all about inspiring, nurturing, and celebrating excellence in young people’s filmmaking. 🎞️👧🏽👦🏻 #FilmFestival #YoungTalent #Inspiration #Congratulations #GenerationShorts #Gearrscannáin #IYFTY #YouthFilmmaking #ProudSupporter
Do you have what it takes to be Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year?! 🎥
Fresh International Film Festival is now accepting entries for this year’s Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2024!
Open Internationally 🌎 to young people aged 7 to 18, with a top prize of €1’000 towards your next film production 🎬
We’re eagerly anticipating the incredible stories that young filmmakers, like you, bring to our festival. ⭐️ Submit your film now or find more info at our link in bio!
Entries will close January 19th, 2024
Throwback Thursday to some of the incredible film posters from last year. 🎬✨ #TBT #FilmPosters #Memories”
Massive congratulations to Fresh alumni and Hothouse mentor @nellehensey 🎉🌟 Her RTE Storyland drama premiered last night on @rte2, and it’s a must-watch. 📺✨ Catch it on @rteplayer for some amazing storytelling. 🎥 #RTEStoryland #NewDrama #TalentSpotlight #freshfilm #youngfilmmakers #fresh alumni
📽️Are you in the process of making your film for next years Fresh Awards? Send us a direct message and let us know. We will follow up with you asap! 🎬#iyftys24 #IrelandsYoungFilmmaker #freshfilm
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Fresh take on the big apple 🍎
Proud as punch of our four fresh alumni who were each received an invitation to the All American High School Film Festival for their Ireland Young Film Maker entires 🎥
The lads enjoyed a weekend full of workshops and events, all leading up to the main event, the awards ceremony 🏆 no wins but we so thrilled to see our filmmakers be able to travel around the world to showcase their incredible work 🌎
Big thank you to the All American High School Film Festival for hosting and recognising our great talents 🎬
Films Pictured
🍿 A Wake To Remember – Eve Duffy
🍿The Tell Tale Heart – Max Hendrickson
🍿Like a Bolt from the Blue – Micheal Keane
🍿I’ll Know – Rhianna Woods
The Fresh Team and Irelands Young Filmmakers would like to extend our thank yous to @fish_filmfestival & @vbu.dalarna for hosting us at their festivals this year 🎥
Our Fresh alumni were delighted to attend as-well as our partners from @fourriverfilmfestival 🇭🇷 and @camerazizanio 🇬🇷
A massive congrats to our 2023 Irelands Young Filmmaker, Max Hendrickson and his film “The Tell Tale Heart” for winning “Best Animation” at this years Four River Film Festival in Croatia!
Max competed in an international category, where he was nominated for his beautiful stop motion animation film based on the Edgar Allen Poe story of the same name 🎥
Congratulations to Fresh alumni and 2018 Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year John Farrell, who will screen his new feature “The Sleep Experiment” at this years @kerryintfilmfest. 🎥
You can check out Johns 2018 award winning film “Choice” on the Fresh YouTube Channel 🎬
What an Honour!!
Some of Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Finalists, opened the second day of this years @kerryintfilmfest!! “A Fresh Welcome”, allowed our filmmakers to showcase their 2023 submissions to a sold out audience! A big congrats and well done to all filmmakers involved 🎬
If you want to check out any of our 2023 submissions, check out our Youtube, Fresh Film 🍿
Films Pictured
🎥 The legend of Patrick Greenwood
By Glen Bowler
🎥 The Time I Spoke to the Sky
By Rachel Griffin
🎥 The Tell-Tale Heart
By Max Hendrickson
🎥 Nellie
By Malachaí Ó Ciardhubháin
Exhausted and delighted at the final day of Film Days. After a week shooting in Ludvika and a week editing in Rostock, Greta and David introduce their documentary and experimental films along with their fellow international filmmakers. @estetiska_programmet_vbu @fish_filmfestival
Greta and Yiannis from Greece get the shot in Ludvika as part of VBU Film Days before leaving to Rostock Germany to edit.
After a karaoke party it's goodbye Ludvika and hello Rostock, Germany as David and Greta travel to edit the films they and fellow European delegates have been working on all week for VBU Film Days and FiSH Festival!
Fresh's David Hopkins gets experimental at VBU Film Days, Ludvika, Sweden
David and Greta forging friendship, film and iron at VBU Film Days.#freshfilm
Knock three times, we're going to the mines.
Greta and David are put to work durinf a Cultural field trip as part of VBU Film Days. #freshfilm
Major breakthroughs in international relations between Ireland and Germany taking place here at VBU Film Days. Something fishy about it though?!
Best to of luck to Greta Thornton and David Hopkins as they represent Ireland and Fresh Film at VBU Film Days, an international workshop taking place in Ludvika, Sweden and Rostock, Germany.
It's official we are accepting submissions for Ireland's Young Filmmaker 2024. Visit https://freshfilm.ie
