NI’s Young Filmmakers and Animators return to big screen at CCEA’s showcase

The two-day event, supported by NI Screen, Foyle Film Festival, City of Derry Crystal and Cinemagic Film and Television Festival, once again brought together GCSE, AS and A Level students to see their work on the big screen.

Hosted at Brunswick Moviebowl, Derry~Londonderry and Cineworld, Belfast, students in attendance benefitted from meeting established industry professionals and attending a careers fair after the Belfast ceremony.

The winning films were chosen for their strong production values, story, originality, and audience appeal and are listed below:

GCSE BEST FILM

1st – ‘Magpie’ by Charlotte Davis from Glenlola Collegiate; 2nd – ‘Wild Goose Chase’ by Jonah Simon from Ashfield Boys High School; 3rd – ‘Missing’ by Iliana Perdita from Sullivan Upper School; 4th – ‘Electra’ by Hannah Bell from Sullivan Upper School; 5th – ‘Terror Tape’ by Fionn Grimes from St Ronan’s College.

GCSE BEST ANIMATED FILM

1st – ‘Mei!!’ by Isabella Arias from Aquinas Grammar School; 2nd (Joint) – ‘Grapple’ by Dylan Spraggon from St Columbanus College; 2nd (Joint) – ‘Untitled’ by Lydia Frew from Dalriada School; 3rd – ‘Palindrom’ by Daniel McHugh from St Malachy’s College; 4th (Joint) – ‘Anti-Air’ by Connor McDonagh from St Columb’s College; 4th (Joint) – ‘Gambling of the Mad’ by Jiroporn Magee from Enniskillen Royal Grammar School; 5th – ‘The Golden Banana’ by Caolan Kivelehan from St Columb’s College.

AS BEST FILM

1st – ‘Fate-Ale: The Job That Went Wrong’ by Arron Gourley from St Malachy’s College (Belfast Royal Academy); 2nd – ‘The Traveller’ by Max Aiken from Ballyclare High School (Ballyclare Secondary School); 3rd – ‘Loop’ by Daniel Houston from St Malachy’s College (Belfast Royal Academy); 4th – ‘It’s Just a Nightmare’ by Arsney Parshenkov from Campbell College; 5th (Joint) – ‘Hi’ by Amy Warnock from Sullivan Upper School; 5th (Joint) – ‘Daylight Robbery’ by Erinn Forster from Enniskillen Royal Grammar School

AS BEST ANIMATED FILM

1st – ‘The Wrath of Exem’ by William Dolan from Lagan College; 2nd – ‘Bigfoot’ by Chloe Hanna from Sullivan Upper School; 3rd – ‘Echo Gardens’ by Amy Chen from Ashfield Boys High School (Ashfield Girls High School); 4th – ‘11pm’ by Amy McCree from Bangor Academy; 5th – ‘Wolf Alone’ by Cadhla Moore from Holy Cross College, Strabane.

A2 BEST FILM

1st – ‘Ortus’ by Sean O’Brien from Enniskillen Royal Grammar School; 2nd – ‘Catalyst’ by Sean Toal from Ballyclare High School; 3rd – ‘Under the Skin’ by Ayra Kokate from Dominican College, Belfast; 4th – ‘Spiked’ by Evie O’Reilly from Dominican College, Belfast; 5th (Joint) – ‘A Lonely Night’ by Jamie Lyons from Ballyclare High School; 5th (Joint) – ‘The Vanishing Point’ by Jonny Rogers from Ballyclare High School; 5th (Joint) – ‘Breakdown’ by Mia Lewis from Dominican College, Belfast.

A2 BEST ANIMATED FILM

1st – ‘Isolation’ by Ciaran Patton from Holy Cross College, Strabane; 2nd – ‘Solemate’ by Shayna Gail Velasquez from Aquinas Grammar School; 3rd – ‘The Witch Hunt’ by William Dolan from Lagan College; 4th – ‘Tom and the Old Man’ by Padraig Toquillo from De La Salle College, Belfast; 5th – ‘Into the Hollow’ by Eimear Fowler from Down High School.