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First
Light Movies is delighted to confirm that five short films, made by
groups of young people aged between six and 18 from all backgrounds
across the UK, will be screened at 35,000ft onboard Virgin Atlantic
planes this summer. Using over UK Film Council National Lottery money through First Light Movies funding, the young people were involved in every aspect of making their short films, from developing the story and characters, interviewing participants, to, in some cases, creating the plasticise models, filming and editing under the guidance of professional filmmakers. The five mini movies will be screened on Virgin Atlantic flights from July to November this year. The films will be shown on the airline’s V port inflight entertainment system, on the Kids TV channel, which offers children a variety of programmes onboard flights to a host of worldwide destinations, such as New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Sydney. Faye Spiller, Media Acquisitions Executive for Virgin Atlantic commented: “Virgin Atlantic is delighted to be working with First Light Movies to offer these special films onboard. Virgin Atlantic has a reputation for award winning in-flight entertainment offering a wide variety of choice for everyone and we are sure that these mini films will be very popular with our younger passengers.” The Princess and the Pendant is a charming tale, made by 6-year-olds using silhouette style animation, which follows the disobedient Princess Rose as she ventures into Horrid Land against her father’s wishes. Which Witch? made by eight to 10-year-olds in Yorkshire, is a charming, truly entertaining film that focuses on the antics of two duelling witches who battle it out to see who can out-spell one another. A group of five to nine-year-olds in Scotland use Munchatreeaforest to objectively explore and discuss the destruction of the Knoydart Forest that makes up much of this area in the highlands. Two Men and Their Ponies is a charming documentary, made by Welsh filmmakers aged between 16 and 18, charting the lives of Welsh hill ponies in the Brecon Beacons. Interspersed with funny and tender moments, Lights Out! is a delightful tale, made by a group of 11 to 14-year-olds from Scotland, that focuses on a group of insomniac Orkney seals who can’t possibly get any sleep with the lighthouse glaring all night. First Light Movies provides funding and expertise to enable groups of five to 19-year-olds, from all backgrounds throughout the UK, make their own short digital films. Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies has helped more than 12,000 young filmmakers script, shoot, act in, light, direct, produce, edit and screen over 900 films, which reflect the diversity of their lives. Pip Eldridge, First Light Movies' CEO, is delighted with this new partnership and added, "It's brilliant that the young people's films are being seen as part of the entertainment on Virgin Atlantic flights, alongside their huge variety of films and TV programmes. Not only does this give the films a whole new audience to enjoy them, but we are also hoping to inspire other young people and their families to pick up cameras and have a go themselves”. To see the films, log onto www.firstlightmovies.com |
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