And that is a wrap! Welcome to the final episode of the season. Your host, Amelhyne, chats to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the Irish Young Filmmaker Of The Year Awards. A few words are also shared by Best Director and the 1st place International winners!

Full of inspiration, advice, laughter, passion and some wise words from the wonderful Gemma Bradley, what better way to end the Fresh festival season?

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Welcome to the behind the scenes interviews at the Irish Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards! Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau.

Part 1 of this episode looks at some of the filmmakers who won awards at the festival, some for the first time and others who are re-occurring!

Animators take centre stage, talking about their characters and creations. Filmmakers discuss how they found the muse for their most recent project and why they felt empowered to share it with the world.

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We are back! This years Junior final was filled with laughter, song, drama and dance at the Crescent Omniplex cinema in Limerick.

We are joined once again by the very talented Mary-Claire and Demi, as they talk all things film, tv and acting and let us in on a little secret....

From acting tips to climate change activists to rappers and animation artists, school comradery and friendship bonds have never been stronger! Tune in to listen to what some of these talented filmmakers have to say about their films.

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Welcome to 'Sounding Fresh' - the official podcast of The Fresh International Film Festival. Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau.

Welcome to Connacht and Ulster! Tune in to listen to filmmakers in Salthill and Belfast as they explain the roles they played in their films, returning to Fresh and even a few words from the Ulster Audience Choice Award Winner!

With special guests, the Gardai Siochana!

We'll be back April 23rd for 3 more episodes of your favourite film podcast!

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Welcome to 'Sounding Fresh' - the official podcast of The Fresh International Film Festival. Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau. Our most anticipated episode yet! Welcome to the Leinster & Dublin Regionals.

This episode takes you behind the scenes of our biggest regionals yet, with some fresh faces and returning filmmakers. From 'Tim's burning questions!', to book debuts, alien invasions and a spooky documentary, we have it all here!

Amelhyne also talks about the 3 Virtual Regionals that took place from March 15th-20th and announces the results...

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Welcome to 'Sounding Fresh' - the official podcast of The Fresh International Film Festival. Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau.

Welcome to Munster! This years competition kicked off in Cork, a first for the festival.

The team then headed to Limerick, the home of The Fresh International Film Festival to host part two of the Munster competition.

In this episode, Amelhyne talks about the Fresh competition season, interviews filmmakers from across Munster, including independent films to schools and production companies. Dead rats, shirtless men and murder mysteries...you'll find it all here, on Sounding Fresh!

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Welcome to 'Sounding Fresh' - the official podcast of The Fresh International Film Festival. Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau.

Welcome back to Sounding Fresh! For the first episode of the season, your host Amelhyne was joined by friend and fellow podcaster Shannon from UCC Talking Pictures. With the returning theme of 'Home', eight filmmakers premiered their short films at the Dublin International Film Festival in the acclaimed Lighthouse cinema.

Listen to Jodie Corry, Malachai O Ciardhubhain, Sean Treacy, Rhianna Woods, Neasa O'Brien, Greta Thornton, Eve Duffy and Ashley Casey as they talk about the Hothouse program, out-aging the Fresh Film Festival, what home means to them and their ambitions for the future.

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BONUS EPISODE!!!

Welcome to 'Sounding Fresh' - the official podcast of The Fresh International Film Festival. Hosted by Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau.

Cruinniú Na nÓ is an amazing opportunity for young people in Ireland to express their creativity and explore what their town/city has to offer. At a workshop in Limerick, I mentored 7 young people on the guide to interview guests, asking unique and interesting questions, how to start a podcast, equipment, editing and more. As a result, this episode came to be!

Cruinniú na nÓg is supported by Creative Ireland and delivered by Limerick City and County Council Arts Office and Fresh Film.

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