Check out Hijack and their highly creative work here.

On Wednesday 4 April 2012, more than 50 people of all ages worked together to create a moving picture celebrating the history of the market town of Haverfordwest in West Wales.

Film maker Sharron Harris from Curious Ostrich Productions worked with facilitators Pip Lewis and Guy Norman from spacetocreate community arts.

Volunteers Jack Wheatley, an undergraduate student studying Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts and Katherine Morgan a Textiles Graduate from University of the West of England also contributed their talent and skills to help make the day a great success.

You can view the film here.

The project was supported by The Arts Council of Wales and is part of the ‘takingpartwest’ programme which is a spacetocreate.org.uk initiative.

A little film of a lantern procession which took place in Haverfordwest on 29th October 2011.

Most of the lanterns used in the procession were made during free lantern workshops for young people run by ’space-to-create’.

I did not intend to film the event but it looked so beautiful that i just grabbed a camera.  I did not have time to set up so it is shot on a very wobbly handheld Canon 7D with a Sigma nifty fifty.  The music is a quick ‘knock up’ Garageband soundtrack! Despite the shooting errors it still manages to capture the warm magical glow of a very charming event.

The event was supported by the Arts Council of Wales and the Milford Haven Port Authority.

It is part of the ‘takingpartwest’ programme which is a spacetocreate.org.uk initiative.

You can watch the film here.

The exhibition of her video and paintings runs from 22 October to 3 December 2011 at Oriel Q, Queens Hall Gallery, High Street, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 7AS

You can view the documentary here.

The Hawthorn Project’s animated film ‘Staying Safe’ has been shortlisted for two major national awards.

CYP Now Awards

This year marks the sixth Children & Young People Now Awards.  The awards were created to share and celebrate best practice for all those who work to improve the lives of children, young people and families.  ’Saying Safe’ is nominated for the the rather apt category ‘The Stay Safe Award’.  The screening will take place on Thursday 17 November in Hammersmith, West London.

Oska Bright Film Festival

Oska Bright run the world’s first film festival run by, and for, people with a learning disability.

Screening will take place at Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton from 22nd – 24th November .

Oska Bright Film Festival screenings will also be shown as part of The Outsiders Festival in Adelaide, Australia. The Outsiders Festival will happen at the same time as the Oska Bright Film Festival.  Link to Oska Bright Film Festival here.

Stay safe with the amazing and wonderfully talented young people from The Hawthorn Project – Action for Children.

This clay-animation film was created and produced by young people with learning difficulties.  They worked on every aspect of the process and even produced their own music and soundscape.  The young people wanted to produce an educational ‘Public Information Film’ which will help children to be aware of dangers and keep them safe.

The film premiered on 12th May 2011 to an highly impressed audience of parents, teachers, social workers, local authority officers, health professionals and various representatives of the voluntary sector.

You can view the film here or … Cymraeg.

Throughout the production the young people were invited to pick up a Mini DV camera whenever they felt like it. This little film gives you a good insight into how the young people from The Hawthorn Project produced the ‘Staying Safe’ film. You can view the making of here.

ImageINate  is a sound and animation project involving young people living in and around Pembroke.  They worked with a visual artist, musician, filmmaker and animator to explore their sense of identity, their place within their community, and their dreams and aspirations.

Over 70 young people aged 11-19 have attended a series of workshops in the Tanyard Youth project, Monkton Priory Learning Unit, Pembroke school as well as an open day at the Foundry House.  The two films, Part 1 & 2,  showcase their wonderful and unique work.  The film will be premiered during the Pembroke Festival on July 3rd at the launch of an exhibition of photographs celebtrating the project.

The project is being run by Pembroke 21C and is part of Reach the Heights funded by the European Social Fund through the Arts Council of Wales.

ImageINate Pembroke 2010

ImageINate  is a sound and animation project involving young people living in and around Pembroke.  They worked with a visual artist, musician, filmmaker and animator to explore their sense of identity, their place within their community, and their dreams and aspirations.

Over 70 young people aged 11-19 have attended a series of workshops in the Tanyard Youth project, Monkton Priory Learning Unit, Pembroke school as well as an open day at the Foundry House.  The two films, Part 1 & 2,  showcase their wonderful and unique work.  The film will be premiered during the Pembroke Festival on July 3rd at the launch of an exhibition of photographs celebtrating the project.

The project is being run by Pembroke 21C and is part of Reach the Heights funded by the European Social Fund through the Arts Council of Wales.

community, film, animation, sharron harris, curious ostrich, space to create, pembroke 21c, Wales, Pembrokeshire,

‘The latest Swansea Bay Film Festival runs from May 8-16 and features a vast range of flicks.  Media Master’s eye was caught particularly by a short directed by Sharron Harris and known as I Can’t Strip My Lambretta Down in the Kitchen Blues…’

Thank you ‘Swansea Bay Media Master’ – posted on April 29th 2010.

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‘ Well the rest is a bit of a blur really -But it must have happened ..cos Heres the photo ………and No thats not a Monkey Tux…its a Tonic of course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Shazza We loves Ya …….can we give up our day jobs now ??????!!!!!! ))

Swansea Bay Film Festival is quite an international affair so we were all thrilled to be nominated BUT ….  let Andy’s crazy Facebook ramblings tell you what happened next!

‘GUESS WHAT !!!!!!!!!! We only went and WON the best of the Music Vid’ category at the awards !!!!!………..We went to the Numby Knees party on the Friday …just to say thanks for showing it really …………and it was hinted to us that we should be at the actual awards …….and bring your Tuxedo !….but then when we got there ….ALL the other nommys were there so we thought …..ok there you go….Calm down …Good job we didnt rehearse any speeches or anything………………….Then two hours into it …the category for music vids comes up and on the Big Screen and Oli comes walking down the back lane and they start playing ”Lammy Blues’ !!!!!!!!!

Well the rest is a bit of a blur really -But it must have happened ..cos Heres the photo ………and No thats not a Monkey Tux…its a Tonic of course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Shazza We loves Ya …….can we give up our day jobs now ??????!!!!!! ))’