First Cut Films in Fresh Film Festival

Three First Cut films from last year were accepted for this year's Fresh Film Festival.

The films were:

Glanormal Activity (GCS)
Crazy in Love (BCS)
Stone Soup (Make a Film in a Week)

Crazy in Love also took the audience award at the Cork Heats.

For more information, please see:

http://www.freshfilmfestival.net

First Cut Films screening in Fresh Film Fest heats

As part of our ongoing commitment to showing your work and as a result of the high standard of entries in 2011 we are programming regional screenings.

The FIRST CUT films will be screened on: Wednesday 16th March 10.00-1.15 at Jury's River Lee Hotel Cork

The audience at the regional screenings will vote for their favourite film to win an audience award. You cannot vote if you do not attend. Selected films from the regional screenings will go forward to the finals in Limerick. Finalists will NOT be notified before the regional screenings. All announcements about films going forward to the finals will be made at the regional screening, therefore you are advised to attend the regional screening.

If your film is selected for the finals please note that the finals will be held in Storm Cinema in Limerick on Wednesday 30th March 2011.

Ireland's young film maker screenings fill up fast so contact us soon if you would like to secure your free places. If there is no one to take your call, please leave a message and we will get back to you. Alternatively, you can email us your bookings at info@freshfilmfestival.net

First Cut! 2011 Workshops Up and Running

Cork Film Centre's busy teams of tutors are already deep into this year's round of film workshops, having already brought the fun of filmmaking to young people in Pobalscoil na Trionoide in Youghal, St Peter's Community School in Passage West, St. Colman's Community College in Midleton and Inch Foroige. With workshops in Killeagh, Ballincollig, Cobh and Glanmire to follow over the next few days, and more scheduled for next month, First Cut! is full steam ahead!

And that's not all! First Cut! is delighted to offer a series of Two-Day Film Workshops as a follow-up for young filmmakers who have already completed our one-day film workshops. These will take participants further into the filmmaking process, expanding on what the one-day workshops have covered and upgrading skills. It will also include a full day devoted to the shooting of a short film, giving participants the opportunity to experience the filmmaking process in more depth.

These workshops will take place in five centres around South and East Cork, with the young filmmakers involved attending the one happening nearest to them.

The first day will include hands-on workshops in using equipment and in film theory. It will also include the preparation of the story for the short film. The second day will be all action, getting the film shot. The finished film will be screened at the First Cut! Youth Film Festival in October.

First Cut is also offering one-day Animation Workshops with experienced animator Jane Lee. In these fully hands-on workshops participants learn to animate using a range of techniques - from plasticene model animation, clay-mation and even acting to camera using live action filming techniques. These will take place in Cork City at Cork Film Centre.

For examples of both animations coming out of Jane’s previous workshops and Jane’s own work, visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/janepaperplane#p/u

For more information, please contact: firstcutfilm@gmail.com

First Cut Programme

To obtain a copy of the gala weekend programme, please contact Mary at firstcutfilm@gmail.com

Change to Festival Programme

Please Note: Change to Festival Workshop Programme

The Beacon Hill Film Project has had to cancel their Workshop at the Festival. Will Sadler, their Project Manager, sends apologies.

We are really sorry that they have had to cancel and hope to link up with them at another time.

And so the choice of 2nd Workshop @ 3.20pm is Ayman Scuffins or Patrick O Shea.
Please let us know in advance: firstcutfilm@gmail.com or 0868139019

More great photos taken during the shooting of Summer Project Films in Midleton Adoptation and Stone Soup.


Thanks to Evia Vanaga, Ballincollig and Gavin Curley, Youghal !

First Cut! Festival Programme

First Cut Youth Film Festival 2010

Saturday October 2

County Hall, Cork

2 - 8pm

A fun-packed day of screenings and film-related workshops!

Young people attending will have the opportunity of participating in three workshops.

1) Fresh Film Festival presentation (for everyone attending)

AND

2) Leeds Young Film Festivals’ 2010 National Young Filmmakers Award Winners’ Beacon Hill Film Project. 'The Pirate and the Mermaid'

OR

Presentation by young, Mallow based filmmaker Ayman Scruffins on his feature film Cassie and the Crystals

OR

Presentation by established, Cork-based filmmaker Patrick O'Shea

(Participants should choose from one of these three workshops, which will run at the same time. Please email firstcutfilm@gmail.com to let us know which workshop you'd like to attend)

AND

3) Animation presentation with Jane Lee (for everyone attending)

Followed by the annual gala screening of all First Cut films made over the past year!

