11/04/2010 10:57 AM - General ------------------- Congratulations to St. Aiden´s NS on the overall win! Congratulations also to the 25 other schools who got awards! The National FS Film Festival took place today (Wednesday, 3rd November
2010) in the Helix at Dublin City University. The President of Ireland,
Mary McAleese, was in attendance to award the overall winners, St
Aiden´s NS, Sligo with the Aileen MacKeogh Award. The winning film was
entitled Awful Arabella. In addition to this, award-winning producer
Cathal Gaffney, from Brown Bag Films, also presented twenty-five other
awards to the children. RTEs popular childrens presenter, Sinead
Kennedy hosted the event. Awards were presented to schools to celebrate
their outstanding film achievements in areas such as animation, acting,
editing and direction. Over eight hundred children and their teachers
from all over Ireland attended the event.