{"id":131168,"date":"2021-09-13T16:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=131168"},"modified":"2021-09-13T16:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:53:27","slug":"tg4-documentary-awarded-spirit-of-the-festival-award-at-celtic-media-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2021-2\/tg4-documentary-awarded-spirit-of-the-festival-award-at-celtic-media-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"TG4 documentary awarded ‘Spirit of the Festival’ award at Celtic Media Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

A TG4 documentary has been awarded the ‘Spirit of the Festival’ award at Celtic Media Festival’s Torc Awards. Treibh na nD\u00e9ithe<\/strong> won the ‘Spirit of the Festival’ award which is awarded to a programme that is wholly or substantially in a Celtic language and embodies the spirit and ethos of the Festival.<\/p>\n

The documentary Treibh na nD\u00e9ithe<\/strong> a co-production between Ireland and Brittany, produced by Lugh Films which explores life on Tory Island, a community on the very margins of Ireland and Europe. It’s more than just the sea that can separate island life from the mainland. Tory Island is a unique location, a few hundred strong Irish speaking community on Ireland’s most remote inhabited island. This island community feels isolated and vulnerable, and very distant from the decision makers in Dublin. How can this community, on the very margins of Ireland and Europe, preserve its unique way of life? <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is film as art, it is film as narrative, it is film as social history.\u201d<\/em> These are the words the International Jury used to describe the winner of the Spirit of the Festival, The Tribe of Gods \/ Treibh na nD\u00e9ithe.
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\nIn the short form category announced earlier this week, TG4’s Le Ceangal<\/strong> was awarded the Torc Award. Le Ceangal is an eight part short-form web drama series or zoomcom inspired by love in the time of covid. Tinder brought Aoife and Declan together. But how did they get on during lockdown? Each episode is 5 minutes long and follows the characters as they are forced to take their relationship online. Produced by Tua Films for TG4’s under 35’s online platform BLOC.<\/p>\n

 
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The Celtic Media Festival, the longest-established and most prestigious media festival in the Celtic nations celebrated its 42nd year in 2021 with the online festival taking place this week from the 7th – 9th September. The Celtic Media Festival is supported by broadcast, film, cultural and economic development organisations throughout the Celtic countries. The festival is core funded by: RT\u00c9, TG4, BBC Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, MG ALBA, BBC Scotland, S4C, Televisi\u00f3n de Galicia, BBC England, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Ireland, Screen Scotland and the British Irish Council.<\/p>\n

Alan Esslemont Director General of TG4<\/strong> said, \u201cJust now in the audiovisual industry, Celtic countries have both timing and momentum in our favour. In the UK, the plan unveiled by the BBC DG, Tim Davie, puts the Celtic nations and regions at the centre of the biggest transformation of power and decision-making in decades. In Ireland, too, there are hopes that the Future of Media Commission will usher in a framework for media in Ireland which will be fairer and more sustainably funded. And beyond Britain and Ireland the footprint of the Celtic Media Festival continues to grow significantly in Galicia and in Brittany.<\/p>\n

For TG4 to win two of the top awards at the CMF including the \u2018Spirit of the Festival\u2019, in the face of the toughest international competition, is a testimony to the quality and creativity of the independent producers who are our partners. One film told the story of one of our most famous and remote Gaeltacht communities and the other film was a compelling digital-first \u2018lockdown romance\u2019 on BLOC TG4, our youth platform. That variety, scope and quality has been the hallmark of TG4 for a quarter of a century. I congratulate all our CMF nominees and especially the two winning companies.”<\/em><\/p>\n

 
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