We are delighted to report that Film ‘The Scanner’ produced by GMG Member Robert Hollingworth has won Sheffield Doc Fest!

The judges were as follows:
Kevin Macdonald, Oscar winning Director of One Day in September
David Bond, Director of award winning documentary, Erasing David
Elizabeth Sparrow, President BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT,
Frank Boyd, Creative Director, Crossover
Heather Croall, Director of Sheffield Doc/Fest

Robert talks of the achievement, “The film I shot with director Ed McGown featuring Dr Alastair Garfield and Kate McAllister about PWS just won at Sheffield. A fabulous night was had by all up here celebrating. I’m over the moon!!”

The film shows how the latest computing technology influences the lives of patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome – a rare genetic condition that causes near permanent hunger, leading in turn to chronic obesity. Dr Alastair Garfield and Kate McAllister MA explain how technology is helping scientists change the lives of sufferers for the better.

For more information about how the film was made click here.

We would like to congratulate Robert, we are thrilled that his experiences with The GMG may have played a small part in helping him achieve this.