DUBLIN—Each year, aspiring young filmmakers aged 18 and under battle it out to be named ‘Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year’ at the Fresh Film Festival. The filmmakers will have an opportunity to see their work on the big screen as the movies are screened at four locations in regional heats - Limerick, Galway, Cork and Dublin.
The Festival itself will be held in Limerick on the 28th – 31st March, where the winner for 2011 will be announced. Many of the winners of the competition have gone on to have successful careers in the film industry, and each year the awards uncover a wealth of new filmmaking talent.
The festival has been running for 15 years and has gone from strength to strength. Each year the festival is host to the premier accolade in Ireland for filmmakers aged 18 and under, and it also offers a forum for young filmmakers, workshops, screenings of features and other events. This year Fresh will host a Gaming Design workshop to highlight the similarities and the influences the Gaming and the Film Industry have on each other, and their overlap with one another.
There are six judging panels for the following awards: The senior Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Award(13 - 18 years), The Junior Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Awards (7 -12 years), The Brownbag Animation Award, The Radharc Documentary Award, the International Young Filmmaker Award, and the RTÉ 60 Second Shot Award.
Admission to the regional screenings is free, but pre-booking is advised. The Limerick heat will take place on the 21st March in Belltable, the Galway heat on 23rd March in Nuns Island, the Cork heat at the River Lee Hotel in Cork on the 16th March and the Leinster and Dublin heats will take place on the 22nd March in the IFI.
The festival strives to ensure that it is engaging, relevant and challenging and has continued to develop links with other organisations and filmmakers from outside of Ireland. Fresh exists to provide a national and international platform and network for the budding film talent of Ireland. The festival itself provides the opportunity for hundreds of film enthusiasts, 18 years and under, to have their films seen on the big screen, and a series of prizes for the winners that are designed to promote and support further filmmaking ventures. Fresh Films Ltd strives to broaden the spectrum of opportunity, provide a support network, and encourage standards of excellence for Irish filmmakers from the grass roots level, nourishing the quality of the Irish film industry as a cultural export.
For further information, visit www.freshfilmfestival.net
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