The IF Film Competition “Young, Gifted and Broke” (in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students), received so many high-quality films that the judges, who included Christopher Hird and Dominic Minghella, decided to award seven of them the honour of being “Highly Commended”.
Category: Film Competition
IF Film Competition: Drama Prize announced and posted!
Congratulations to F. M. J. Botham, who has won first prize in the Drama category of the IF Film Competition (in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students). He has supplied this brief description about the background to the film, and how winning the prize will make a difference.
IF Film Competition: 16–18 Prize announced and posted!
Congratulations to Adam Offord, Stephen Szemelak, Safiqul Alum and Adil Yaqub, who have won first prize in the 16–18 age-group category of the IF Film Competition (in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students). They have supplied this brief description about the background to the film.
IF Film Competition: Documentary Prize announced and posted!
Congratulations to Dorothy Allen-Pickard and Nicki Williams, who have won first prize in the Documentary category of the IF Film Competition (in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students). They supplied these brief descriptions about how they got there, and their motivations.
What we can all do about climate change
Climate change poses deeply worrying problems but, as Claire Lamont suggests in this Film Competition blog, we are not entirely powerless to deal with them
Trapped with the Folks
Claire Lamont explains the dilemmas faced by families where young people cannot afford to leave the parental home
Renting: The New Reality
Claire Lamont describes why “generation rent” have a good subject at their fingertips for a film to enter the IF Film Competition
Youth Unemployment
Claire Lamont examines the current employment crisis among UK young people.
Film Competition theme: Access to Higher Education
Claire Lamont provides some ideas to get you thinking