Congratulations to all the young filmmakers who submitted their films in 2018. With over 1500 submissions, this was our biggest year yet.
Congratulations to the 2018 winners and thank you to our juries.
Senior
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2018– John Farrelly, Down – Choice
Best Group – SWAY Project, Waterford – Useless / Duff
2nd – Sean Treacy, Wicklow – Brother
3rd – Melanie O’Donnell, Limerick – Catharsis
HC Ensemble – CBS Ennistymon, Clare – Badminton Club
HC Performance – Jack Doyle, Kildare – The Kidney Movie
HC Comedy – Reuben Harvey, Laois – The Damned Youth
HC Direction – Josh Lynas, Down – Blank
HC Production Design – Dónal Cotter, Dublin – Totem / Aiséiri
Juniors
1st. – Max Hendrickson, Dublin – Isolation
2nd – St. Aidens N.S. 3rd 6th Class, Sligo – In Memorium
3rd. – Scoil Raifteirí, Mayo – Nazrat is Anim Dom
HC – Production Design – 5th Class Ardfert N.S., Kerry – Gooseberry Fair
HC – Documentary – Seamus Griffiths, Cork – Home from the Sea
HC – Comedy – YIFM, Kilkenny – Hypnobrows
HC – Animation – Alice Walsh, Clare – The Oscars
Special Mentions:
Ely Solan GFC, Galway – Couch Battle
Kim Hackett, Trading Faces, Galway – A Trip to the Dentist
YIFM, Kilkenny- Jumanjopoly
Joseph Keary, GFC, Galway – Zoop Poops
Cappabue N.S., Cork – Origin of the Species
5th Class Ardfert N.S., Kerry – Fada Amach
International
1st – Cecilie Elmholt Skou, Station Next (Denmark) – Floating Soldiers
2nd – Anne-Marie Bierre Koch, Station Next (Denmark) – Break
3rd – Carol Nguyen (Canada) – Every Grain of Rice
1st Junior – Maia Costea (Canada) – Birds
Best Documentary- Max Shoham (Canada) – Wavy Head
Best Animation- Radheya Jegatheva (Australia) – iRony
SM Originality – Ethan Elgenfeldt, Kevin Kim (Canada) – Justin
SM Comedy– Robert Gordon & Zach Weinstein (USA) – Human Fire Extinguisher
Spirit of Fresh – Johnathan Connolly
SPECIALIST JURIES
Boulder Media – Animation – Emily McGee, Kilkenny – Bird
RTE 60 Second Senior Winner – Aaron Moloney, Limerick-Toast
RTE 60 Second Senior Highly Commended – Johnathan Connolly, Galway – Nights Out
RTE 60 Second Junior Winner – Beth Murphy, Limerick- Dunphy’s Circus: The Animals Farewell
RTE 60 Second Junior Highly Commended – Ely Solan, Galway – Couch Battle
RTE Factual – Factual Winner – Luke Culhane, Limerick – What’s Your Story?
RTE Factual Junior – Highly Commended – Seamus Griffiths, Cork – Home from the Sea
TG4 – Gradam TG4 do Scannán sa Ghaeilge – Jakub Bajerski, Clare –The Baile Mór
Radharc Junior – Ballyporeen & Skeheenarinky National School, Tipperary – Stories Handed Down
Radharc Senior – Anna Murray, Loreto Fermoy. Cork – Traveller Life: The Reality
CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY
To be eligible for inclusion film entries must be:
- The original work of schools or groups or individuals aged from 7 to 18:
- 7 to 12 for the Junior section,
- 13 to 18 for the Senior section
- Completed after 27th of January, 2017 (National)
- Completed after 31st October, 2016 (International)
- 15 mins or less in length (Senior section)
- 10 mins or less in length (Junior section) These times are inclusive of title and end credits
- Submitted with a digital still, synopsis, completed entry form and fee*
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY
- You may submit with the printed/pdf entry form (or YCN form for international submissions) or online below.
