A NORTHSIDE school has been nominated for an award at the upcoming FÍS Film Festival.
Scoil Fhursa Boys’ National School have been nominated for their film titled ‘Scoil Fhursa Infomercial’.
The Coolock school is among 23 other schools that have been chosen from over 100 entries received from all over the country. RTÉ’s Sinead Kennedy will host the event at The Helix, Dublin on November 3.
The festival is a Department of Education and Skills initiative, which will see over 800 people attend on the day including 700 primary school children from all over the country, their teachers, parents and a variety of special guests.
To enter the festival, primary schools across the country were asked to devise a five-minute film on a subject of their choice.
The film had to be produced by the children and their teachers. Entries were judged on imagination and creativity, the originality of the story, excellent in set design, costume design, film direction and production as well as the use of sound, acting and cinematography.
Those that used special techniques such as animation or special effects, were awarded extra points.-
The awards will be made in a wide variety of categories including comedy, acting, storytelling, adaptation, animation, special effects, direction, costume, editing, production, cinematography, sound and public safety.
Sinead Kennedy said she is looking forward to hosting the event.
“I can’t wait to meet all of the finalists,” she said.
“The FÍS Film Festival is such an inspiring and heartwarming event which every year showcases the amazing creativity of school children from all over Ireland.
“I am really looking forward to meeting all the talented film makers and their teachers this year and presenting them with their awards, congratulations to all!”
Further information is available at www.fisfilmproject.ie