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First Cut Youth Film Festival is thrilled to announce that submissions for the 2025 festival are now being accepted! Calling young filmmakers, aged between 12-24 years! Do you have a short film that you want to see in one of Ireland’s biggest and most exciting youth film festivals? Then First Cut wants to hear from…
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First Cut is delighted to present an exciting and innovative new project: Earth Echoes. Earth Echoes is a Virtual Reality (VR) based project for young people facilitated by artist Andrew McSweeney. The participants have full control over the development process, with the aim of producing a VR project which addresses their thoughts about our environment.…
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Job Vacancies – Paid Deadline 16/09/2024 17:00 Job Type Part-Time / Contract from end of September 2024 – end of September 2025, with a view to extending pending confirmation of funding Fee: €12,000.00 Communications Coordinator About the Role This is an exciting new role at First Cut, this person will be responsible for managing and enhancing…
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Job Vacancies – Paid Deadline 16/09/2024 17:00 Job Type Part-Time / Contract from end of September 2024 – end of March 2025, with a view to extending pending confirmation of funding Fee: €12,000.00 FESTIVAL MANAGER –First Cut Youth Film Festival We are delighted to invite applications for a new and exciting position. The Festival Manager…
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First Cut Youth Film Festival presents a programme of some of the finest short films from its 2024 festival programme at Triskel Christchurch Cinema as part of Cruinniú na nÓg. Cruinniú na nÓg is a national day of free creativity for children and young people under 18. It is a flagship initiative of the Creative…
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We are thrilled to announce our YMVC – Youth Music Video Competition 2024 participants, following a competitive open call last year. YMVC gives young emerging filmmakers based in Ireland the opportunity to create music videos under the mentorship of noted directors Brendan Canty, Bob Gallagher, Kate Dolan and Tara O’Callaghan. Meet the 2024 YMVC filmmakers…
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From Monday July 1 to Friday August 2 the Cork Young Filmmakers programme will be offering a series of Summer 2024 hands-on Filmmaking Workshops for Young People, 14 to 18 years old, over 5 days in 5 locations in County Cork! The programme is managed by Cork Film Centre who provide professional training and equipment…
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Huge congratulations to the First Cut 2024 Award Winners! First Cut Youth Film Festival Best Film 2024 – Rat King (Róisín Leahy-Sahin) First Cut Youth Council Award 2024 – Ivy (Fiachra Cotter) First Cut Youth Film Festival Best Director 2024 – Áine Fahy (Tomorrow) First Cut Youth Film Festival Spotlight Award 2024 – Rationed (Wiktoria Weintritt)…
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The First Cut Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a group of young people who share a special interest in film and bring their perspectives as young people to advise First Cut on how to improve the festival each year and make it relevant. They are responsible for selecting a Youth Advisory Council Award for a…
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First Cut 2024 features a special guest panel discussion, Different Frames, which focuses on experimental film. It brings together a distinguished panel of filmmakers and curators to explore the boundless possibilities of alternative forms of filmmaking from distinctive points of view. Outside of the usual patterns of film storytelling there dwells a vast cinematic palette…