Dingwall Gairloch and Ullapool among nominees for FilmG Awards

Excitement is building as Gaelic short–film competition FilmG has announced a shortlist which includes Gairloch, Ullapool and Dingwall.

Faced with a record number of entries in the competition’s 15th year, the panel of independent judges narrowed the field down ahead of the upcoming awards ceremony in Glasgow in February.

FilmG’s project manager, Murdo MacSween, said: “The competition was so strong this year and our judges had a very difficult time picking the nominees, calling it the 'best year ever'. FilmG is about developing great Gaelic storytellers and filmmakers, and if this year’s nominees are anything to go by, the future of Gaelic broadcasting looks to be in safe hands!”

FilmG project executive at MG ALBA, Alison Bruce, said: “Each year we’re blown away by the creativity and high quality of the FilmG entries and this year is certainly no different. FilmG is a fantastic route to get noticed in Gaelic media and it’s encouraging to see so many talented individuals engaging with the competiton. We wish all nominees the very best of luck and look forward to seeing who picks up an award at this year’s awards ceremony in February.”

With 15 judged categories announced across the open and youth competitions the public vote element of the FilmG Choice Awards will be live until the end of January.

Ullapool High School and Dingwall High School are both up for the Best Production Design award, with their films Buidhe nach Maireann (Ullapool) and Bleigeard nam Bileagan Buidhe (Dingwall).

Gairloch High School is up for the Award for Gaelic and the Best Documentary award in their short film Baile Prìseil.

Iain Cumming from Gairloch is also up for an award in the open category for Best Script in his film Sùilean.

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