Winner of IFB Film Script of the Year Award announced at Student Media Awards
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board (IFB) would like to congratulate Mark Fischer from Ballyfermot College of Further Education who picked up the IFB Film Script of the Year award for his script Gospel at this year's Student Media Awards which took place in the Mansion House last night.Irish actor Pat Shortt (Garage) and the RTE presenters Kathryn Thomas and Aidan Power were among the presenters giving out the awards. Mark scooped the award beating fellow Ballyfermot students John Michael Maher (Gospel) and Kevin Kelly (Green Gloves), TCD student Dermot Curtin (The Undertaker's Son) and Colaiste Dhulaigh student Ciaran Lawless with his script Pariah.
All the entrants for this category were asked to submit a short film script which was then subjected to the same rigorous process as scripts submitted to the IFB for funding. Each entrant will receive a readers report with constructive feedback about their work.
Congratulations Mark!