Cork International Film Festival is delighted to partner with First Cut! Youth Film Festival for its 15th edition, 4th – 9th March 2024, at the beautiful Regal Cinema in Youghal, Co. Cork.
Building on our longstanding partnership, CIFF is joining forces with First Cut! once again to present a specially curated Irish and international shorts programme, the ‘First Cut Youth Film Festival 2024 Cork International Film Festival Award’, and for the first time, collaborate with First Cut! to present CIFF’s Intinn Youth Film & Mental Health Programme in Youghal with the support of Community Foundation Ireland.
Intinn Youth Film & Mental Health Programme
The Regal Cinema
Supported by the Community Foundation of Ireland through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal, Cork International Film Festival is delighted to collaborate with First Cut! Youth Film Festival to present a new free Intinn programme for the first time, as part of the 2024 First Cut! Youth Film Festival.
Four in-person Intinn sessions will be available in Youghal on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th March for schools to book directly by contacting intinn@firstcutfilmfestival.com. Each session will consist of a short-film screenings and related wellbeing workshop led by Dr. John Goodwin, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC.
An online Intinn package will also be available nationwide from Monday 11th March to Friday, 19th April. You can book access to the digital version of Intinn by contacting intinn@firstcutfilmfestival.com
Cork International Film Festival Shorts
1.30pm, Saturday 9th March, The Regal Cinema Screen 2
Cork International Film Festival partners with First Cut! every year to curate a programme of Irish and international shorts for FCYFF.
A programme of inspiring Irish and European shorts curated by Cork International Film Festival and selected from their 2023 festival.
Cork International Film Festival is once again delighted to partner with First Cut Youth Film Festival to present a special programme of shorts that not only highlight the type of international filmmaking we champion, but also shines a light on some up-and-coming Irish filmmakers, one of whom, we are pleased to know, began their career at First Cut! – Don O’Mahony, Senior Programmer, CIFF
Canine (Paul Webster) – Ireland, 2023
Conservation has become a war. On one side are the rangers protecting vulnerable wildlife. On the other, ruthless poaching gangs. Half a world away, an elite dog trainer wants to use his skills to help the situation. Winner of the Audience Award (Shorts) at the 2023 Cork International Film Festival.
Nest (Hlynur Palmason)
A story of siblings building a treehouse together over the course of a year. We experince the beauty and brutality of the seasons. as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
GHOSTS (LA (HORDE)) – France, 2022
When the Fine Arts Museum closes, figures take over the deserted place.
Cumha (Elena Horgan) – Ireland, 2023
An experimental film/poetic documentary that explores the intersection of language, land, and identity.
The Immeasurable Grief of the Prawn (Elinor O’Donovan) – Ireland, 2023
A cook serves a vegetarian a prawn curry. Three friends discuss the shortcomings of memory. Two squirrels ponder the ethical quandaries of eating a prawn sanga. Meanwhile, on the sea-floor, The Prawn performs a funerary ritual for its brethren.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Don O’Mahony with filmmaker Elena Horgan and a key participant in Canine, Rory Hennebry.
Awards Ceremony
8pm, Saturday 9th March, The Regal Cinema
The 2024 First Cut! Youth Film Festival Awards will be announced and presented on Saturday 9th March at 8pm in The Regal Cinema. We are thrilled to once again present the ‘First Cut Youth Film Festival 2024 Cork International Film Festival Award’ in 2024. Winning filmmakers receive a beautiful award statuette designed and created by talented West Cork Metal Artist Paddy McCormack.
First Cut! Youth Film Festival is an annual event based in Youghal, Co. Cork and is dedicated to showcasing new films by young filmmakers. It presents films in all genres by individual filmmakers, schools and youth groups as well as offering workshops and talks by film industry professionals. First Cut! will offer its usual rich programme of screenings, workshops and talks in Youghal’s Regal Cinema with online programmes to reach a global audience.
