- Pantheon Theatre (@thepantheonclub) tweeted the following message this week:
Pantheon Theatre - producing, performing & promoting the arts through
musicals, plays & comedies in & around Glasgow & the West of
Scotland (and a little further) since 1926.
268 Bath Street, Glasgow, UK
- Edinburgh International Film Festival looks to offer
inspiring opportunities for young people
The Edinburgh International Film Festival, which takes place
next month, has announced a series of opportunities for young people to explore
film.
Building on last year’s inaugural initiative, the Edinburgh
International Film Festival (EIFF) will offer 25 young people a unique
opportunity to participate in the 2012 festival.
The Young Talents programme is aimed at film fans aged
between 16 and 18, with selected participants given a free EIFF Student Pass
allowing them access to Industry events, press and industry screenings and an
exclusive Young Talents events programme, as well as selected parts of the
public programme. Young Talents is supported by Creative Scotland and through
the Scottish Government Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund.
EIFF is now accepting applications for Young Talents 2012
and is welcoming all applicants aged 16 to 18 years old with an interest in
film and who are able to be in Edinburgh during the festival dates from 20 June
to 1 July. The deadline for applications is 23 May and can be accessed at
edfilmfest.org.uk/learning.
Young Talents was launched at the 2011 Festival and involved
21 young people who participated in over 30 events and screenings including
private Q&A sessions with actor Ewen Bremner (Perfect Sense;
Trainspotting), Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, The Damned United) and director
Dominic Allan (Calvet).
Designed to inspire young people with an interest in film to
pursue a career in the industry, Young Talents explores film analysis,
performance and craft, and aims to reveal the routes young people can take into
the UK film industry.
Laurence Williams, 18, who participated last year, said:
“There were so many events to take advantage of and I hope that I will make use
of all the information and advice given.
“It was amazing meeting, talking to, and hearing from people
with experience and knowledge in the film industry.”
For those in further and higher education, EIFF has
announced the Student Critics Award Jury that will offer three places for
aspiring film critics to attend EIFF and view a shortlisted programme of films.
Working with two established critics as mentors, the Jury
will develop their writing and critical skills during their time at EIFF. The
Jury will select the winner of the inaugural Student Critics Award at EIFF’s
Awards Ceremony on 30 June. Applicants for the Student Critics Award Jury will
be asked to submit 400 words on a particular film or an aspect of cinema.
Further details are available from education@cmi-scotland.co.uk.
EIFF 2012 also sees the return of Edinburgh Schools Film
Competition in partnership with Screen Education Edinburgh and Arts &
Learning, City of Edinburgh Council.
Open to all pupils in City of Edinburgh Council run
nurseries, primaries, secondary and special education schools, the competition
will see selected films share the festival limelight with leading filmmakers
from around the world. Work is viewed and selected by a young people’s jury who
also coordinate and present the Schools Film Competition Award Ceremonies
during the festival.
David Barras, filmmaker and jury coordinator, said:
"Having worked with groups who have submitted films and now being behind
the scenes on the jury, I can honestly say that the ideas, creativity and
imagination of young people in Edinburgh is always startling and the films represent
an amazing breadth of inventiveness and originality.
“It's great that the competition and its eventual winners
are all decided by other young people."
The chosen films will screen to the public on Saturday 23
June for primary, and Sunday 24 June for secondary schools.
For school audiences, there will be a range of screenings,
including two Media Days for High Schools, containing short and feature film
screenings, master-classes and the chance to meet filmmakers and industry
professionals on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 June. There will also be
opportunities for primary schools and students of Modern Studies to attend film
screenings.
Film screenings support teachers and students in their
learning and each film is carefully chosen from the main programme to support
the Curriculum for Excellence. Full details of the schools programme are
available at www.edfilmfest.org.uk/learning or by contacting
education@cmi-scotland.co.uk.
