Kilkenny’s Young Irish Film Makers roll out the red carpet for its young members whose work will be celebrated at this years awards ceremony, ‘The YIFMA’s’.

The YIFMA’S were set up to celebrate the work done by YIFM at its headquarters in Kilkenny and with its outreach programme which works with Youth Organisations, Community Groups and Schools all over the country. YIFM started its outreach progamme as a way of reaching out and working with young people all over the country. It is a way for groups around the country to gain access to equipment and training that might not otherwise be available to them.

If you want to get involved and enter the festival simply fill out the application from which you can find on our site www.yifm.com. Send it to us with a jpeg still, a DVD copy of your film and a short synopsis of what your film is about. Deadline for applications is Monday 6^th of February.

The festival is brought to you by Young Irish Film Makers who are also celebrating their 20th anniversary making films with young people this year. If you would like any more information please contact claire@yifm.com or you can call 056-7764677

 “Open your imagination to its full potential. Why not try and create something wonderful”

 The YIFM team

Contact:

Claire O’Regan

Young Irish Film Makers,

St Josephs Studios,

Kilkenny.

Phone: 056-7764677

Mail: claire@yifm.com

The Junior Film Fleadh showcased a host of great short films created by young people between the ages of 7-13. All of the shorts were made by youth organizations, schools, summer camps and some were also made independently.

Yifm are delighted with the award for a summer camp film “Dublin Zoo Number 2″. The award was picked up on the day by Conor Hayes who operated camera and also acted in the film.

As a result of the win the film will be screened next year at the Galway Film Fleadh 2012.

Well done and congratulations to all who were involved with the film.

CHECK OUT THE WINNING FILM!

We will be running a Halloween Camp this Midterm. The camp is for young people between the ages of 8 and 18. The price is €100 and will run from Tuesday the 1st to Friday the 4th of November. This includes snacks and a DVD copy of their movie. There will also be a movie premiere on the Friday for parents.

A packed lunch, rain gear and their imagination is all they need bring with them.

It will be jam packed with the usual fun and film making. Places are limited so please contact us at 056 7764677 or contact Garry at garry@yifm.com or Claire at claire@yifm.com!

Below is the application form. Simply print it off, fill it out and and drop it in to use with your €50 deposit. Alternatively, you can send it back to us with a cheque or postal order to: Young Irish Film Makers, St Joseph Studio, Waterford Rd, Kilkenny.

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Classes begin during the week of Monday 19th September. Every Monday and Tuesday from 4 – 6pm is Junior Digital Film Making for primary school children (9 to 12 years). On Thursdays from 4:30 to 6:30pm we hold Digital Film Acting and Production for and first, second and third year secondary school students (there may be some places for suitable sixth class primary students in this class). Friday classes in Film Acting and Production are for fourth, fifth and sixth year secondary student and are held from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Cost is €100 per 10 week term.

On Saturdays there will be intensive film production and directing workshops for 13 to 18 year olds. There will be a special film production groups formed between the film acting, technical, writing and directing students to develop a number of short films for film festivals as well as online web films.

We are also interested in young people who would like to develop web design, apps, special visual effects and editing skills. If you have good computer skills and want to develop them through working on web design or film productions then contact us directly or call in to our Waterford Road studios and start working with us.

Numbers are extremely limited this year so you should apply before Monday 12^th September. It is first come, first serve, so get online to register NOW!

If we are oversubscribed we will have a waiting list.

Application forms, times and days are online at: www.yifm.com You can contact us on 056 7764677 or email dra@yifm.com or  mike@yifm.com

RTE paid a visit to Young Irish Film Makers over the week-end when they shot a sequence for their popular programme Winning Streak. Young Irish Film Makers is supported by the National Lottery through grant aid from The Arts Council. All our our technical members were fully involved setting up shooting opportunities from RTE crew.

We were really pleased that our friend, Tomm Moore from Cartoon Saloon, agreed to be interviewed on the programme, together with Hal Warner Clayton, winner of Junior Film Maker of the Year at the Fresh Film Festival. Parents and Junior members turned up to become audience members when it was time to Spin the Wheel for €25,000!

It was a really fun and interesting morning. Many thanks to our organiser, Garry McHugh and our technical co-ordinator, Darragh Kelly, as well as all our staff, parents, members and friends who worked so hard to make it all happen on the day.

You can view Ross Costigan’s great photographs here on our website.