SEVERLA Scots productions have reached the shortlist of an annual competition showcasing the best of film, TV and radio from the Celtic ‘nations and regions’.
This year’s Celtic Media Festival – celebrating its 31st year and taking place in Newry, Northern Ireland – involves work from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany and Cornwall. Taking place between April 21 and 23, prizes in 19 categories are up for grabs.
The shortlist reads:
DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL
Factual series
Ian Brady – Roghainn A’ Bhais?, by Patsi Mackenzie, for STV Productions / BBC ALBA
CSÍ: Cork’s Bloody Secret, by Seán Ó Méalóid, for RTÉ
Mobs Mheiriceá (Ep 6), by Brid Seoighe / Eileen Seoighe, for Abú Media / TG4
Last Chance To See, by Tim Green, for BBC Cymru Wales
Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter, by Allan Campbell, for BBC Scotland
Factual entertainment
Faoi Lán Cheoil, by Conor Byrne, for Stirling Film and Television Productions / TG4
Y Saith Magnifico, by Amanda Price Jones / Matthew Tune, for Boomerang / S4C
Grinn, by Alasdair MacCuish, for Bees Nees Media / BBC ALBA
Cul Nan Dorsan: Comedy, by Rebecca MacLennan, by BBC Gaidhlig
Factual single
The Walking Wounded, by Sarah Tierney, for Clarity Productions / BBC Scotland
Identities, by Rachel Lysaght, for Undergroundfilms
Dad a Fi, by Nora Ostler / Catrin Rees, for Fiction Factory
Tachrán Gan Todhchaí, by Des Bell, for Glass Machine Productions / TG4
The House, by Daniel Hegarty, for Marmalade Films
Balaich Eileen, by Jim Webster, by Solus Productions / BBC ALBA
Wales: The Prince & The Plotter, by Ian Michael Jones, for Presentable Productions
An Iolaire, by Alasdair Maclean, BBC Gaidhlig / BBC ALBA
Sport
Shay Elliott: Cycle of Betrayal, by Ciarán Ó hEadhra, for Zampano Productions
Carwyn, by Dylan Richards, for Green Bay Media
O Flaen Dy Lygaid: Llewod 74, by Marc Edwards, for BBC Cymru Wales
Lean Gu Dlùth, by Donald MacLeod, for BBC Gaidhlig / BBC ALBA
Arts
Peadairín na Stoirme, by Ciara Nic Chormaic, for Magamedia / TG4 / BCI
Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous, by Clíona Ní Bhuachalla, for Icebox Films
Tormod, by Karen Smyth, for Pure Magic Films / BBC ALBA / Belle Allee Productions
Shetland Lone Star, by John Archer, for Hopscotch Films
Papa Haydn, by Rhian A Davies, for P.O.P 1
Kick Into Reading, by Liz Lloyd-Griffiths, for Boomerang Plus
DRAMA
Short drama (up to 30 mins)
If I Should Fall Behind, by Rory Dungan, for Fastnet Films
The Cornet Player, by Catrin Rees, for Fiction Factory
Believe, by Rhianna Andrews, for Young Films
Feature-length drama
Crying with Laughter, by Claire Mundell / Rachel Robey / Al Clark, for Frisky Films / Synchronicity Films
Martha Jac a Sianco, by Lona Llewelyn Davies, for Apollo Boomerang
Five Minutes of Heaven, by Eoin O’Callaghan / Stephen Wright, for Big Fish / Ruby Films
Hunger, by Laura Hastings-Smith / Robin Gutch, for Blast! Films / Film4 / Northern Ireland Screen
Drama series
Torchwood: Children of Earth, by Peter Bennett, for BBC Cymru Wales
River City, by Alan J Wands, for BBC Scotland
Rásaí na Gaillimh, by Niamh Fagan / Eoin Holmes /Trish Parrott, for Great Western Films / TG4
DIGITAL MEDIA
Kieran Hegarty Award For Interactivity
Shortlist to be announced on February 22
FURTHER CATEGORIES
Current affairs
Y Byd ar Bedwar – Gaza, by Geraint Evans, for ITV Wales
Prime Time Investigates – Travellers: On the Edge, by David Doran, for RTÉ News and Current Affairs
One Family In Wales, by Jayne Morgan, for BBC Cymru Wales
Panorama: Britain’s Homecare Scandal, by Murdoch Rodgers, for BBC Scotland
Animation
The Secret of Kells, by Paul Young / Ross Murray, for Cartoon Saloon
Igam Ogam, by Robin Lyons, for Calon
Ooglies, by Nick Hopkins, for BBC Scotland / CBBC
Education
Trip yr Ysgol Gymraeg, by Catrin Edwards, for ITV Wales
C’mon Camán, by Colm O’Callaghan/ John Daly, for RTÉ / Big Mountain
The Designed World, by Gerald Strother, for BBC Scotland Learning
Childrens
Jump Spin Grind, by Bill Malone, for RTÉ
Un Tro, by Elen Rhys / Aron Evans, for BBC Cymru Wales / Dinamo Productions
Nina and the Neurons, by Yvonne Jennings, for BBC Scotland / CBeebies
Young people
Seacht, by Colin O’ Donnell / Louise McCreesh, for Stirling Film and Television Productions / TG4
Bandit, by Gruffydd Davies, for Boomerang Plus
Rapal TBL, by Seumas MacTaggart, for BBC Gaidhlig / BBC ALBA
Entertainment
Rab C Nesbitt Christmas Special, by Colin Gilbert, for The Comedy Unit
Sioe Dolig PC Leslie Wynne, by Tudur Owen / Angharad Garlick, for Boomerang
Maeve Higgins’ Fancy Vittles (Ep 2), by Tony Deegan / Liam McGrath, for Scratch Films / RTÉ
Côr Cymru 2009, by Hefin Owen, for Rondo Media
Titles, stings, idents & promos
Burns idents, by Catherine Roodt, for BBC Scotland Promotions
Aitheantais Stáisiún TG4, by TG4 / Super Sixty Eight / Glimpse Digital, for TG4
Eisteddfod 2009, by phil higginson, for BBC Cymru Wales Promotions & Branding
RADIO
Radio station of the year
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Wales
Raidió Fáilte
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Radio documentary
Looking for Fairytale Castles, by Nicoline Greer, for RTÉ Radio 1
An Enigmatic Artist – Seán Ó Riada in Paris, by Bláithín Ní Chaitháin, for Earth Productions
Double D and a C, by Ann-marie Power, for RTÉ Radio 1
Clive Norling – Whistling In The Dark, by Steve Groves, for BBC Cymru Wales
Bwrw Golwg – O Grombil Y Ddaer, by Gethin Matthews, for Boomerang
Manylu, by Illtyd ap Alwyn, for BBC Radio Cymru
Give Me A Voice, by Abby Gunn, for BBC Radio Scotland
Logarbaigh, by Mairianna Mackenzie, for BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
Radio presenter/personality
Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí (RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta)
Frank Hennessy (BBC Radio Wales)
Fred MacAulay (BBC Radio Scotland)
Iain MacIlleMhicheil (BBC Radio nan Gaidheal)
