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Award-winning film with roots in Edinburgh Napier
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BA (Hons) Film programme leader scores success with debut feature film
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A film with roots in Edinburgh Napier has scored success at a top international film festival.
Written and directed by Paul Gray – Programme Leader for the University’s BA (Hons) Film course and alumni of Screen Academy Scotland’s MFA Advanced Film Practice course – And Violet took home the Best Dramatic Feature award at the recent Arizona International Film Festival.
And Violet is Paul’s debut feature film and is a coming of age drama about the interwoven and unravelling lives of teenage daughter Violet, her adoptive Mum and her birth Mum.
The film also scooped a Special Jury Award for Best Performance after actor Hana Mackenzie was praised for her lead role as troubled teenager Violet. Hana is a graduate of Edinburgh Napier’s BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen course.
Read the fuil online story here.
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