Awards

YoungEdinburgh Award for Playback

The young people of Playback have received the Evening News Youngedinburgh award for Visual Arts for their film 'Transitions into Adulthood’. The film looks at the key issues affecting young disabled people in the transition into adulthood such as further education, independent living, finding employment and handling social situations.

The award was presented to Alan Gray and Karen Sutherland at the awards ceremony held in the Hub on Monday 11th October 2004.

Karen also received the award for Unsung Heroine in recognition of her community and voluntary work, which was presented by Big Brother’s Cameron Stout.

Youth Achievement Award Winners

Karen Sutherland received an EYSIP Youth Achievement Gold Award on 8th July 2004. The award was presented in recognition of volunteer work including involvement with Media Education. Media Education assisted Karen to produce the film ‘Yes My Brain Works, Does Yours?’ which looked at wheelchair access to public transport. The film was funded by a Community Millennium Award from the Community Media Association and is now being used as a training tool for the transport industry.

Jana Film Festival to screen Media Education films

Two of Media Education’s films from last year have been accepted for the Jana International Film Festival for Children and Youth. Silly Sixties is the tale of a group of children who travel back in time to save the blue squirrel, a rare type of squirrel that hasn’t been seen in Scotland since the sixties. The Lost Child is a darker tale of a building haunted by a dead baby who was seperated from her parents after they commited suicide. Both films were jointly funded by Falkirk Council and the Scottish Arts Council and were made by young people from the Falkirk area.

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Jana International Film Festival for Children and Youth will be held in Beirut, Lebanon from October the 8th to the 14th.

'Moving Histories' on the road

The six Moving Histories short films have proved to be very popular at various film festivals this year.

The project involved Media Education and animation company Red Kite working with groups from Falkirk and the surrounding areas to produce videos and animations which explored a decade from the past.

'Fire In The Disco', made by pupils of St Margaret's school, Polmont was recently screened at the Leeds Children and Young People Film Festival. Both 'Fire In The Disco' and 'The Silly Sixties', made by pupils of Nethermains school, Denny, are currently battling through the selection process for the Chicago International Childrens's Film Festival which takes place in October.

Media Education In Bologna

Media Education travelled to Bologna, Italy in June for the International Kids for Kids Festival. ‘Homeward Bound’ a film made by young people from Thurso as part of the ‘Scotched Myths’ project, was shortlisted for Best Live Action (13-16 years). The ‘Scotched Myths’ series of six films made by young people across Scotland aimed to reflect a different view of Scotland today.

Hammertown Wins Award

In July the Hammertown Media Education project won a Scottish Arts Council Visual Arts Education Award. The project, a collaboration between Standard Life staff, community groups and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, saw young people producing their own publicity campaign for the Hammertown exhibition in February.

Czech This Out....

The Zlin Festival, Prague screened the 2002 Scottish Students on screen award winner ‘A Park In Need’ in May 2003. It was also shown at a children’s film festival in Iran.