SANDHURST
Languages
Film Festival
Competition When the lights go down at a cinema première, the excitement of seeing a film that you created is a privilege usually reserved for big Hollywood directors. However, language students and budding film-makers in the Sandhurst Diocese recently attended the première screening of their own films, created for the inaugural Languages Film Festival. The atmosphere was buzzing as the screen burst to light with the first of 21 short films written, directed and starring the students of the Sandhurst Diocese. Both primary and secondary schools took part in the Festival, which deliberately shines the spotlight on the benefits of learning a second language. The Catholic Education Sandhurst Languages Film Festival took place in October at the Village Cinema Complex in Shepparton. More than 20 schools took part in the competition, which encouraged students to explore the theme, ‘Why learn languages?’ through the medium of film. Languages Education Officer, Dolly Gerges said there was much excitement surrounding the Film Festival. “Schools put a lot of effort into producing their films and they thoroughly enjoyed seeing them on the big screen,” she said.
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