BellTime Magazine Spring/ Summer 2016 May 2016 | Page 41

The 3rd annual Youth 4 Decent Work Short Film Awards
Show took place on the 3rd of March. With nearly a thousand
students registered and 98 films submitted, this year’s Award
Show proved to be a huge success. Schools from all over
the country showed up at the Savoy Theatre to showcase
their support and soak up that red carpet feeling. With actor
Aonghus Og McAnally (Vikings, P.S. I Love You) taking over
hosting duty.
Everyone was truly blown away by the standard of films in
this year’s competition, for which the theme was “Health &
Safety in the Workplace”. 32 teams were shortlisted for the
People’s Choice Award while 20 of those films were in the
running for Best Overall Film. Of those 20 films we had 3 subcategories; Best Acting, Best Interpretation & Most Original
for which they were respectively divided into.
On the day we saw “CAM Productions” from St Aloysius
College, Cork win the Best Acting Category, “Triple S B” from
Patrician Secondary School, Kildare win the Most Original
Category, “In Focus” from St. Joseph’s Secondary School,
Mayo win the Best Interpretation Category. While “Sillan”
from Patrician High School, Monaghan won the Best Overall
Video as well as an all-expenses paid trip to New York City.
Two Highly Commended Certificates were given out to the
teams, “Team Spud” from Clonkeen College, Dublin and
“Vision Quest” from Moate Community School, Westmeath
for the high standard of their respective films. The People’s
Choice Award went to “What if...?” from Our Lady of Mercy
College Beaumont, Dublin with 33% of the votes.
This was a highly successful event with representatives
from across both the Performing Arts and the Trade Union
sectors in attendance to watch the Country’s next generation
showcase both their knowledge of rights within the workplace
as well their artistic ability in this unique competition. Youth
Connect is already working on next year’s competition which
will be set around a historical theme.
For more information on the Youth Connect or the Youth 4
Decent Work Awards you can go on their website at www.
Youth-Connect.ie.

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