Short Film To Broadcast On Local Station NVTV

A short film entitled ‘Assembly in the Marketplace’ will be broadcast on NvTv, Belfast’s local television station, on Wednesday, 15th November from 5pm.
It will be rebroadcast on the weekend omnibus. The film, which was produced by the ILBF's NvTv trainees, will give an insight into the work of Caoimhghín Ó Croidhdeáin. Caoimhghin is an artist who is currently exhibiting his work at Cultúrlann Mac Adam Ó Fiaich on the Falls Road.
The film was produced as part of the annual year-long training programme run by NvTv in conjunction with the Irish Language Broadcast Fund. NvTv receive annual funding from the ILBF to train two individuals fluent in Irish. While on placement with NvTv, the two individuals undertake a comprehensive programme of training including camera skills, research, post-production and sound. ‘Assembly at the Marketplace’ will be the first piece of work produced by the trainees taking part in this year’s scheme.
“We really benefited from the making of this programme”, said Ray Lawlor, one of the trainees taking part in the scheme. “Between the two of us, we put the entire programme together.”
“I think it is an interesting programme," said Chrissie Ní Loinsigh, Ray’s partner on this year’s scheme. “Caoimhghín is a political artist who really gives you food for thought in his work. But in the programme he explains how this can be a problem for many artists these days. Artists are criticised if they don’t use political or contemporary events for inspiration, yet they are condemned as being 'exploitative' if they do use contentious images for inspiration."
The scheme in which Ní Loinsigh and Lawlor are currently taking part started in September 2006 agus will finish in August 2007. It is a full-time training scheme and the two will continue for the duration of the scheme producing Irish Language programming for broadcast on NvTv.
To watch NvTv live streaming: www.nvtv.co.uk For Belfast viewers, NvTv is also available free to air. It broadcasts a terrestrial picture, so a conventional TV aerial is needed, with TV sets tuned into Channel 62 (Frequency 799.276MHz)
(DS)