Young Irish Film Makers Company Limited By Guarantee

What Young Irish Film Makers Company Limited By Guarantee does

Young Irish Film Makers Company Limited By Guarantee (YIFM) is an Irish non-profit charitable organisation, founded in 1991 and headquartered at St. Joseph's Studios, Waterford Road, Kilkenny. It delivers youth-focused film, animation, and digital media education programmes and development initiatives to young people across Ireland. The organisation is structured as a company limited by guarantee (CRO No. 252206) and a registered charity (CRA No. 20054120, CHY 15576), compliant with Declaration A under the Charities Governance Code. It operates as a National Organisation responsible for youth arts and youth development programmes, with ten or fewer employees.

YIFM's core product portfolio is a unified suite of education programmes rather than a software platform. Flagship offerings include the National Youth Film & Animation School (NYFAS), a residential summer camp in Kilkenny City for aspiring animators and filmmakers aged 16-19; Summer Film Camps and Junior Animation Summer Camps; YIFM Weekenders; After-Schools Filmmaking Workshops; Outreach Workshops that travel to schools and community groups; and the Young Critics programme for ages 18-25. The National Youth Film & Animation Network (NYFAN) supports affiliated youth film and animation groups across Ireland. Underlying technology consists of standard film and animation production equipment and software used in instructional settings.

YIFM's business model is that of a publicly funded non-profit. It does not generate meaningful commercial revenue; programme fees for youth appear to be subsidised or sliding-scale, and specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Recurring operating funding comes from Irish state and public-sector bodies, including the Department of Education (DOEAY scheme), the Arts Council, Screen Ireland, ETB Kilkenny/Carlow, and the Department of Arts through Project 2040. Go-to-market is community-led, with direct programme delivery from Kilkenny plus a national outreach and NYFAN network. The organisation published a 2025-2029 strategic plan and is undertaking audited accounts, with 2026 programme cycles already in market.

Name

Young Irish Film Makers Company Limited By Guarantee

Legal name

Young Irish Film Makers CLG

Website

https://yifm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Young Irish Film Makers (YIFM) is an Irish non-profit, founded in 1991 and based in Kilkenny, that delivers film, animation, and digital media education programmes to young people across Ireland through camps, workshops, and outreach funded by government and arts bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Arts Education

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) (EDAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

K–12 Instructional Video & Multimedia (EDAGALAA), Kids & Preschool Animation Production (MPADACAJ)

Keywords

• Youth film education
• Animation training programmes
• Film making workshops
• Youth arts education
• Media literacy programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Kilkenny

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government and Public Funding: As a non-profit charitable organisation, YIFM receives recurring state and public funding from government departments and arts bodies. The organisation is compliant with Declaration A under the Charities Governance Code.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

YIFM delivers youth-focused film, animation, and digital media education programmes across Ireland. Its offerings include the NYFAS residential summer school (ages 16-19), summer film camps, junior animation camps, weekend workshops, after-school filmmaking clubs, outreach workshops that travel to schools and community groups, the Young Critics group (ages 18-25), and the NYFAN national network supporting affiliated youth film and animation groups.

Product overview

Young Irish Film Makers (YIFM) is a non-profit organization providing a portfolio of film and animation education programmes for young people across Ireland. The core offerings include the National Youth Film & Animation School (NYFAS) as a flagship residential summer camp in Kilkenny for ages 16-19, complemented by Summer Film Camps, Junior Animation Camps, YIFM Weekenders, and After-Schools Filmmaking Workshops. Additional programmes include Young Critics for ages 18-25, Outreach Workshops that travel to participants, and NYFAN (National Youth Film & Animation Network) which supports youth film and animation groups nationwide. The organization operates as a unified programme portfolio rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NYFAS: National Youth Film & Animation School - Residential Summer camp in Kilkenny City for aspiring animators and filmmakers ages 16 - 19
• NYFAN

Products and services

• NYFAS – National Youth Film & Animation School Residential summer camp in Kilkenny City providing intensive training in film and animation production for aspiring animators and filmmakers ages 16-19.
• Summer Film Camps Summer filmmaking camps during school holidays where participants create their own short films, aimed at young people across Ireland.
• Junior Animation Summer Camp Summer camp focused on teaching the basics of animation to younger participants.
• YIFM Weekenders

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• First Light Movies: UK social enterprise supporting young people aged 5-25 to make films about their lives, with training, production support, and distribution. Highly comparable model: youth filmmaking, training, public-grant funded, regional delivery.
• National Youth Theatre Ireland: Irish national youth arts charity delivering theatre training, residential programmes, and outreach for young people. Comparable non-profit national-mandate youth-arts model, though in theatre rather than screen media.
• Fresh Film Festival: Irish youth film initiative running an annual festival and nationwide youth film programmes for under-18s. Closest direct peer to YIFM in Ireland, targeting the same age cohort with short-film production, schools outreach, and national-level funding.
• Into Film: UK-wide charity delivering film education, criticism, and filmmaking opportunities to young people aged 5-19. Closely comparable mission, programme mix (camps, clubs, critics), and public-grant funding model to YIFM, with broader UK geographic reach.
• Galway Film Centre: Irish film training and resource organisation offering courses, workshops, and youth programmes. Directly comparable in sector and offering mix, with regional concentration in the west of Ireland versus YIFM's south-east base.

Broad incumbents

• Irish Film Institute: National cultural institution for film in Ireland operating cinemas, archives, and education programmes including youth-focused screenings and schools engagement. Comparable educational remit but broader cultural/curatorial scope than YIFM.
• Film Education (BFI / successor bodies): BFI's education remit historically included schools film-education programmes for young audiences across the UK. Comparable youth film-education mission with significantly larger institutional backing than YIFM.

Others

• Culture Ireland: State body promoting Irish arts globally. Not a direct peer but a comparable adjacent organisation operating within YIFM's funder and policy ecosystem, signalling the institutional environment for youth-arts delivery in Ireland.

Emerging players

• Junior Einsteins Science Club: Irish STEM/creative education provider running camps, after-schools, and outreach for primary-age children. Comparable Irish youth-education, camps-and-outreach business model but in STEM rather than film/animation.
• All Together Now (youth arts providers, Ireland): National network of youth arts organisations in Ireland supporting children and young people's creative development. Comparable funder/governance ecosystem (Arts Council, Dept of Children) and outreach model; YIFM participates in adjacent networks through NYFAN.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/yifm
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@yifm
• Facebookfacebook.com/youngirishfilmmakers
• Instagraminstagram.com/youngirishfilmmakers
• TikToktiktok.com/@youngirishfilmmakers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/young-irish-film-makers

Compliance4 records

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