29/10/2009
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Over the summer, Tallaght Young Filmmakers took part in RTE 2’s Sweded TV programme and two of their
short films will be aired on RTE during the week of November 2nd!
Sweded TV is produced by STILL FILMS for RTE. Sweded TV is a series of short comic films
made by teenagers. It'll be shown on TTV (RTE 2) this Autumn and on YouTube after that.
"Sweding" means making funny cheap n' cheerful versions of famous films. Sweding first became
popular on YouTube and there are loads of home-made swedes to be seen there. Sweded TV is a
series of short episodes, each sweding a popular TV show instead of a film.
Young people all over Ireland applied to participate in a one week film shoot during the summer. They
submit their ideas for ‘swedes’ to STILL FILMS and are then selected to develop their ideas and make a
short film out of them. Tallaght Young Filmmakers are one of five groups participating this year.
Tallaght Young Filmmakers sweded the television shows ‘Most Haunted’ and ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’. ‘Most
Haunted’ sees Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie trying to help ghosts and ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ is a medley
of hilarious guests. Both shows will be premiered on RTE 2 in the 6:30pm slot during the week of
November 2nd.
The award-winning Tallaght Young Filmmakers formed in 2008. The group was developed by young
people themselves who had been participating in South Dublin County’s Film Programme facilitated by
Olivia Fitzsimons, then Film and Visual Arts Coordinator for West Tallaght. That programme was supported by
the RAPID Programme and the Dormant Accounts Fund as well as South Dublin County Council’s Arts
Office.
Interested in forming an after school film club solely dedicated to the art of filmmaking, the Tallaght Young
Filmmakers formed and received funding under the Arts Council’s Young Ensembles Scheme in 2008. They
are currently funded and supported by the Arts Council and South Dublin County Council’s Arts Office and
South Dublin County Libraries. The group currently has 12 members from various parts of Tallaght as well as
Clondalkin. Collectively, the Tallaght Young Filmmakers have over two years experience in script-writing,
camera work, directing, and editing. They have completed one 10-minute film script; two short films, each over
5 minutes long; and three documentary/evaluation-based films focused on the process of collaborative
filmmaking and youth-led work.
The group has gone on to win best group film in Co-motion Film Festival 2009 and special mention in
the 14 to 18 category at NOISE Flicks Film Festival 2009. They are currently working on documentary
filmmaking with Olivia Fitzsimons.
The Arts Office
For more information, please contact Victoria Durrer, Youth Arts Coordinator, South Dublin County Council at
0860479535 or by email at vdurrer@sdublincoco.ie.