National Youth Film & Animation School

The National Youth Film and Animation School is the ideal pre-college course for any creative young person aged 16-19yrs thinking of a career or college placement in film or animation.

NYFAS 2025 DATES  2ND – 12TH AUGUST

The 10 day residential camp takes place in Kilkenny every August. We are looking forward to another great summer of filmmaking and animation in 2025!

At the camp young people will learn about filmmaking and animation through interactive training workshops, masterclasses from big names in film & animation and hands-on experience making films and animations. At the end of the course each student will have produced a high-quality piece of work for their showreel or college portfolio.

The film course is an intensive program where students take a short film from script to screen in only 10 days. Starting with workshops led by industry professionals in all areas of filmmaking from camera & lighting setups to directing and running a set. The students then take their scripts from pre-production to shooting to post production.

The animation course gives aspiring young animators a chance to learn new skills and techniques, meet like minded young people and get the experience of working in an animation studio as they produce their own animated shorts. The course covers traditional hand drawn animation techniques and pixilation. Students also learn the ins and outs of character design, backgrounds, layouts and how to shoot and edit their animations.   

COST €750 (Includes: Accommodation, meals, all workshops & evening activities)

NYFAS CASTING CALL 2025

🔎 Looking for actors of all ages and backgrounds.
💚 Ideal for showreels & great experience.
🎬 Casting 4 short films for our annual National Youth
Film & Animation School 2025!
📍 Kilkenny City - Shoot days 6th - 8th August
📧 Send CV's, Headshots or Selftapes to
𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴@𝘆𝗶𝗳𝗺.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Animation Workshops Per Cent for Arts Scheme 2024

Young Irish Film Makers commissioned Artist and animator Padraig Fagan to deliver the animation workshops this year under the Per Cent for Arts Scheme 2024.    14 young creatives took part in the 10 day residential programme with Padraig facilitating them through various animation processes and principles.  The group created several individual pieces of work for their own portfolio as well as 4 group projects which were screened in Kilkenny IMC on 30th November 2024 to a packed audience.  

Commission: Animation Workshops

Workshops - August 5th -15th 2024

Film Screenings - November 30th 2024

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