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Next week, Dundee hosts the 25th Celtic Film and TV festival. The occasion will make me consider my mortality for I was the director of the first one, held on South Uist in April 1980 with the aim of finding out what was being done in minority language production in Ireland, Wales and Brittany and comparing it to what was happening in Scotland, particularly in the Western Isles.
It was an idea that seemed to find the right moment to be born, with the help of such distinguished broadcasters as Muiris MacConghail in Ireland and Owen Edwards in Wales. Over the past quarter century, the support of the broadcasting organisations in the regions concerned - to which Cornwall was added after the first few years - has been crucial in allowing it to continue to grow, especially as many people, including Linda Myles, then director of the Edinburgh Film Festival, advised at the beginning that it was unlikely there would ever be enough material to sustain more than a one-off event.See the full content of this document
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Actions Speak Louder Than Complacent Words
From the start, the festival has taken place on a rotational basis in the different Celtic nations. Dundee seems a strange choice, particularly as the focus continues to be on visual work ...
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