Young Irish Film Makers

Join the next generation of young actors and film makers in Kilkenny for a week of intensive short film production. Since 2001 the National Youth Film School has become the premier film school for young Irish people aged 13 to 20.

The National Youth Film School is a residential school for 20 young film makers run over fiveweeks during the summer holidays. The school is based in Kilkenny City. Recruitment is from January to May with a final selection weekend held at June in Kilkenny. To date over 100 young people from all over Ireland (about a third of them from Northern Ireland) have taken part in the school. A number of students have gone on to third level courses in film making using their NYFS feature film as their portfolio submission.

The programme is a fast-paced, intensive learning as part of the film production so students applying for this programme should be able to show some previous involvement or interest in film making (short films, animation, photography, etc.).

Last year (2007), students of the film school were involved in the production of our latest feature, 'Suckers', the shooting taking place over a five week period in the summer. For 2008, the film school will be broken into two separate two week courses covering all aspects of film production.

Since it's inception, the National Youth Film School has grown into the foremost developmental training and production programme for young Irish people (aged 13 to 20 years) interested in film making and media production.

Five feature films have been made as part of this programme – The Children (2002), Stealaway (2003) (both U.S. Film Festival winners), Lily’s Bad Day (2004) and Eliza Mayflower (2005), Suckers (2008).

No other film making programme offer you the opportunity to work at such a professional level with broadcast equipment.

The dates for 2008 are: June 16th - 29th and July 14th - 25th.

Total Tuition Costs: €500 (lunch and snacks are provided on set. Fees also include transport, materials, equipment, stock etc.)