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Cut Films

Cut Films Awards at BAFTA

In our previous issue of Inspire, we introduced our youth charity partner, Cut Films.We have since
held our annual Cut Films Awards ceremony at the central London headquarters of the British
Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). This was a suitably prestigious showcase for the
excellent work of our talented young filmmakers. They were all winners, but four pupils from
Harrington Hill Primary School in Hackney, East London, really stole the show with their film,
‘Intelligent Life’.

An amusing, highly original concept, it shows an alien arriving “More than half of all smokers start before they’re old
from outer space, eager to learn about life on Earth. He enough to do their GCSEs! That’s ridiculous – we all have
imitates human behaviour, enjoying an apple and learning to to do more to enable our children to see what smoking
brush his teeth. But when he tries smoking, he quickly sees really does and give them the life skills to resist the social
how horribly unhealthy it is – so he jumps into his spaceship pressure to start.
and zooms straight back to the safety and sanity of his own
planet.A point well made! “Previously, kids had to sit through
lectures about the perils of smoking,
The event was a huge success, enjoyed by all who attended, and understandably, that just didn’t
including Fiona Castle, wife of Roy Castle, Paula Chadwick, work. Cut Films can deliver those same
our Chief Executive, and several of our Trustees. Judging by messages in a far more interesting way.”
the quality of the films shown, we may well have the next
Danny Boyle or Sophia Coppola in our midst!

As Cut Films Trustee Martin Grange explains, the aim of “The skills these children learn will stay with them
these projects is to help prevent young people from taking throughout their lives, and, hopefully, so will the underlying
up smoking, significantly reducing their risk of developing message.
lung cancer.
“The girls who created ‘Intelligent Life’ are just ten years
“I have been involved with Cut Films since it joined forces old! I challenge anyone not to be impressed, not just by
with Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation in 2015. We the quality of the film or the creativeness of the concept
needed a prevention focus and Cut Films was a perfect fit. It but also by the message it delivers. That’s something I
helps us reach the right audience in a unique, engaging way think that every lung cancer patient, every parent and
and I’m proud to be a part of it. every teacher would support.”

10 Inspire 2016