REEL NEWS:Veteran Irish documentary film-maker Louis Marcus has been awarded the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and Foras na Gaeilge special prizes for outstanding work with the Irish language. The great man received an elegant plaque and a cheque for €5,000.

“For myself, I’m greatly honoured to receive this award from my fellow directors and Foras na Gaeilge,” Marcus said at the SDGI event. “But I think it also highlights the tremendous support of the Irish-language sector for serious documentary production from the pioneering days of Gael Linn to the TG4 of today.”