!!!! Call for Entries: FÍS Film Awards – Open to All Irish Primary Schools
FÍS Film Project
Deadline: 5pm, 27 June 2025
There is an open invitation to all Dept. of Education designated Irish primary schools to enter their films into the annual national FÍS Film Awards competition. To enter, primary schools across the country are asked to create an (up to) five-minute film on a subject of their choice, registration is not required.
Awards may be made in a wide variety of categories including Documentary, Comedy, Acting, Storytelling, Adaptation, Animation, Special Effects, Direction, Costume, Editing, Production Design, Cinematography, Sound Track, Best Newcomer, Best Junior Class Production, Curriculum Relevance, among others.
This year mark’s the 20th Annual FÍS Film Competition and there will be a special category:
2025 Special category title: Met Éireann: Weather, Climate, and Our Future
The FIS website is packed with resources and tools on incorporating film into the primary classroom, with lesson plans, videos, technical guides and templates to help get you started with your submission.
The deadline for entries is Friday 27 June at 5pm, for further details on the competition including the rules and guidelines and judging criteria, please visit fisfilmproject.ie/competition/
Shortlisted schools must be available to attend the FÍS Film Awards Ceremony, which takes place in the Helix Theatre, DCU Dublin. It is a large-scale national event with over 900 people in attendance, filmed and broadcast by students and staff from the National Film School, at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT).
!!!! FÍS Film Project Invite Primary Schools to Enter Storyboard Storytelling Competition
FÍS FILM Project
Deadline: Friday 11th April 2025 at 5pm
Irish primary schools are invited to enter the 2025 FÍS Storyboard Storytelling competition. The FÍS Storyboard Storytelling Competition is open to all primary schools in the Republic of Ireland. Only storyboards created and produced by primary school pupils and their teacher(s) will be eligible, i.e., the storyboard must be the school’s own original work.
To enter schools should create a storyboard that is a visual interpretation of a story, a concept, a topic, a poem or nursery rhyme. Suggested themes are as follows but not limited to:
- Everyday heroes, e.g. ‘a day-in-the-life of someone in your community who supports others
- Staycation
- Local History / Folklore
- As Gaeilge
- Curriculum relevant topic, e.g. environmental exploration, climate change, history, science, etc.
- Time capsule, e.g. school of the future, letters to grandchildren, a snapshot of time
- An adaptation of a traditional story / fairytale with a modern day twist
- FÍS film making in schools – what would that be like in the future?
- The pupils own original story
Judging Critera Highlights:
When reviewing storyboards submitted to the competition, judges will consider the following:
- Excellence in visual interpretation of a story or concept or topic
- Excellence in the use of artistic media e.g. a variety of art materials, copyright free images, etc.
- Imagination and creativity
- Curricular relevance
- Support of pupils’ literacy skills development and enhanced learning
- Use of different types of shots, i.e. close-ups, mid-shots, long-shots, etc. that help to convey the story
- Evidence that the Storyboards could be developed in the future by the class or group into a FÍS film or stop-motion animation project for entry into the 19th Annual FÍS Film Awards competition 2024.
Read more and enter here: fisfilmproject.ie/competition/storyboard-storytelling-competition/