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Carn's budding young director
26.08.10
Movie maker Marie sets
sights on film-making
A CARNDONAGH teenager got the chance of a lifetime
recently when she was picked for a place at an
international film school.
Marie Matthews, 18, from Cedar Grove in Carn, was
among a small group of 20 from both sides of the
Atlantic, who were chosen for a place in the
week-long Cinemagic Film School in Belfast.
The other students were from Los Angeles, New York,
Dublin and Belfast.
Marie heard about Cinemagic when they were in the
peninsula promoting the locally-shot film 'A Shine
of Rainbows' starring Aidan Quinn. She went on their
website and filled in an application form to take
part.
"I was very lucky and I really appreciated getting
one of the places. It was the best experience of my
life," she beamed. |
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Young Carn film maker Marie Matthews
pictured with Northern Ireland Arts Minister, Nelson
McCausland and Cinemagic chief executive, Joan
Burney Keatings. |
Under the guidance of
top movie industry professionals, the young people,
all aged between 15 and 18, came together at the
Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast, to write and create
their own short film.
Their 8-minute short 'Gone' was shown on UTV on
Tuesday night and will also feature at upcoming
Cinemagic festivals in Belfast, Dublin, New York,
Los Angeles, Boston and San Francisco. Marie was
visual director on the film.
Marie, who is the daughter of Maeve and Kevin
Matthews and has three sisters, said she made a lot
of friends during the event.
The group were officially welcomed to the city by
Belfast City Council’s development committee
chairman, Cllr Conor Maskey, who said: “Cinemagic
truly is one of Belfast’s success stories. By
embracing the magic of film, television and digital
technologies to educate, motivate and inspire young
people, Cinemagic has developed a worldwide
reputation for excellence and is currently the
largest event of its kind for young people on these
islands."
Meanwhile, Marie, who is going into fifth year at
Carndonagh Community School and is a huge fan of
Colin Farrell, now has her sights set on studying
film and drama at university. "I originally wanted
to do acting but after doing the visual directing
during the film school, I might want to do that
instead," she added. |
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