THERE is a strong Scots presence among the contenders for prizes at the 32nd annual festival celebrating the best of TV, radio and film from the ‘Celtic’ nations and regions, including Wales and Brittany.
The shortlist for the Celtic Media Awards reveals – among others – shortlistings for BBC Scotland’s A History of Scotland and Sigma Films’ I Love Luci.
This year’s festival is taking place in Stornoway, on the Western Isles, between April 13 and 15.
The shortlist reads:
DOCUMENTARY/ FACTUAL
Factual Series
Pierce Boyce
Abú Media / TG4
Richard Downes
BBC Scotland
Ceri Rowlands (Series Producer)
Indus Film & Television / BBC Wales
Michelle Friel & Jules Kean
Friel Kean Films Limited / BBC One Scotland
Tony Deegan and Liam McGrath
RTÉ
John Gwyn
Aden Productions / S4C
Factual Entertainment
Billy McGrath
Sideline Productions / RTÉ
Alasdair MacLean
BBC Gàidhlig / BBC ALBA
Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience
Rhys Waters / Nathan Mackintosh
Presentable / BBC One
Factual Single
Nick Holt
BBC Wales
Mark Littlewood
Pelicula Films Ltd / BBC ALBA
Morgan Bushe/Macdara kelleher
Fastnet Films
Brendan J Byrne
Hotshot FIlms / BBC Northern Ireland
O’r Galon: Y Trên I Ravensbrück
Caryl Ebenezer
Rondo Media
Ocean Therapy, Smiles on Faces
Chris Dewar
Sound View Media
Rachel Lysaght
Scannáin Inbhearv / TG4
Patricia Macleod
Midas Media / BBC ALBA
Patrick Farrelly & Ed Moloney
Deer Lake Films / RTÉ
Madame Anne LUART
Spirale Production
Sport
5 Climbs 5 Islands – programme 2
Margaret Wicks
Triple Echo Productions / BBC Two Scotland
Dafydd Rhys/ Lowri Morgan
POP 1 Ltd / S4C
Gareth Vaughan Jones
Telesgop / S4C
Turas A’ Bhradain – Series 2 (Prog 1 – ‘Na Hearadh’)
Patsi MacKenzie
STV Productions / BBC ALBA
Eddie Wiley
Orsuco Ltd / RTÉ
Arts
Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul – Meas air Chrannaibh
Terry Wolsey
Eyeline Media / BBC ALBA
Dic Jones – Yn Ei Eiriau Ei Hun
Dafydd Rhys/Rhian A Davies
POP 1 / S4C
Only Men Aloud – O Dredegar Newydd i Efrog Newydd
Bethan Anwyl, Matthew Tune
Boomerang+ / S4C
Martha O’Neill
Wildfire Films
Jean-François Aumaitre
Aligal production
DRAMA
Short Drama (up to 30 mins)
Martha O’Neill
Wildfire Films / RTÉ
Brian Coffey
Sigma Films
Gethin Scourfield
Levain
Rory Dungan, Rachael O’ Kane
Tilted Pictures
Caroline Bobek
Film Academy Vienna
Feature Length Drama
Anna Duffield
Sigma Films
Branwen Cennard
Boomerang+ / S4C
Macdara Kelleher
Fastnet Films
Drama Series
Olivier Roncin
Pois Chiche Films / France 3
Polly Williams
Kudos Film & Television / BBC Three
Ciarán Ó Cofaigh
ROSG / TG4
Gethin Scourfield, Ed Thomas
Fiction Factory / S4C
Sue Vertue
Hartswood Films / BBC One
Nicola Shindler
Red Production Company / BBC One
DIGITAL MEDIA
Kieran Hegarty Award For Interactivity
Louise Thornton / Anne McNaught
BBC Scotland Learning
Laura Macritchie
BBC Gàidhlig
Ben Jones
Rough Collie
Janet Maciver / Meabh Murray / Robin Hughes
BBC Wales / BBC Scotland / BBC Northern Ireland
ciaran foley
must see productions
Phyllis McFarlane/Laura Spence/Órfhlaith Ni Chearnaigh
BBC Northern Ireland Learning
FURTHER CATEGORIES
Current Affairs
Eòrpa: Eigneachadh ann an Bosnia
Hedda MacLeod
BBC Gàidhlig / BBC ALBA
Spotlight BBC NI – The Iris Robinson Investigation
Mary McKeagney
BBC Northern Ireland
Illtyd Ab Alwyn
BBC Cymru Wales
Unequal Opportunities with John Humphrys
Iain Scollay
Matchlight / BBC Two
Animation
Eamonn O Cualáin / Sean O Cualáin / Ross Murray
Sónta / Cartoon Saloon / TG4
Anke Hilt / Richard Scott
Axis Animation / Channel 4
Jane Hubbard
Cinetig
Education
Llyr ab Alwyn & Beca Brown
Cwmni Da / S4C
Christine Thornton
Firebrand Productions / RTÉ
Leslie MacKenzie
West Highland Animation
Childrens
Dougie Napier, Colin WIlliams & Sara Harkins
Sixteen South Television / CBeebies
Nick Hopkin
BBC Scotland Children’s / CBBC
Denzil Monk
Awen productions cic
Nia Ceidiog
Ceidiog / S4C
Young People
Donnie MacLeod
BBC Gàidhlig / BBC ALBA
Lionel Buannic
Lionel Buannic Krouiñ / TEBEO / Ty Télé TV Rennes 35
Peter Watkins-Hughes
Tred Films
Mikael Baudu
Gwengolo.filmoù
Colin O’Donnell
Stirling Film and TV Productions Ltd / TG4
Annabel Aguirre
Annabel Aguirre
Entertainment
Juliet Charlesworth / Steve Doherty
Boomerang + plc / BBC Four
Rab Christie
The Comedy Unit / BBC One Scotland
Anna Lincoln
Kalanna / TV Roazhon 35
Denzil Monk
Awen productions CIC
Katie Holly
Blinder Films Ltd / RTÉ
Marketing Campaign
Dara MCClatchie
Big Fish Productions / TG4
Polly Williams
Kudos Film & Television / BBC Three
Owain Morgan Jones
S4C
RADIO
Radio Station of the Year
Various
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Wales Programme Team
BBC Radio Wales
Floraidh MacLean
Radio nan Gàidheal
Edel Ní Chuireáin
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Radio Documentary
radio france
France Bleu Breizh Izel
Athrú Saoil – An tSiúr Mairéad Nic Dhonnchadha
Sorcha Ní Chéailleachair
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Black Watch, 3 Scots: A War In Their Own Words
Pennie Latin
BBC Radio Scotland
Dinah Jones ac Euros Lewis
Wes Glei cyf.
Documentary on One – I Could Have Danced All Night
Brian O’Connell and Sarah Blake
RTÉ Radio 1
Jeremy Grange
BBC Wales
Radio france
France Bleu Breizh Izel
Mary Owens
Well Said Productions
Polaroids on the Salmon Weir Episode
Maud Hand
Hand Around the World Productions
Seirbheis Cuimhneachaidh Hiort
Malcolm MacLean/Angela MacKinnon
Proiseact Nan Ealain / Radio Nan Gàidheal
David Stenhouse
BBC Radio Scotland
Morag Stewart
Sealladh
Huw Meredydd Roberts
BBC Radio Cymru
Radio Presenter/Personality
N/A
BBC Radio Cymru
Bob Carswell
Manx Radio
Floraidh MacLean
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal / BBC Radio Scotland
Dónall Mac Ruairí
RTÉ Ráidió na Gaeltachta
