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Scottish Students on Screen has successfully
run for the last seven years, helping to develop
and recognise emerging screen talent. The
2007 edition will take place in March as
usual, but the difference this year is that
BAFTA Scotland will be running the show.
Scottish Screen is delegating responsibility
and resource to BAFTA Scotland to take on
the management of the festival.
Scottish Students on Screen fits well with
BAFTA Scotland’s role in recognising screen
talent through its Awards. Previous SSoS
winners, including Adrian McDowell, Simon
Hynd, Neil Jack and Will Becher, have gone
on to win BAFTA Scotland Awards, as well as
other national and international awards.
Scottish Students on Screen allows BAFTA
Scotland to extend its work in recognising
new talent, by helping to strengthen its links
with further and higher education, and the
next generation of filmmakers.
Alison Forsyth, Director of BAFTA Scotland
said: “For the past eight years, BAFTA
Scotland has kept a strong focus on the
young and new talent areas of Scotland’s
Screen industry. By joining forces with Scottish
Students on Screen we are consolidating the
work of promoting young talent with an
important annual event.”
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow,
and is now open for entries.
The entry form is available on the BAFTA
Scotland website (www.baftascotland.
co.uk). Entries should be sent to: Scottish
Students on Screen Entries, BAFTA Scotland,
249 West George Street, Glasgow G2 4QE.
The closing date is 22 December 2006.
For more information on Scottish Students
on Screen, please contact: Marisa Privitera.
Project Coordinator (Marisa@baftascotland.
co.uk), or Aisla Cullen, BAFTA Scotland
Administrator (aisla@baftascotland.co.uk),
or telephone BAFTA Scotland (0141 302
1770).
BAFTA Scotland is looking for a few
students to help with the organisation
of the event. If you have good
organisational skills and are willing to
lend a hand, please contact us as per
details above.
The 2007 edition of Scottish Students on
Screen will take place on Friday 23 March
2007 from 10.00am to 10.00pm at the
TERN’S KNTV
RETURNS TO
CHANNEL 4 FOR
SECOND ANIMATED
OUTING
Tern Television has been re-commissioned
by Channel 4 to produce a second series of
its BAFTA-nominated animation and archive
programme, The KNTV Show. Building on the
success of the first series, which focused on
science (6 x 30mins, broadcast in January this
year), the series has been re-commissioned for a
10 x 30 min schedule next summer.
Aimed at Channel 4 viewers aged 14-19, KNTV
presents educational facts and figures through
the use of comedy and animation. The new
series focuses on the subject of philosophy,
namely the top ten landmark philosophies seen
through the eyes of animated hosts, Kierkegaard
and Nietzsche. Using Eastern European home
video bloopers, the hosts present a range of
philosophical facts and statistics on everything
from Descartes’ Theory of Consciousness to the
birth of the Atomic Age and Darwin’s Theory of
Evolution.
Harry Bell, Creative Director, Tern Television says,
“Tern TV has become renowned for its alternative
approach to producing informative factual
television. We’re really pleased to be working
with Channel 4 again to provide informative
factual content through the use of comedy and
animation.”
Deborah Ward, Commissioning Editor, Education
Channel 4, adds, “In the same way that the
first series took an anarchic and fun approach
to science, we’re very pleased to now announce
that the subject of philosophy will also get the
KNTV treatment. Tern Television has managed
to achieve that winning combination of taking
a serious topic and not only making it accessible
and educational but, perhaps more importantly,
also making it very entertaining.”
KNTV Philosophy (10x24min) is a Tern Television
production for Channel 4. The series is executive
produced by Harry Bell, produced by Mat
Masters and directed by Garry Marshall. The
series was commissioned by Deborah Ward.
KNTV Philosophy is in production for delivery
summer 2007.