Information on Workshops

Animation with Jane Lee:

JANE LEE is an animator / director based in Cork who heads her own production company, Paper Plane Creations. Recent short films include Revelations (commissioned byThe Irish Film Board), Bare ( commissioned by the Irish Film Board, the Arts Council and RTÉ, ) and The Demon Within. Jane's work can be seen on her website - www.paperplanecreations.com.

Fresh Film Festival:

The FRESH FILM FESTIVAL is a national film festival for young people, aged between 7 and 18, which takes place in Limerick each year. The Fresh Film Festival grew out of a need for a specific film festival for young people that would firstly assess their needs and then develop a programme that would suit their requirements. The festival is committed to the creation of a strong film culture in Ireland which it feels can be achieved by having film-making and film education freely accessible to young people. Jayne Foley, Fresh Film Festival director, will present thisn workshop.

Beacon Hill Film Project:

BEACON HILL FILM PROJECT, film 'The Pirate and the Mermaid' won the National Young Filmmakers Award this year (14-19 category) at Leeds Young Film Festival. The Beacon Hill Film Project is a group of young people with learning disabilities and autism who, with support, make their own films from script to screen. They also make the props, design the costumes and compose the music. This year, in addition to winning the National Young Filmmakers Award, the project has also won a First Light Award for Best Original Music (composed by the young people) which was awarded by David Arnold, composer of the recent James Bond Films. Their work has also been featured at Encounters, and on Saturday 4th September, the project won the National Lottery Award for “Best Arts Project”, broadcast live on BBC One to an audience of around 2.2 million viewers.

Ayman Scruffins:

Cassie and the Crystals is an epic high fantasy film written, directed and produced by young Mallow man AYMAN SCRUFFINS. Ayman who is a talented all rounder, has run a host of projects with young people in Mallow, including The Street Girls Dance Show (2009), Malla Mia Musical (2009) and The Fantasy Dance Show (2010). This is his second film after the runaway success of ‘The Key of Troplem’ in 2008 which was screened in the Gate cinema in Cork. These projects were run by Ayman and a group of fellow volunteers under the guise of ‘Spotlight’, a youth group set up in 2006 by Youth Work Ireland CDYS based in the Mallow Youth Centre.

Patrick O'Shea:

PATRICK O’SHEA is an award-winning film maker who studied Film & Communications in the Dublin Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1999. He was Head of Operations for the Future TV Media Centre in Dublin for the year 2000, after which he moved to Luxembourg and worked in the film studios of Carousel Pictures and Deluxe Productions. He has written, directed and produced numerous short films and promo videos. His short film ‘Revenge’ was broadcast on RTÉ 2 (Ireland’s national broadcaster) and his short horror film, ‘The Sign’ (2008), premiered at the Cork International Film Festival in 2008 and played as part of Spike Lee’s Babelgum Online Film Festival 2009. His short film ‘Penny’, screened at the Cork, Waterford and Clones Film Festivals in 2008. ‘Penny’ won the Prize for ‘Best Drama’ at the Corona International Fastnet Short Film Festival 2009. It recently screened on RTÉ as part of its Short Screen series. His latest short film, ‘Tunnel’, has screened at the Cork International Film Festival, Electric Picnic, The Galway Fringe Fleadh and at Underground Cinema in 2009. He is currently in post-production with his debut feature film, 'Tree Keeper' which was shot during the summer of 2010. Patrick is the writer, director and producer of 'Tree Keeper'. Go to www.treekeepermovie.com for more information.nPatrick O'Shea will screen and talk about the making of his short films 'Penny', 'The Sign' and 'Tunnel'. He will particularly concentrate on aspects of no budget, guerilla film-making.

Screening Programme

Glannormal Activity (Glanmire Community School)

Der Leben Narkotisch (Killeagh CDYS Club)

Tick-Tock ( Carrigaline Youth Project)

I'm a Student, Get Me Out of Here! (St Coleman's, Midleton)

Body Bag (St. Aloysius,Carrigtwohill)

News Stalk (Pobalscoil na Trionoide, Youghal)

Cursed Phones ( Youthreach Youghal)

Cousins Inch (Killeagh Foroige Club)

The Janitor (Youghal Youth Project)

Crazy in Love (Ballincollig Community School)

Hooked (Cobh Youth Services)

Strained Activities (St Peter's, Passage West)

Not the 10 O'Clock News (Glanmire Community School)

Adoptation ('Make a Film in a Week' summer project)

Stone Soup ('Make a Film in a Week' summer project)

Teachers’ Pet (Glanmire Youth Project)

Summer Stills!

With the fun-packed day of screenings, workshops and presentations in the County Hall now only a month away, we take a quick glance back at the First Cut! Make A Film In A Week summer event which took place in Midleton this June. These films, Stone Soup and Adoptation, will be among the many First Cut! films to be screened at the County Hall this October 2nd...