We are thrilled to announce the YMVC – Youth Music Video Competition 2025 participants, following a competitive open call last year to take part in the tenth edition of this unique programme. 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. We are delighted to announce that Ellius Grace is also joining this panel of top-tier mentors.

Meet the 2025 YMVC filmmakers by browsing their full profiles! They are Laura Dooney, Yaroslava Kozulina & Mykyta Kushch-Shevalov, Caoimhe Gallagher Lawson, Ellen Lovell, Jack McBride, Dara McManus, Douglas Morrison, Adam O’Reilly, Megan O’Rourke and Róisín Sinai.

YMVC has become an eagerly awaited part of each year’s First Cut Youth Film Festival. Since 2016, this mentoring programme has facilitated the production of a remarkable and varied body of music videos by emerging filmmakers, aged 18 to 25, working with tracks by up-and-coming bands. The involvement of top-tier film and music professionals has ensured a consistently high standard of mentoring and industry engagement. But it is ultimately the raw talent of the filmmakers who participate that makes YMVC as exciting and dynamic a springboard as it has become.