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This will be Lancashire's premier mini film festival programmed by young people for young people. The Young Programmers have come up with the theme of dreams and this mini-fest is sure to keep you awake and buzzing with a full programme of great  youth shorts, features and filmmaker's talks to appeal to all ages. Ticket prices and full programme TBA. Keep checking www.newcontinental.net for updates

Young Programmers is a project delivered to 13-19 year olds in Lancashire by They Eat Culture in partnership with FACT in Liverpool and funded by BFI, Creative England and National Lottery funds.

If you’re 14-19, love film and want to be involved in programming a mini-film-festival with like minded folk then Young Programmers is for you.

Young Programmers still has room for new members. We meet every Monday at 6pm at The Continental, South Meadow Lane Preston

This is a free opportunity to learn more about watching films, reviewing films and programming a film festival.

Meetings:

Every Monday 6-8pm

The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston PR1 8JP

How to get involved

Just get in touch with nathalie@theyeatculture.org to / 01772 499 207 

Call for submissions

If you’re 13-21 and make films, please send them our way! Films selected for screening will be chosen by Young Programmers, a panel of 14-19 year olds based at They Eat Culture. They will be choosing their favourite films to be screened at Young Programmers Film Festival 2012 on March 3rd, and an overall winner will be announced within each category. 

Young filmmakers are invited to respond to the theme ‘Dreams’ this year. The films that will be featured in Young Programmers Film Festival will take us on a fantastical journey to places that will only be limited by the mind itself. All genres are welcome: drama, comedy, animation, documentary, experimental, music video, horror.   

All films must be under 20 minutes in length and the film maker must be aged 13-21. Please send a link or file along with your date of birth and address to: youngprogrammers2012@gmail.com 

DEADLINE: Friday 3rd February

CPD Day:

This will be a day of talks and workshops aimed at exploring 21st Century film literacy. What is film literacy? It is making film more accessible to children and young people for their enjoyment, as a means of understanding the world and as a medium of self expression. This will be a chance to talk about developing film culture in Lancashire and using film when working with young people to develop critical and

cultural engagement. The day will feature workshops, talks and Q&As by industry professionals as well as plenty of opportunities for questions and networking. 

This is part of a wider film literacy project called Young Programmers which is delivered to 13-19 year olds in Lancashire by They Eat Culture in partnership with FACT in Liverpool and funded by BFI, Creative England and National Lottery funds.

Friday 2nd March, New Continental Preston. 

Schedule TBC, approx times: 12-6

Contact: Nathalie@theyeatculture.org / 01772 499 207  to sign up or express interest.