Calling All Young Filmmakers!

Apr 12 2024

Calling All Young Filmmakers!

Do you have a short film that you want screened, as a part of the National Lasta Festival 1-12 June 2024. Our young curators are programming a selection of short films to be screened online during the week of the nationwide festival in June. Lasta is looking to promote films made by filmmakers between the ages of 18 - 30 from or living on the island of Ireland. We will accept all genres of short film, documentaries, animation, student film, music video, dance film, experimental films, Irish language films and other languages. Submissions can be as short as you wish but no longer than 15 minutes in length. Scroll down for general rules and information. The deadline to apply is 12th of May 2024. Please submit your film through www.filmfreeway/Lasta Awards: Best Short Film €200!

The Lasta Online Short Film Programme is part of the National Lasta Arts Festival 2024 for Young People by Young People in Ireland. Lasta is an innovative approach to programming. Nineteen young curators have been engaged by seven venues across the country to programme a festival of work for young people from 1-12 June 2024. The seven Venues involved are: Backstage Theatre (Longford) www.backstage.ie; Dunamaise Arts Centre (Portlaoise) www.dunamaise.ie; glór (Ennis) www.glor.ie; An Grianán (Letterkenny) www.angrianan.com; Lime Tree Theatre (Limerick) www.limetreetheatre.ie; Siamsa Tíre (Tralee) www.siamsatire.com and Town Hall Theatre (Galway) www.tht.ie Under the guidance of their individual venues and Network Mentor Maisie Lee, these young people will work collaboratively to deliver an ambitious programme of work for young people across the country. Featuring multiple disciplines and reflecting the diversity of modern Ireland, this project offers a unique opportunity to develop our future arts programmers and producers. Lasta is based on an original project conceived and delivered by Backstage Theatre, Longford in 2020 and is funded by The Arts Council.

CALLING ALL YOUNG FILMMAKERS

Do you have a short film that you want screened?

As a part of the National Lasta Festival 2024, our young curators are programming a selection of short films to be screened online during the week of the nationwide festival from 1-12 June 2024

Lasta is looking to promote films made by filmmakers between the ages of 18 - 30 from or living on the island of Ireland. We will accept all genres of short film, documentaries, animation, student film, music video, dance film, experimental films, Irish language films and other languages. Submissions can be as short as you wish but no longer than 15 minutes in length.

The deadline to submit is the 12th of May 2024

Please submit your film through www.filmfreeway.com/Lasta

GENERAL RULES:

We will accept all genres of short film, documentaries, animation, student film, music video, dance film, experimental films, Irish language films and other languages.

Foreign language films must have subtitles.

Submissions can be as short as you wish but no longer than 15 minutes in length.

The festival will only contact those filmmakers with work selected for screening during the festival.

The director or lead filmmaker must be aged between 18-30 and from or living on the island of Ireland.

No premiere status requirements.

The films will be screened as part of an online event.

The deadline to apply is 12th of May 2024

Awards:
- Best Short Film €200

Awards & Prizes

Awards:
- Best Short Film €200

With more awards to be announced.

Rules & Terms