- The following list of things must be included with your entry.
- Your film via DVD or USB Flash drive or link for online entries.
- A digital still image from your film – Email the image from your film to info@freshfilmfestival.com with the subject line IYFMY + [add your film title here]
- A synopsis of your film of no more than three lines of text email with the digital still to info@freshfilmfestival.com
- A completed application form or online entry form
- A completed release form (The section below the printed and included on the online application form)
- The application fee (National submissions only)
Congratulations to the You Judge It 2017 winners and thank you to our school juries.
Contagious, (NFFTY 48 Hr, USA), Winston (PARK Ji-Hyung, KIM Tae-Ri, KIM Hee-Jin, Hong Ye-Eun, Korea), Hoa,(Korea), Rest in Peace (Jugendfilm, Germany)
Nostalgia(Jing-hyn Park, Ku-bin Lee, Da-yeon Rhee, Soovene Choi, Korea), Escape to Utopia (Wayne de Boer, DNNFS Netherlands), Revolution of the Monsters, (Escola Parque, Brazil), Blind (Raul van Harmelen, Sebastiao de Geus, Sander Genot, jesse Kwast, Dax ten Voorde, Douwe Boonstopple. Netherlands)
Life Rolls On (Reagan Yorke, Pacific Arts Movement, USA), Back to Happy (Melanie Chammas, Rick Roos, Maryam de Vries, Roy Poutsma, jesse Visser, Gerben Bakker, Bruce de Gier, Kira Steijvers, DNNFS Netherlands), Caterwaul (Liva Lervig Haue, Station Next, Denmark), Abduction (Tim van Loon, DNNFS, Netherlands)
A Good Christian (Young Dogs, Kidscam, Belgium & Germany), Grade Machines (Zeavit Ben Abu, Israel), Luck Question (IES Extremadura, Spain) Oh, My Sweet Sixteen (LEE Hayun, China)
Tuesday with Carrot Soup (Kim Jeong hee, Korea), Paper Cut (Daniel Duus, Station Next, Denmark), Perspicacia (Vasilisa Belokon, Spain)
Mind (Bruno Edelman, Denmark), Wool The Journey of Wool (Michael Kitchin, Wales), Mama Said (Karin Asor, Israel), At Full Blast (1st Experimental High School of Athens, Greece)
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Award winners 2017.
Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year 2017
Junior winners
Irelands Junior Filmmaker of the Year 2017
Sean Treacy for Blood, Sweat and Tears
2nd Place – Oscar and the Return of the Salmon of Knowledge – Trinity and Eden Minihan
3rd Place – The Easter Raid – 4th Class, Donoughmore National School.
Highly Commended
Open Call for Best Friend -Trading Places – Highly Commended for Concept
Anyone for Cappuccino? – Our Lady of Mercy National School – Highly Commended for Script and Performance
The Polar Express – Corpus Christi Primary School – Highly Commended for Animation
Grace – 3rd – 6th Class St. Aiden’s NS – Highly Commended for Innovation and historical representation
Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year 2017
International winners
1st Place – The World Keeps Spinning, Station Next.
2nd Place – A Good Christian, Kids Cam & Young Dogs.
