Local student wins at Ireland's Young Filmmaker Awards
A local student was one of the category winners at a the Ireland Young Filmmakers Awards.
The Best Animation Award at the event was awarded to Friends Forever directed by Tristan Seery from Mercy Secondary School in Kilbeggan. The film is an animation starring a human called Tristan and an alien called Jason who meet up on the moon. When they find themselves in a dangerous situation, they both learn that as long as they stick together, nothing can get in their way!
Watch Tristan's film here:
17 year-old Dublin student Max Hendrickson was named Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2023 for his short animated film The Tell-Tale Heart, a re-telling of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story. Hailing from Cabra, Max is no stranger to the awards having entered the globally renowned international event annually since the age of 12, scooping the Outstanding Animation award at Ireland’s Junior Filmmaker of the Year in 2018.
Hendrickson was one of thirteen award recipients at the 2023 IYFTYs, which were broadcast on RTÉ2 on April 12, hosted by Stephen Byrne and Gemma Bradley. The awards are now available to view on the RTÉ Player. All 34 shortlisted films, made by young people, for young people, can be screened on the Fresh International Film Festival YouTube Channel.
Presented annually by Fresh International Film Festival, RTÉ and Screen Ireland, the IYFTYs celebrate the filmmaking work of young people aged 7 to 18 years. They reflect both the unique stories and shared experiences of global youth from Ireland to Austria, Spain to Senegal, Peru to Palestine, Ukraine to Korea, Brazil to the USA. This year, Fresh International Film Festival, generously supported by the Arts Council and many other partners and sponsors, welcomed more than a thousand short film submissions.
Fresh International Film Festival and Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards are made possible with the support, investment and partnership of The Arts Council, Screen Ireland, RTÉ Young People's Department, Coimisiún na Meán, Limerick City and County Council, the National Talent Academy for Animation, Limerick & Clare Education & Training Board, Take 2 Talent Management, The Radharc Trust, Magpie 6 Media and Fighting Words.