A film described as “a moving portrait of a man looking after his father in the Scottish Highlands” was among the winners last night at an awards competition celebrating the best of Scotland's new filmmaking and screenwriting talent.
Caring for Calum was directed by Lou McLoughlan, from the Screen Academy Scotland, based in Edinburgh and run by Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art. And she was among the winners at the BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Awards 2011.
Hosted by broadcaster, Kaye Adams, the awards – say the organisers – “recognise the very best new talent in the moving image industries in Scotland”. They were held at the Glasgow Film Theatre.
In a statement issued by BAFTA in Scotland, its chair, Ewan Angus, is quoted, as saying: “In today’s current economic climate, it is especially important that we take the time to recognise the outstanding level of talent emerging from the Scottish moving image industries. Tonight demonstrates the enormous wealth of potential we have within Scotland, and we’re proud to be able to give the winners the recognition they rightly deserve.”
Best Animation was awarded to Out on the Tiles, a stop-motion animation written and directed by Edinburgh College of Art student, Anna Pearson. Out on the Tiles follows the story of an inebriated woman who pays a visit to the ladies toilet in order to have a cheeky cigarette.
The evening also saw Hanna Stanbridge scoop the Best Actor/Actress award for her role as a street-smart teenager in a film about a housing estate terrorised by a murderous beast. Outcast, which was shot in Edinburgh, also starred well-known Scots actors, Kate Dickie and James Cosmo.
The statement also quotes BAFTA in Scotland director, Jude MacLaverty, saying: “Each year we are overwhelmed by the level of creativity, originality and thought contained within the nominated projects. The awards given out tonight were very well deserved and BAFTA in Scotland is proud to showcase the emerging talent within our country.”
The winners:
ANIMATION
OUT ON THE TILES
Director: Anna Pearson
Writer: Anna Pearson
Producer: Donald Holwill
Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Pete MacDonald
FIXING LUKA
DigiCult
EXPERIMENTAL / ART
LYRICAL SPREAD
Director: Ian Robertson
Writer: Ian Robertson
Producer: Ian Robertson
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Julian Schwanitz for Director of Photography
DISCO
Director: Chico Pereira
Writer: James Mavor
Producers: Olivia Gifford, Gary Hall and James Mavor
Screen Academy Scotland, a Skillset Film and Media Academy at Edinburgh Napier University
WRITER
Keith Grantham, Graham Hughes and Graeme McGeagh
THE BIG SLICK
Enlightened Monster Productions
PRODUCER: SHORT FORM
Naysun Alae-Carew
ZOMBIE MUSICAL
Haphazard Media
PRODUCER: FICTION or FACTUAL
Sarah Drummond
MUM’S BIRTHDAY
Pilton Video
ACTOR/ACTRESS
Hanna Stanbridge
OUTCAST
Makar Productions
DIRECTOR: SHORT FORM
Lou McLoughlan
CARING FOR CALUM
Screen Academy Scotland, a Skillset Film and Media Academy at Edinburgh College of Art (eca)