3rd Place – The Chatter Group of Mothers and Grandmothers, Chen Tse Chan Chien Po-Han, Hsu YLNu Lu Hsiang-Chen, Hsu Yao-Lin, Wu Yu Ting, Yi Lan Elementary School Gifted Class, Taiwan ROC
Best Animation – Reach, Netherlands
Special Mention – Little Red Cap, Kids Cam
Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year 2017
Senior winners
Irelands Young Filmmaker of the Year 2017
Eamonn MacMahon for Hidden Potential
Best Group – The Life of Young Pablo, Robert Moore, Hartstown Community School
2nd Place – 5 Nights at Gentle Falls, Tadhg Connolly
3rd Place – At Sea, Pippa Molony
Highly Commended
Unofficial Guide to Dating, Oisin McKeogh – Highly Commended for Script
Clocks, Melanie O’Donnell – Highly Commended for Direction
Ardclinis, Matthew McGuigan – High Commended Cinematography
Dead End Job, Juliette Green – Highly Commended Production Design
Dig, Ben Spillane – Highly Commended for Production
Special Mentions
Cycle, Luke O’Donoghue, Liam Gorman
716, Paul Gleeson and Tallaght Young Filmmakers
Make me a Robot, Róisín Conlon
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Specialist Awards
Radharc Award, Grace, 3rd – 6th Class St. Aiden’s NS
Radharc Highly Commended, St. Mary’s Church, Wexford Youth Film
RTE 60 Second, Sound of Silence, Erin Halpin, Fís na hÓige Productions
RTE 60 Highly Commended, 23 Days, Laura Carroll
RTE Factual, Your Home, Scoil Bride, Scoil Bhride NS
RTE Factual, Highly Commended, Bad Buzz, Ben Nolan
Boulder Media Animation Award, A Penguin’s Christmas, Tiarnan O’Connor
TG4 Film in the Irish Language Award, An Pictiúr, Coláiste Íde 6th Year Students
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Audience Award winners
Cork – Youngfellas, SWAY Youth Project
Limerick – Unofficial Guide to Dating, Oisin McKeogh
Dublin Central – Float, Julia Twamley
Dublin / Leinster – At Sea, Pippa Molony
Leinster – Gone-Zo, Liam Prenter-Morris
Galway – Unknown Sender, Johnathan Connelly
Senior Final – Hidden Potential, Eamonn MacMahon
Spirit of Fresh 2017 – Aaron Bradstock
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JUNIOR / Age 7-12
About
The junior category is open to individual young filmmakers and filmmaking groups. Whether you work alone, with friends, a teacher or adult filmmaker if you are aged 7-12 and have made a film then this category is for you.
Comedy, horror, drama, documentary, music video, animation we want to see them all
IRELANDS JUNIOR YOUNG FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 1st Prize – Plaque / Equipment
- 2nd Prize – Plaque
- 3rd Prize – Plaque
Prizes are awarded by our jury of industry professionals, young filmmakers, previous winners and educators. Highly commended awards given at discretion of the judges to films that may not have made the cut for main prizes but the jury feel deserve recognition.
All winners receive a specially commissioned one off plaque and goody bag.
Please click the links below for application forms
SENIOR / Age 13-18
About
The senior category is open to individual young filmmakers and and filmmaking groups. Whether you work alone, with friends, a teacher or adult filmmaker if you are aged 13-18 and have made a film then this category is for you.
Drama, documentary, music video, animation we want to see them all!
IRELANDS YOUNG FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 1st Prize – €1,000
- 2nd Prize – €700
- 3rd Prize – €300
- Best Group – Equipment
The awards are adjudicated by our jury of industry professionals, young filmmakers, previous winners and educators. Highly commended awards given at discretion of the judges to films that the jury wishes to recognise.
All winners receive a specially commissioned one off plaque.
Please click the links below for application forms
INTERNATIONAL / Age 7-18
About
Fresh are delighted to be an international film festival for young people and we welcome films from around the globe to our festival. The International award will be presented to the best international film.
There are a lot of ways to make is easy for international young filmmakers to submit. Fresh accepts submissions online though our application, via pdf application, via festhome (see below) and If you are a member of the Youth Cinema Network, you may also use the YCN application form below or visit http://www.youthcinema.de/html/submit_films.html
IRELANDS YOUNG INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD
The awards are adjudicated by our jury of industry professionals, young filmmakers, previous winners and educators. Highly commended awards given at discretion of the judges to films that the jury wishes to recognise.
All winners receive a specially commissioned one off plaque.
Please click the links below for application forms