The Foundation

Forward Foundation was very proud to host the Conscious Creators screening on Wednesday evening.

We witnessed the culmination of months of hard work, as 10 young filmmakers had their work screened in front of an audience and a panel of judges. The young talents were asked to produce a short film on a topic that they felt was important to them, as well as being influential to its audience.

Conscious Creators is the brainchild of specialist education project Digital Disruption, which strives to educate young people about becoming active, rather than passive digital media consumers. The project aspires to improve young people’s critical thinking of the media, whilst helping them to digitally market their films.

All of the films were unique in their own right, and each one was produced to a very high standard. A whole bunch of highlights included ‘Imperfection is Perfection’, produced by aspiring musical artist, Flavio, Jemail’s message in ‘Don’t just think it, live it’, and Lateef’s fascinating parallel-narrative film, ‘Challenging Perceptions’.

The deserving winner on the night was Amina’s ‘Just Jay’, which explored the life of Jay, and the issues he has faced in being young and transgender. As well as being immensely moving, the film was professionally produced and inspiring. A huge well done to every body involved.

After an emotional night, we hope to see these talented young filmmakers continue their great work and go all the way. We’ll be keeping an eye out.