The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010
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EIFF ANNOUNCES GLOWING EDUCATION
EVENTS LINE UP
Edinburgh, Scotland .
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)
today announced a partnership with
Learning and Teaching Scotland to broadcast select Festival education events
live to schools across Scotland via GLOW Meet, the world's first national
intranet for education on Tuesday 22 June. The EIFF Media Day sessions will
simultaneously offer English and Media students in the cinema and in
classrooms across Scotland the exciting opportunity to ask questions and learn
the secrets of the film industry through the innovative GLOW Meet.
EIFF Special Projects Manager Nicola Kettlewood said: “Our Media Days
for schools pupils are already immensely popular with Edinburgh schools and it
is wonderful that by working with Learning and Teaching Scotland we are able to
open this up to young people across Scotland”.
Edinburgh pupils will be taking a starring role at EIFF this year as the
selected films from the Edinburgh Schools Film Competition unspool on 19 June.
Sponsored by Bright Grey and funded by Awards for All, a partnership between
EIFF, Pilton Video and City of Edinburgh Council is the hugely popular Edinburgh
Schools Film Competition, which invited young Edinburgh filmmakers to submit
their own short films to the Festival. Over 140 films were submitted by 38 city
schools, which included Primary, Secondary, Special Schools and one Nursery.
The nine Youth Jurors selected the final 40 films which will be shown at
separate Primary and Secondary School screenings during the Festival.
Neil Cameron, Head of PR for Bright Grey said: "We're really
pleased there's been such a fantastic response to this year's competition from
children of all ages. The film-making process has really captured their
imagination and it's great to see the talent we have across the city. Hopefully
the competition will encourage them to develop their creative skills further,
after all the Festival is renowned as a launch pad for stars of the
future."
Joanna McKinlay, Project Manager of
the Schools Film Competition added: "As far as the Youth Jury are
concerned, they have found it to be a great process and have taken their roles
and responsibilities very seriously. There have been many debates on which
films were selected and the dilemmas involved in choosing those that make the
final cut. They have been very diplomatic and have given each film they watch
serious consideration putting the skills they have learned in their media
courses to good use. The selection and rejection process has been a
learning curve for them and it has been hard for them having to reject some
films."
The Edinburgh International Film
Festival 16 - 27 June 2010
EIFF Box Office is now open
About the Edinburgh
International Film Festival:
Since 1947, the Edinburgh International Film Festival
has devoted itself to discovering and promoting the very best in international
cinema - and to embracing, celebrating and debating changes and developments in
the global film industry. Intimate in its scale, ambitious in its scope,
and fuelled by pure passion for cinema in all its manifestations, EIFF seeks to
expose the cutting edge of new film talent, in a setting steeped in
history.
Notable films premiered in recent years have included: THE HURT LOCKER, MOON, FISHTANK,
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, SOMERS TOWN, MAN ON WIRE, WALL-E, CONTROL, KNOCKED UP,
RATATOUILLE, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, TSOTSI, BILLY ELLIOT,
AMORES PERROS and AMÉLIE.
The EIFF is supported
by:
The UK Film Council through its Lottery supported Film Festival Fund.
The UK Film Council is the Government backed lead agency for film in the
UK. They aim to make sure that the UK has a dynamic film industry fit for the
digital age and to help UK audiences enjoy the best of British and world
cinema.
Scottish
Screen – the national development agency for the screen industries in Scotland.
Event
Scotland - working to make Scotland one of the world’s leading event
destinations.
City of Edinburgh Council, Culture and Sport Division, Corporate
Services Department.
Cineworld
is proud to be a sponsor of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Standard
Life are delighted to continue their partner sponsorship of the Edinburgh
International Film Festival.
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