Battle of the Sexes

A Film by St Ambrose Barlow High School

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Writing Support • Chris Green
Teaching Support • Louise Readman

Macho posturing, blind devotion and a knockout finale, Battle of the Sexes is a story about challenging stereotypes in modern day Britain, about betrayal and exacting the ultimate revenge as it sets out to show that it’s true about what they say....hell really does hath no fury like a woman scorned!
Jack’s out to show everyone that he’s ‘the man’ and he’s oblivious to his girlfriend’s grief after the death of her beloved grandma. Sick of his attitude, Jade decides it’s time that she knocked some sense into him.

G.B.H.

A Film by Knowsley Youth
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Writing Support • Paul Womack
Youth Workers • Karl Evason, Mike Spinks & Carley Coburn

A young girl is forced to grow up quickly when a first experience with drugs goes horribly wrong.

Hands

A Film by Archbishop Beck High School

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Writing Support • Alan Field
Teaching Support • Emma Griffiths, Gary Begush & Kevin McCormack

Hands is a film about the tragic consequences that occur as we follow the journey of a knife told through the different "hands" which come into contact with it.

What Side are you on?

A Film by The Academy of St Francis of
Assisi High School

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Writing Support • Arthur Ellison
Teaching Support • Nicola Ousey

Sean’s coming to terms with his sexuality. He’s gay, but doesn’t feel any different from his classmates. They’re still his friends, until they find out and a hate campaign wages against him. Told through the eyes of his best mate John, who joined in the hate campaign, it’s a story of how a friendship formed between two young boys, wavered, through nightmare senario, but became rock solid once again, when John the perpetrator, realised how much his friend really meant to him.

Mischeif!

A Film by Knowsley Youth Arts Group

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Writing Support • James McMartin
Youth Workers • Kathryn McLoughlin & Hannah Longworth

Mischief night is a time honoured tradition, but over the last couple of years, the fun childish mischief that is associated with this festival has turned into chaos often turning into vandalism and intimidating behaviour, resulting in some cases of the participants being seriously hurt.
This film asks the question, what happens when mischief turns into harm?

Blind Justice

A Film by Oldham College

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Writing Support • Punam Ramchurn
Teaching Support • John Eccles, Sarah Webb & Graham Wolstenholme

This is exciting urban film which explores issues of crime, debt, and gangs. Jake has overwhelming debts to pay off and his dad has just become redundant, he wants to make money fast. He confides in his friend Matt and it isn’t long before they’ve found an easy target. The scheming seems to be working and their worries seem to be behind them, or so they think.
All they need is to pay off the loan shark but who said it was going to be easy?

One Life to Another

A Film by Knowsley Youth
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Writing Support • Colette Kane
Youth Workers • Karl Evason, Mike Spinks & Rhea McNamara

Joe learns the hard way that there's not much difference between his world and his enemies.

It's Complicated

A Film by Harrop Fold High School

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Writing Support • Chris Green
Teaching Support • Julie York

Leanne loves Dale but even so, she has mixed feelings about the fact that she’s just found out that she’s carrying his baby. Dale’s been living a lie and today is the day that he’s going to tell everyone, his mum, his dad and his girlfriend that he’s in love with someone else. Teachers and spiteful students conspire to make it impossible for Dale and Leanne to talk until they face each other in the park after school. They approach each other, dreading how the other will react.
Teenage love, sex and forbidden relationships! Why is it so complicated?

Straightener

A Film by Knowsley Youth
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Writing Support • James McMartin
Youth Workers • Karl Evason & Mike Spinks

Joe Mac is a young amateur Boxer with a future, when his Nan is horribly bullied by the lower side possy, he stands alone against the group of anti social no marks... They call him Grass, if it was your Nan what would you do?
It all comes to a head with a show down and a straightner.