Young Irish Film Makers (YIFM) is a film training and production company set up in 1991 to help young people aged 13 to 20 make digital feature films.
In 1998 they produced their first feature ''Under the Hawthorn Tree'' for
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
and
RTÉ
(RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...
.
In 2002 YIFM set up the National Youth Film School to allow young people from all over Ireland and abroad to spend five weeks shooting a major feature film for television. Two films produced under the National Youth Film School, ''The Children''
IMDB and ''Stealaway''
IMDB, have won awards at the
Moondance International Film Festival
The Moondance International Film Festival is an independent annual film festival and awards competition in the USA that takes place in the fall. The first Moondance Film Festival was held in 2000. The festival has usually been held in Boulder, Co ...
.
Filmography
*''Under the Hawthorn Tree'' (1998) (TV
*''D'Boyz'' (2001
*''Skegs & Skangers'' (2002
*''The Children'' (2002
*''Stealaway'' (2005
*''Lily's Bad Day'' (2006)
*''Eliza Mayflower'' (in post-production)
*''Suckers'' (2007 DVD out Now - www.yifm.com)
*''The Suitors'' (2009 can be viewed now on yifm.com)
*''Viral'' (2010)
*''The Usurpers'' (In Post Production)
*''The H Factor'' (2010) (Short Film)
*''Red and Green" (2010) (Short Film)
*''Future History'' (2010) (Short Film)
*''Speed Getaway'' (2010) (Short Film)
*''Dublin Zoo 2'' (2010) (Short Film)
*''The Cubicle'' (2010) (Short Film)
*''Goldman's Mind'' (2014) (Short Film)
*''Aura'' (2015) (Short Film) (In an endless loop)
*''Tables Turned'' (2016) (In Post-Production)
*''Leaves'' (2016) (Contemporary Music Video)
*''My Heart Will Go On'' (2016) (Music Video)
*''BraceFace'' (2016) (Short Film)
*''Murder He Wrote'' (2017) (Short Film)
External links
YIFM.comSocial Network
Educational organisations based in Ireland
Youth organisations based in the Republic of Ireland
Summer camps in Ireland
Film schools in Ireland
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