DBK
Digitally Born Kids Film Festival, 15th December 2007, Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton
Ran entirely by 12 young people the festival will show 3 different programmes of short films made by young people under 18.
Screenings at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm - followed by an awards ceremony at 5pm.
Please visit www.digitallybornkids.co.uk
Digitally Born Kids - A free film festival made for, and by, young people
“Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today”.
DBK is a young people's film festival created and managed by a committee of young people, supported by JUNK TV Festivals Ltd and Lighthouse.
The project incorporates training in production, marketing, event management and design, and enables the films of a diverse range of young people to be seen by large audiences. It will make a positive contribution to the lives of the children involved in running the festival and also to those whose films reach a wider audience as a result of the festival.
The concept for a youth led festival came from JUNK TV's work with a diverse range of young people and from a desire, voiced by them, for their work to be seen by more people, enabling them to come together and share work. It will reward and encourage quality youth film making through an awards ceremony.
The festival has doubled in size each year and we are hoping to continue this trend in 2007. The diversity of the festival is demonstrated by the range of award winners from 2005 and 2006, including young people from Brighton Youth Offending Team, young travelers from Kent, young people with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia, young asylum seekers from London, young people excluded from school and a group of young people with learning disabilities.
Visit www.digitallybornkids.co.uk for more information and to meet the team.
PRESS RELEASE
DigiKids in control! We’ve taken the film biz by force! - Digitally Born Kids Film Festival
DBK is a group of young people based in Brighton and Hove that have come together to give young people up to 18 years old a chance to get their films shown at a film festival. DBK has received over 80 films from kids all over the UK and the DBK committee is currently judging them for awards in a variety of categories such as best acted, most interesting, best comedy and best horror among others.
The DBK committee meets weekly and is made up of around twelve young people from the city who each has a major part in running the festival.
Their responsibilities include judging the films, marketing the festival – including writing this media release - and running the festival on the day!
Alongside all this hard work the whole committee is working toward a credited youth award which demands at least 15 hours of assessed work.
‘We are doing this because it gives a chance for younger people to show their films and for us to meet new people who also are interested in film.’ said Willow Ritchie the longest standing member of DBK.
www.digitallybornkids.co.uk
Digitally Born Kids is funded by Media Box and facilitated by JUNK TV and Lighthouse. For more information contact: Kirsty Waterworth, Lighthouse, 01273 647197
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