BCFE News and Updates
Ritchie Baneham past pupil of BCFE and Oscar winner gets Oscar nomination for Visual Effects on new Avatar movie
Avatar: The Way of Water’s Richard Baneham – an Oscar winner for his work on the original movie – is among the Best Visual Effects nominees. Baneham originally trained as an animator in BCFE.
The Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin are also among the nominees.
Ireland has enjoyed a record-breaking year at the Oscar nominations with The Banshees of Inisherin writer-director Martin McDonagh, the film’s stars Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan, Aftersun’s Paul Mescal and An Cailín Ciúin among the Irish nominees.
The Banshees of Inisherin writer-director McDonagh is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay among his film’s nine nominations. McDonagh is a previous Oscar winner for his short film Six Shooter.
Of course, we in BCFE have everything crossed for all the Irish nominees but in particular our own Ritchie Baneham.
BCFE HND Business graduate awarded TUD Student of the Year
Dylan Robinson, graduate of the HND in Business progressed to TUD and was awarded Student of the Year in Batchelor of Business degree class 2022.
Dylan says:
BCFE’s Business Course and modules played an instrumental role in preparing and equipping me with the skills, knowledge and tools to be successful when I entered TUD. The catalyst of this preparation is the atmosphere, and environment within the college, but more importantly, the lecturers that teach and devise these modules. The care and commitment all lecturers and staff show for students such as myself, pushed me and motivated me to perform to my full potential during my time in the college, even at times when I was lacking self-belief. The commitment and belief they show in students such as myself motivated me to be successful when entering TUD, as I felt I owed it to not only myself, but also equally to them and the college.
Congrats Dylan from all of us in BCFE.
BCFE Logistics students visit Lidl Regional Distribution centre
Further cementing our relationship with Lidl Ireland, we were privileged to visit the Lidl Regional Distribution centre in Mullingar and were in awe of the facility post €100 million development on the site!
Our logistics trainees were delighted to meet Lidl HR as well as Warehouse Deputy Manager Barry who took time out of their busy day to give us a personalised on-site tour. The Lidl sandwiches for lunch were much appreciated too!
Apply now for a place on our Logistics Traineeship ((BLC) course! Our traineeships in BCFE have no fees and are developed with industry to enhance employability!
Huge thanks to everyone in Mullingar especially Barry!!
Larian Studios Producer talks to Games Students
John O’Brien, a former BCFE game design student popped into Game and Animation students recently for a talk on his role as a Producer with Larian Studios.
He delivered an insightful and interesting guest lecture on what it takes to be a producer in the rapidly growing games industry. Our students were also put to the test to carry out an engaging task in game production. Big thanks to John for taking the time out to visit us and share his knowledge in game production.
BCFE’s Foundation in Teaching Students and Traditional Irish Music Students visit Social History Museum at 14 Henrietta Street
BCFE students from the Pre-University Foundation in Teaching (ELT), with students from the Irish Traditional Music Performance and Traineeship in Instrument Making (PTH) visiting the social history museum, 14 Henrietta Street.
The visit to 14 Henrietta Street provided a poignant insight into the social, economic, and cultural life of Ireland through the stories of those who lived in one house over the past 300 years.
From the harrowing stories we learned of the dire consequences of repeated housing policies and accommodation crises over the past 300 years in Dublin. The tragic suffering and gross inequality, arising from colonialism, laissez faire economic policies and the absence of regulations governing building and accommodation, were all brought to life in the recently restored rooms and the narration of our tour guide.
For further details:
14 Henrietta Street | History of the house
Exhibition – Poverty and Health (nationalarchives.ie)
