Talented pupils from Islay High School narrowly missed out on winning this year鈥檚 FilmG Gaelic Learners Award after beating off stiff competition and being shortlisted for the final.
FilmG is an annual competition organised by MG ALBA, which celebrates Gaelic screen talent and attracts hundreds of applications each year.
Islay pupils entered two short films, one for learners and one for fluent Gaelic speakers. This provided learners with the opportunity to see new words and phrases and gave fluent speakers the chance to use Gaelic outside the classroom. It was the young learners who really caught the judge鈥檚 attention though, with their production, 脠irich.
脠irich tells the story of a social media trend that transports people into a dangerous new world, with some students caught in an infinite loop and others caught by the 鈥榩erson in the shadows鈥.
Leader of P站色情片, Councillor Robin Currie, said: 鈥淓very year this competition attracts a huge number of high quality entries from learners across Scotland, and it is an honour that our young people made it to the final.
鈥淭hese talented filmmakers from Islay High School have created two exceptional productions and I鈥檓 very, very proud of them.
鈥淕aelic has played an important role in the history of P站色情片 and Bute for many, many years and we鈥檙e committed to continuing to promote the language and its culture to our communities.
鈥淕aelic education is offered in more than 24 of our primary schools and five secondary schools. There鈥檚 been an increase in interest in Gaelic Medium Education, which will have a positive impact on future generations of Gaelic speakers. Competitions such as FilmG definitely play a part in this.鈥
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Gaelic translation:
Th脿inig sgoilearan t脿lantach 脌rd-sgoil 脤le gl猫 fhaisg air Duais Gh脿idhlig an Luchd-ionnsachaidh a chosnadh aig co-fharpais FilmG, 脿s d猫idh dhaibh an gnothach a dh猫anamh air iomadh sgoil eile agus faighinn gu ge脿rr-liosta a鈥 chuairt-dheireannaich, leis am film aca.
鈥橲 e co-fharpais bhliadhnail a th鈥檃nn am FilmG, air a chuir air d貌igh le MG ALBA, is a bhios a鈥 comharrachadh t脿lant G脿idhlig air an sgr矛n agus a bhios a鈥 t脿ladh ceudan de cho-fharpaisich gach bliadhna.
Chuir sgoilearan 脤le d脿 fhilm a-steach don fharpais, aon bho luchd-ionnsachaidh na G脿idhlig agus aon bho na fileantaich. Thug seo cothrom don luchd-ionnsachaidh faclan is abairtean 霉ra ionnsachadh, agus cothrm do na fileantaich G脿idhlig a chleachdadh air taobh a-muigh an t-se貌mar-teagaisg. B鈥 e an luchd-ionnsachaidh a ghlac aire na britheamhan ge-t脿, leis an fhilm aca, 脠irich.
鈥橲 ann mu dheidhinn treand anns na meadhanan s貌isealta a tha 脠irich, far a bheil sgoilearan air an toirt gu saoghal cunnartach, 霉r, le cuid air an glacadh ann an suidheachadh neo-chr矛ochnach, is cuid eile glacte leis an 鈥榙uine san dorchadas鈥.
Thuirt Ceann-Poileasaidh na G脿idhlig aig Comhairle Earra-Gh脿idheal is Bh貌id, An Comhairliche Robin MacMhuirich: 鈥淕ach bliadhna, tha a鈥 cho-fharpais seo a鈥 t脿ladh 脿ireamh mh貌r de dh鈥檉hilmichean aig s脿r-矛re bho luchd-ionnsachaidh air feadh Alba, agus 鈥檚 e urram a th鈥 ann gun d鈥 fhuair ar n-貌igridh chun a鈥 chuairt-dheireannaich.
鈥淭ha na sgoilearan seo 脿 脌rd-sgoil 脤le air d脿 fhilm air-leth a chruthachadh agus tha mise uabhasach fh猫in moiteil asta.
鈥淭ha p脿irt chudromach air a bhith aig a鈥 Gh脿idhlig ann an eachdraidh Earra-Gh脿idheal is Bh貌id airson iomadh bliadhna agus tha sinn a鈥 gealltainn cumail oirnn鈥 a鈥 brosnachadh a鈥 ch脿nain agus a鈥 chultar do na coimhearsnachdan againn.
鈥淭ha foghlam G脿idhlig air a thabhainn ann an c貌rr is 24 de na bun-sgoiltean againn agus c貌ig 脿rd-sgoiltean. Tha 脿rdachadh air tighinn air an 霉idh ann am Foghlam tro Mheadhan na G脿idhlig, a bhios na bhuannachd do ghinealaich luchd-labhairt na G脿idhlig 鈥榮 an 脿m ri teachd. Gu deimhinne, tha p脿irt chudromach aig co-fharpaisean mar FilmG ann an seo.鈥
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