North Lanarkshire’s school pupils have been nominated for the prestigious First Light Awards 2010, the annual celebration of young people’s film making in the UK.
The award event will take place in the Odeon Leicester Square in March with a panel of highly respected film makers including Sam Mendez. The official announcement will be made by First Light in January.
The youngsters from the Lensheads Film School wrote and directed “Backfire”, an explosive short film that portrays how Frankie’s young life is turned upside down when someone asks him a favour that puts him on the wrong side of the law.
Pupils from St Andrew’s HS, Airdrie Academy, St Ambrose HS and St Aidan’s HS were involved in the making of the film, which was selected by an audience vote at a screening of nominated films.
In November 2009, the group scooped Scotland’s top film-making prize for under 18’s at the Discovery Film Festival.