Part of exposures new talent in moving image festival ( www.exposuresfestival.co.uk)

Monday 24th November 2008

The most recent edition of the festival saw the LiveWire Management Team select a diverse range of films made by talented youngsters – actors, directors, editors, sound and camera crews. Themes ranged from real life dilemmas to film noir and there was even some inspiring claymation. For the first time ever we screened experimental shorts with live accompaniment and Mark Radcliffe came to present two awards.

This year's winning films were:

Lily, directed by June Gersten Roberts, The 'Digital Horizons' Project Team Cumbria, funded by Mediabox (winner of the LiveWire Management Team Award)

One Week Later, Directed by Fern Down, Upper School and PVA Media Lab (winner of the Jury Award)

See below for a complete list of films that were screened on the day.

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Surreal Screen (15)

This selection of films showcases young filmmakers' creativity as they explore hidden worlds and flights of the imagination through animation, science fiction and macabre films. This programme contains strong language and violence.

Noir

Dir: Coalan McAteer, Christian Brothers Grammar School

A film noir love story.

W.I.L.D.

Dir: Terry Cheung, FACT Film Commission

An action thriller race against a deadly virus.

Project 6228

Dir: Gihn Harvey, Newall Green High School

An inventor works on his latest project.

Open It or Don’t

Dir: Jack Parkinson, Blackburn College Media Centre

A modern chiller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Karl Pilkington

Dir: Jack Scarisbrick, Runshaw College

How stupid can one man be?

Inhumanity

Dir: Paige Copsey and Jeremy De Coursey, Bridgewater College

A futuristic story of one girl’s abduction.

The Magic Rock Pool

Dir: Labeeba Yasin  and Arooa Yasin, WFA Media and Culture Centre

A magical seaside adventure set in France.

Potential Greatness

Dir: Amy Clarke, Roby Sixth Form College

A bored teenager escapes into his imagination.

Rough Cut

Dir: Rik Manning, Trafford College

An action trailer.

Three Little Pigs

Dir: James Stewart, Toxteth TV at Liverpool Community College

A modern twist on a classic tale.

Revenge of the Bowsers

Dir: William Barnes and Rachel Hardy

Animated story of the Gloucestershire floods

Lily

Dir: June Gersten Roberts, The 'Digital Horizons' Project Team Cumbria, funded by Mediabox

Nightmares lead a girl to explore a nearby prison ship.

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A Small Dose of Reality (PG)

This remarkable collection of films provides a thought provoking programme dealing with life changing events. This programme contains moderate violence and some strong language.

One Week Later

Dir: Fern Down, Upper School and PVA Media Lab

School events seen through one boy’s perspective.

Reality Knocks

Dir: Tash Clyde, Pier Pressure, White Lantern Film

Jamie has a secret, but will his girlfriend find out?

On Hold

Dir: Matt Keatman, South Cheshire College

A man refuses to accept the loss of a loved one.

Wrecked

Dir: Oscar Forshaw, Swift Road Sixth Form Centre

One boy re-lives the events that resulted in his friend’s death.

Pick a Pocket

Dir: Rafique Ahmed and Theo Piper-Griffiths, Xaverian College

An original grime video performed by MC Hypes.

Dysthymia

Dir: Sam Locket, South Cheshire College

A troubled young man’s struggle through life.

Desire

Dir: Danny Lomax and Beth Hewitt, Rochdale Youth Service

An observant journey of five refugees in England.

Just A Day’s Work

Shorefields Technology College

A film showing two different lives in different places.

St Ambrose Blazers

St Ambrose Barlow High School

A group of boys face the consequences of their actions.

Ride of Your Life

Moorside High School

One boy’s desire to fit in puts a girl in danger.

Lost brothers

Harrop Fold School and Arts College

999 – not some children’s lucky number…

Top Deck

Dir: Stella Grundy, Pendleton College

Insults are hurled on a bus.

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LiveWire Showcase and Awards (PG)

Spitting Back the Milk (performed with live accompaniment by Sam Lewis)

Dir: Ellery Roberts, Holy Cross College

Self Portrait (performed with live accompaniment by Sam Lewis)

Dir: Rik Nicholson, Blackburn College Media Centre

Transmit

Dir: Group Project, LiveWire Studio, Cornerhouse

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