Red carpet for Glasgow youngsters

December 18, 2009

Young Glasgow film makers at the GFT

Five Glasgow youngsters got the red carpet treatment at the Glasgow Film Theatre when short films they helped create were screened at a special premiere.

The Glasgow screening follows a visit by the youngsters to the Stranger film festival in Amsterdam where films by young people from across Europe were shown.

The films were made as part of the British Council’s Inclusion and Diversity in Education (INDIE) programme and allowed participants to develop their filmmaking and story telling skills. Ellie Koepplinger from Hillhead High School worked on a movie called ‘Multicolour’, Natalie Reid from All Saints and Zayshaan Latif from Holyrood worked on a film entitled ‘Celebrate Diversity’, Kelly Gallagher from Lourdes Secondary and Osama Ahmed from Shawlands Academy worked on two films, ‘Differences’ and ‘Exclusion’.

The young people introduced their films before the screenings.

Les McLean, quality improvement officer for equalities, at Glasgow City Council and partner officer for the INDIE project in Glasgow, said: “Glasgow, Scotland and indeed the whole of Europe are becoming much more diverse. Issues around inclusion are increasing in importance to the council, and establishments in particular.

‘This is the third year that we have been in partnership with the British Council and their support in enabling our schools to develop projects with partners across Europe around themes of inclusion and diversity has been most welcome.

‘The impact on the young leaders of the various initiatives undertaken as part of the INDIE Project cannot be underestimated.’

Paul Docherty, Director British Council Scotland said: ‘As an international organisation the British Council believes in the benefits of a multi-cultural society. The achievements of these Glasgow schools show how forward-thinking and open-minded Scottish schools can be and we are delighted to be working with our partners Glasgow City Council and the Glasgow Film Theatre.’

The films will be shown again in February during the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. Links to each of the films below;

Multicolour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8PEyVsq8oA

Differences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2nrLpGP5Q

Exclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY1Cmoi4I_k

Celebrate Diversity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnHR8_Th_6Q

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