"Tilda Swinton and a host of leading arts figures have called for a film studies qualification to be made available to all secondary school pupils in Scotland. Nairn-based Swinton has joined Last King of Scotland director Kevin McDonald and writer-director Mark Cousins in claiming that film has been neglected by the Scottish school system."
They have written an open letter to education secretary Michael Russell in the Scotsman. Read Jenny Fyall's original article here.
"Two years ago, Scottish Screen and the Association for Media Education in Scotland approached SQA with a proposal for moving image national qualifications, but it was rejected.
Now the group of signatories hopes the Curriculum for Excellence will give them another chance."