Glasgow Schools Film Festival

A quick post to say thank you to john@sandaig for writing my first comment. An honour and a privilege, ! And for the grand total of 9 people who have found my blog so far. Go me!!

But also to highlight the very exciting Glasgow Schools Film Festival that is taking place next month at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Some very exciting films and workshops taking place for pupils and teachers alike. You can book from Monday 14th July. Will try to persuade the boss on Monday to let the class go, but we're already booked up for loads this term already. Here's hoping!!!

Moving Image Education is a subject very close to my heart. So will be blogging lots about this in the future. Used to be a projectionist at the mighty Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh, and have enjoyed many great animation and film making experiences with my classes. More of that later too!

On a final note to self - need to be more careful of what pictures I post. One or two of the Burns Tam O Shanter paintings I posted previously had just a wee bit of female nudity in them, which for some reason I just hadn't noticed. Some interesting discussions with the class though...
And that, not long after visiting the GFT last term to watch the Japanese anime film Princess Mononoke, as part of National Schools Film Week, when there were 3 moments of choice swearing that delivered a hefty "OOOOOOOOO, SWEARING!" response from the P6 audience.
And the guilty character was a monk! (Great film though, if you've not seen it. By the same studio who made 'Spirited Away'.)