DCU team wins best short at Solas Film Festival 2008

Best Short Film award winners

Graduate filmmakers from Dublin City University won the Ardmore Sound Best Short Film award at Solas Film Festival 2008. It was selected from a short-list of ten films from film schools around the country. With a strong environmental message, the five-minute animation Tré Hugger - Boy Inventor is the first in a planned series of films about a boy who realises his powers of invention can make the world a better place. The filmmakers - Scott Bryan, Paddy O'Hanlon and Brent Grainger are all graduates of the BA Multimedia in Dublin City University. Tony Harris composed the original score for the film.

The team received an award designed by Shane Holland who has also designed major awards such as the 02 Ability Awards, the Irish Times Property Advertising Award and the new Tidy Towns award. (www.shanehollanddesign.com).

The team will also receive a day's professional sound mix at Ardmore Sound in Wicklow worth over 2,000 euros.

Second place in the competition went to the very popular Out the Road by Genevieve Murphy of Griffith College and third place went to the film Micko by Tom Byrne, also a graduate of Griffith College.

Solas film festival was launched this year on Midsummer, 21st June in Skerries, Co Dublin. The emerging filmmaker strand is an important part of their programme and all parts of this year's event were sold out. Next year's event will be held over three days in June 2009. See www.solasfilmfestival.com for more.

Contact: Festival director - Davorka Naletilic - 087 7472206