Foróige Connect Castlebar members Tristan and Andrew with youth officer Clement Quinn, ReelLIFE SCIENCE director Dr. Enda O’Connell, CÚRAM director Professor Abhay Pandit and BT Young Scientist winners Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar at the awards. Photo: Andrew Downes/XPOSURE

Young science filmmakers from Mayo honoured

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FROM the Science of Glass to the theories of Albert Einstein and from a Tour of the Heart to Why We Should Brush Our Teeth, short science videos made by young Irish filmmakers have been celebrated at the 10th annual ReelLIFE SCIENCE Awards in University of Galway.

A Mayo group was among those honoured at the event which took place as part of Science Week 2022 and the 25th Galway Science and Technology Festival.

More than 400 short science films were entered into the competition by more than 3,000 young science enthusiasts.

The runners-up youth organisation award went to the Foróige Connect group from Castlebar, who came second under the guidance of youth officer Clement Quinn with a project exploring the ‘Wood Wide Web’.

Winning videos were selected by a panel of judges including aeronautical engineer and author Dr. Norah Patten; ‘Superhero Scientist’ and author Dr. Barry Fitzgerald; and 2022 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition winners Aditya Kumar and Aditya Joshi from Synge Street CBS in Dublin.

The ReelLIFE SCIENCE programme challenges young people in schools and youth groups to engage with science and technology while developing their communication and digital skills, by producing short educational videos for the public.

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