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Huge congratulations to the First Cut 2025 Award Winners! First Cut Youth Film Festival Best Film 2025: Rithsaor (Tim O’Leary) First Cut Youth Council Award 2025: Flawless (Murinn Carty) First Cut Youth Film Festival Best Director 2025: Abhaile (Emma Whelan) First Cut Youth Film Festival Spotlight Award 2025: The Keeper (Martha Scanlon) Best YMVC –…
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We are thrilled to announce that the videos from YMVC 2023/’24 will be screened at Dublin International Film Festival on February 28th at 4pm. Tickets now on sale! First Cut’s YMVC – Youth Music Video Competition is Ireland’s mentorship programme for emerging directors. Each year, ten filmmakers aged 18-25 are selected to make a music…
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YMVC 2025 is the 10th annual Youth Music Video Competition. YMVC is Ireland’s unique mentorship programme for emerging directors and is one of First Cut Youth Film Festival’s flagship programmes. Ten talented filmmakers will be selected to make a music video for an up-and-coming Irish act. The mentorship programme mirrors the process a professional filmmaker…
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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…