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Sparks is a youth-led film festival that reaches over 100 young people each year, offering them the chance to create their own short films and animations. The festival begins in early autumn with a series of <\/span>in-school workshops<span> delivered in partnership with local <\/span>primary and secondary schools<span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Halloween Festival Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The excitement continues during the Halloween midterm break, when Sparks hosts a week-long celebration at the Edna O&#8217;Brien Library, Scariff. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A variety of film and animation workshops<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to collaborate and create with peers<\/li>\n<li>A final screening event where families and friends are invited to view all the incredible work produced since September<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dates: <span lang=\"EN-GB\">01\/09\/2025 &#8211; 01\/11\/2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">For more inforamtion contact <\/span><span>Emma Sams at 087 7782488&nbsp; or email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sparksfilmfestival@gmail.com\"><span>sparksfilmfestival@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37183,"template":"","class_list":["post-37182","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sparks Youth Film and Animation Festival 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now in its 11th year, Sparks Youth Film Festival continues to light up East Clare with creativity, imagination, and opportunity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/sparks-youth-film-and-animation-festival-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sparks Youth Film and Animation Festival 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now in its 11th year, Sparks Youth Film Festival continues to light up East Clare with creativity, imagination, and opportunity.&nbsp; Rooted in the heart of the community, Sparks brings the magic of filmmaking and animation directly to young people through a dynamic programme of workshops and events. 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