A brilliantly fun and funny new film retelling a Manx folktale by two Bunscoill Ghaelgagh students has been released online by Culture Vannin.
‘Teeval: Princess of the Ocean’ is a traditional Manx tale, telling of how an Irish hero won a kingdom thanks to meeting a beautiful mermaid in the Isle of Man.
The plot revolves around ‘a hero prince, a mermaid princess, magic, and the best fight scene you will ever see!’
Bunscoill Ghaelgagh Students
The film was made at Niarbyl with two young actors, Olivia and Nora, playing all of the parts.
Both are pupils at the Bunscoill Ghaelgagh, the Island’s only school which teaches through the medium of Manx Gaelic.
The actors are fluent Manx speakers which allowed two versions of the film to be produced – in English and in Manx.
Ruth Keggin Gell, Manx Language Development Officer at Culture Vannin, and member of the Gaelic Broadcasting Committee says: “The Manx language is one of the Island’s biggest success stories and something which we can all be enormously proud of.
“It is wonderful to work with the next generation of fluent speakers to create something wildly fun to help celebrate and share the language more widely.’
The two films are just over three minutes in length and are freely available to enjoy online, on the Culture Vannin website or YouTube pages, as ‘Teeval: Princess of the Ocean’ of ‘Teeval: Ben-Phrinse ny Marrey.’
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