The winners of the UNICEF UK Young Film Maker Award who made the film 'This is it'.
UNICEF UK/2009/Rowan Boase
Hollywood has the Oscars, London the BAFTAS and Sheffield… Showcomotion! UNICEF UK is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 UNICEF UK Short Film Award and Young Film Maker Award.
Read an interview with the winners.
Now in its fourth year, Showcomotion is a film festival for young people and children. The festival celebrates films that highlight the issues and lives of children around the world and priority is given to many foreign films that never make it to British cinema screens. Showcomotion encourages aspiring filmmakers to take part in workshops and masterclasses in animation, scriptwriting and film reviewing.
The UNICEF UK Young Film Maker Award is for films made by young people aged 18 or under providing young people with the chance to express issues they are passionate about through film.
This year's award was picked up by Harry Lindley, aged 17 whose film This is it tells the tale of a young thief who is plagued by more than just a guilty conscience after committing his latest crime!
Our Voice
, directed by Rosie Limes, Julia Sanders, Jade Longden, and Gary-Joe Edwards was also praised and is a film about who we are and what makes us unique.
Festival Director Kathy Loizou said: "The UNICEF UK Awards is the only film competition in the UK which focuses solely on films about kids rights. 20 short films were screened during the Showcomotion Young People's Film Festival in Sheffield and the Jury, made up entirely of young people, spent the afternoon watching, deliberating and voting on what they decided to be the best."
The UNICEF UK Short Film Award is for professional film makers and this year was shared by two films - See Something, Say Something made by Ben Wright and Ian Milton from Bold Creative and The Mouse by Pil Maria Gunnasson. See Something, Say Something comprises four docu-animations based on real stories from the perspective of the bully, the bullied and a witness, and The Mouse is about a girl, a boy, a cat and a mouse.
Bang Out Of Order
by Southampton Young Carers collected the UNICEF UK Audience Award and portrays what it means to be a young carer and the difficulties young carers can face at school.
Jessica Wright of UNICEF UK, said: "UNICEF UK is delighted to be working with Showcomotion again this year to celebrate films on the theme of young peoples rights. Our aim is to give young people a platform to speak out and take action on issues concerning children's rights and film is a fantastic and creative way to get the message across. Through this competition we hope to make young peoples voices heard on matters that affect them and other young people worldwide."