Ashford's Seán Treacy Named Ireland's Young Filmmaker Of The Year.

17-year-old Seán Tracey from Ashford took Fresh International Film Festival by storm.

17-year-old Seán Tracey from Ashford took Fresh International Film Festival by storm with his film, ‘The Least I Can Do’.

This year, Fresh International Film Festival took to TV screens as it celebrated its 26th anniversary of giving young filmmakers a platform to shine. Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year Senior Awards 2022 was broadcast on RTÉ 2, hosted by Stephen Byrne and Gemma Bradley. 

Seán won Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022 for his film ‘The Least I Can Do’, a film about a naive teen David, who witnesses his best friend inappropriately engage with a girl at a party.

He falls into a moralistic crisis as he reconsiders the values of his friends while also confronting the overwhelming guilt of his inaction.

Speaking about his win, Seán said: "Having 'The Least I Can Do' be awarded top prize at this year's Fresh Film Festival is undoubtedly the most satisfying conclusion to both this film's journey and my time with Fresh that I could have ever asked for.

Having entered this fantastic festival every year since 2017, Fresh has been a constant presence in my adolescence that has only ever positively challenged me to work more and more on improving my craft.

In some years my films have been well-received, and in other years not so much, so to have my final year be a 1st Place win is a very satisfying symbol of that consistent work through my teens really paying off!"