BBC ceremony to showcase Gaelic short film award winners
The winners of this year’s prestigious Gaelic short film competition FilmG 2022 will be announced tonight (Friday, February 25) in a special awards ceremony on BBC ALBA.
Many of the winners across the 17 prize categories were brought into the FilmG studio by video link to accept their award and chat with programme hosts and competition stalwarts Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald.
The specially created awards programme will be shown on BBC ALBA at 9pm tonight (Friday, February 25) and is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer for 30 days afterwards.
Films followed this year’s competition theme Lorg, which means search, find or trace, and with over 90 filmmakers attempting to find the winning formula, the judges had a tough job whittling down the entries over multiple days.
Among this year's candidates was Ross hopeful Anndra Cuimeanach from Gairloch who produced Thar Nan Sgòth - Beinn Eighe (Above the Clouds – Beinn Eighe), a film about hillwalking and scrambling.
Pupils from Craighill Primary and Gairloch High School were also among those to be nominated.
Iseabail Mactaggart, director of multi-platform content at MG ALBA said: “FilmG has always been so important to Gaelic media as a whole and also to the individual filmmakers and groups who take part year after year.
“Seeing the talent coming through the ranks and refining their craft in order to pick up one of the coveted prizes is gratifying for all involved in Gaelic media, and testament to our ambition to continue to nurture an unrivalled Gaelic-speaking talent base both in front of, and behind the camera for years to come.”
All films from this year’s competition are available to watch on the FilmG website: www.filmg.co.uk