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Motion · S6M-03397 · 28 Feb 2022

FilmG Winners Announced

Lodged by Sharon Dowey Standard Motion 26 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the winners of this year's Gaelic language short film competition, FilmG; notes that films followed this year’s competition theme, "Lorg", which means search, find or trace; understands that over 90 filmmakers took part; observes that Parker Dawes, a pupil at Ardnamurchan High School, in Strontian, West Lochaber, scooped three awards, including Best Young Filmmaker, Best Film Fluent Speakers, and Best Production, for his slapstick spy thriller, Spies-R-Us; appreciates that an animation by Alina Brust, from Edinburgh, won Best Film in the Open Category, which it understands is the first time that an animation has won this prize in FilmG; understands that the prize for Best Production (Under 12) went to Coignear air Chall (5 Lost Souls), by Sandbank Primary School, in Dunoon, which follows five school friends as they take a spooky journey to one of the town’s historic landmarks; recognises that a film about hillwalking, Thar Nan Sgòth - Beinn Eighe (Above the Clouds – Beinn Eighe), by Anndra Cuimeanach, from Gairloch, secured the prize for Best Documentary (12-17) and that, in the Open category, a short documentary, called A' Mhuir (The Sea), about the wild swimming of the students at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, in the Isle of Skye, who take part in the sport, picked up two separate awards, Film Duthchais and Best Director (Anna Garvin); further recognises that, Am Buaile Dubh, a film which takes a look around Am Buaile Dubh, on the outskirts of Inverness, secured the Best Performance award for the film’s producer and narrator, Eòghan Stiùbhart; notes that Eilean Lois (Lois’s Island), by Somhairle MacIain, from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, won the award for Best Student Film, and expresses its support for Gaelic language media and for what it sees as the value that this brings to Gaelic-speaking communities and to Scotland, and commends all FilmG participants on their efforts.

Supporters (26)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.