Explore student competitions.

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Rated Advanced, Fresh Film’s annual youth festival invites an original short film and offers screenings plus Ireland’s Young Filmmaker awards. Open to filmmakers aged 7–19, with Junior and Senior age bands and separate Island of Ireland and International entry categories. Entrants must complete a coherent short film within the relevant time limit, balancing story, direction, performance, sound and visual craft for selection and specialist award judging.

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An all-Ireland art competition where young artists submit original artwork for judging across age-based categories. Open to residents of the island of Ireland under 19, entering individually through school, art school or home entry. Rated Intermediate Level, with difficulty mainly coming from artistic originality, technical quality and competitive national judging.

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An Ireland-based sustainable fashion competition where students design, create and present high-fashion outfits made entirely from recycled or repurposed materials. Open to post-primary students aged 12–19 in Ireland. Rated Advanced Level, with difficulty mainly coming from original design, craftsmanship, sustainability, live presentation and selective progression to the World Final.

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Rated Advanced, this online visual-arts competition welcomes young people aged 18 or under across the island of Ireland. Entrants create an artwork, upload a digital entry and may be selected for the public gallery and awards. The main challenge is responding personally to the theme while demonstrating strong technique, originality and a clearly communicated artistic intention.