YIFM Weekenders

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𝗔𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

Last Friday we hosted our first 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗬𝗜𝗙𝗠 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 premiere for the short film Our Song.

The film follows the harrowing conditions a young family must endure as war takes away one of their own.

This project was not only written by our students — they also cast it, organized table reads, handled dress fittings, storyboarded, created shot lists, props, location scouted, wrote the original song, animated, directed, recorded and so much more. Our students joined us in September 2024 for our first year of YIFM Weekenders, and we couldn’t have asked for a better group to launch the programme with!

𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄:

Directed by 𝗔𝗼𝗶𝗯𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆

Assistant Directed by 𝗘𝗻𝘆𝗲-𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻

Camera Operation by 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗻𝗲

Sound & Lighting by 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗵𝘆

Clapper Loader & Lighting by 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗢'𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗱 𝗝𝗿

Boom Operator 𝗞𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁:

𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 Murphy as Rosalee Dupont

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 as Young Rosalee Dupont

𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 as Dimitri

𝗗𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 as Young Dimitri

𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 as Ivan Dupont

𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿 as Young Ivan Dupont

𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶 as Alexei

Another huge thank you to our special guests — Young Irish Film Makers founder 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 and the Mayor of Kilkenny City 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗻!

Thank you to the amazing YIFM Staff for helping with putting this event together. Photos by the lovely Andre Ezermalis. Kilkenny Castle for the incredible venue and Langtons Hotel Kilkenny for catering the evening!

We are beyond delighted to announce that our YIFM Weekenders Saturday afternoon group have been selected for the Generation Shorts at Galway Film Fleadh

‘Silent Sweethearts’ is a silent film that follows a clumsy protagonist navigating their way through the trials and tribulations of finding love.

💙💚🩷 Huge congratulations to all our students that worked on this film! 🩷💚💙

SAT | OCT 25TH | 11:00 | Pálás Cinema | A selection of shorts by young people programmed by young people.
https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/generation-shorts/