Ireland
and Wales took the major share of the awards at this year’s
Celtic Film Festival in Truro, gaining seven awards each,
with RTE taking the Jury Award for Primetime: Behind
Closed Doors and Robert Quinn gaining the Frank Copplestone
First Time Director Award for An Leabhar, ROSG.
S4C took The Spirit of the Festival Award for the Apt
Films and September Films production of Solomon A Gaenor,
for Wales.
The Short Drama Award went to Britanny for Les Filles
Du 12, by Paris Brest Productions for TV Breizh. New
Media Award went to E Brezhoneg Pa Gar!! from Sumdi,
and Britanny also gained the Education Award for Petra
Larez.
Scotland took awards for Arts Documentary and Radio: Celtic
Music categories, produced separately by a husband and
wife team from Inverness, Bruce McGregor and Liza Mulholland.
Bruce’s programme was James Scott Skinner: The Strathspey
King 1843-1927, about the most important musician in the
history of Scottish traditional music who rose via his
music from humble beginnings to become one of the first
transcontinental superstars. The three part dramatised
series was made for BBC Radio Scotland.
Bruce’s wife, Liz Mulholland took the award for Arts
Documentary with Murchadh MacPharlain; Bard Mhealaboist,
a profile of the renowned Gaelic poet and songwriter Murchadh
MacPharlain from the Isle of Lewis, who is an inspiration
for many of today’s leading Gaelic singers. The film
was produced by Liz Mulholland and directed by Iain F.
Macleod on behalf of Metagama Productions for BBC Scotland.
Award Winners 2001
Spirit of the Festival
SOLOMON A GAENOR, Apt Films and September Films for S4C,
Wales
New Media
EBREZHONEG PA GAR!!, Stumdi, Britanny
Animation
THE KING’S WAKE Raw Nerve Productions, Northern Ireland
Current Affairs
PANORAMA: THE POWER TO ABUSE, BBC Wales/BBC Network, Wales
Arts Documentary
MURCHADH MACPHARLAIN: BARD MHEALABOIST, Metagama Productions,
Scotland
Documentary Feature
AIDAN WALSH –MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, Let’s Not
Lose It Productions, Ireland
Factual Documentary
DRESSED TO KILL, Wild Dream Films for Channel 4, Wales
Education
PETRA LAREZ, Vivement Lundi! For TV Breizh, Britanny
Entertainment
THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME – TOMMY TIERNAN’S
NAVAN, Power Pictures, Ireland
Drama Series
PEN TENNYN, HTV FOR S4C, Wales
Feature Length Drama
CARE, BBC Wales, Wales
Short Drama
LES FILLES DU 12, Paris Brest Productions, for TV Breizh,
Brittany
Young People, Children
BICINI, Boomerang for S4C, Wales
Radio: Celtic Music
JAMES SCOTT SKINNER: THE STRATHSPEY KING 1843-1927, BBC
Scotland, Scotland
Radio Documentary
FRAGMENTS IN TIME, Chris Morris, BBC Wales, Wales
Radio: News Journalist
AUDREY CARVILLE, BBC Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
Jury Award
PRIMETIME: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, RTE, Ireland
Frank Coppelstone First Time Director Award
Robert Quinn for AN LEABHAR, ROSG, Ireland
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Ireland
and Wales took the major share of the awards at this year’s
Celtic Film Festival in Truro, gaining seven awards each,
with RTE taking the Jury Award for Primetime: Behind
Closed Doors and Robert Quinn gaining the Frank Copplestone
First Time Director Award for An Leabhar, ROSG.
S4C took The Spirit of the Festival Award for the Apt
Films and September Films production of Solomon A Gaenor,
for Wales.