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A FILM festival that opens in Ennis this week provides the ideal opportu- nity for young filmmakers to express their talents.
Lights Out! opened in Glor yester- day and runs until July 18. Across a series of workshops, young people are treated to a diverse programme of animation, live action, documen- tary and short films. There will also be opportunities to get hands on ex- perience behind the camera with an exciting set of film workshops.
All events take place in Glor Irish Music Centre. There is a weeklong crash-course entitled ‘Make your own Movie with Fresh Film Festival’ (July 14-18 Age 12+), one day anima- tion workshops (July 14-18 Age 8-12) and a special opportunity to learn about the classification process and let young peoples’ voices be heard at IFCO – Meet the Censor! ( July 14 Age 8-12).
At the end of the week there will be an opportunity to see and discuss the films made by young people during the week at the Young Filmmakers
Panel (July 18 All Ages).
Lights Out! patron Kathryn McKi1- ernan, from RTE’s The Den, said ‘I believe Lights Out! is a wonderful opportunity for young people to ex- plore and experience the fascinating world of film and storytelling.”
The festival has been specially de- signed with the help of the young consultants panel which enabled young people to have an active part in the planning of all aspects of the festival. Clare was well represented on the panel by two young film bud- ding directors, Conor Fahy (12) from
Ennis and Ruth-Ann Browne (14), from Cree.
In addition to the main film screen- ings there will be two sets of Quick Flix (6+ and 15+) short film screen- ings showing the best of young peo- ple’s shorts from the film festival circuit.
Lights Out! is an initiative of the Irish Film Institute and is sup- ported by our the Ombudsman for Children’s Office as well as RTE, The Ticket, The Irish Film Board, The Arts Council and Clare County Council Arts Office.