The first film to be made in Manx – the 22-minute-long "Ny Kirree fo Niaghtey" (The Sheep Under the Snow) – premiered in 1983 and was entered for the 5th Celtic Film and Television Festival in Cardiff in 1984. It was directed by Shorys Y Creayrie (George Broderick) for Foillan Films of Laxey, and is about the background to an early 18th-century folk song. In 2013, a short film, Solace in Wicca, was produced with financial assistance from Culture Vannin, CinemaNX and Isle of Man Film. A series of short cartoons about the life of Cuchulain which were produced by BBC Northern Ireland are available as are a series of cartoons on Manx mythology. Most significant is a 13-part DVD series Manx translation of the award-winning series "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9n5kihxGf8&list=PLY5y-gRhKs8jDsAbo2Didfz_f51br-kUx Friends and Heroes".