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We are thrilled to announce this years recipient of our Footprint Award for contribution to the Arts in Midleton is Yvonne Condon. She will be at the festival on Friday evening for the opening night and award giving, and also be painting portraits on Saturday. A fabulous opportunity to come and sit for your portrait!… Continue reading Yvonne Condon to be Footprint Award recipient!

We are thrilled to present the Wobbly Circus on Saturday in the baby Walk. Catch two fabulous shows, stilt walkers and more! A joyous family friendly trail on the day would be; Start at the farmers market to learn how to do pigment painting, have a cuppa, listen to fun music from the Cork Light… Continue reading Wobble into town!

The quiet beginnings in Ballyannan Woods with Sarah Hourigan of Nature Therapy Ireland brought the team into focus and grounding...we will be ready for anything this weekend! We made pink bunting, a huge banner, personalised High Vis jackets and even created a MAF logo... well she's more of a mascot. She will be unfurled on… Continue reading Preparations and festival underway!

We hope to hear from you soon, as the festival is only two weeks away! Films will be played for two days on a cycle, so may even be screened multiple times!

We have started the festival poster making today at Educate Together N.S. with Múinteoir John and artist Belinda Walsh. The class has loved going wild with the paint! If you want to join in with the advertising of the festival and have an idea for a poster we would love you to make one. You… Continue reading Poster making

MAF has been holding Stop Motion Animation workshops this year, led by Belinda Walsh and Ilse de Ziah. The recent one was in association with Cruinniú na Nóg and previous one with FirstCut! Youth Film Festival 2021. They were so much fun and the resulting animations were gorgeous. We are pleased to announce the winner… Continue reading Winner of the Best Cruinniú na Nóg Animation 2021

Cruinniú na nÓg Stop Motion Animation workshops and competition AGES 8 TO 16 A series of stop motion animation workshops where participants learn how to create their own animated shorts at home. Workshops begin with a brief history of stop motion animation and participants will make optical toys while learning about the characters that paved… Continue reading Ar Muin Na Muice