My London:New Short Films

Made by 5-11s and 12-16s

[5-11] Mon 14 4.30 Barbican

[12-16] Sat 12 3.30 ICA

Take a fresh look at the city you know from a whole new perspective. An exciting programme of films made by children and young people in participatory workshops across London, taking the geography of the city and transforming it with new film stories.
Approx total running time for each programme 60 min

My London 7-11s

PERFECT DAY - 10 mins Mouth That Roars (Old Street) Friends and neighbours are not what they seem, as a birthday girl wishes for her own perfect day.

DA CLASH - 8 mins Lansbury Youth Centre/Hi8us South (Bow) MC Little looks like he's beaten, but comes through in a sound clash.

EXTREME TRAVEL PROGRAMME - 3 mins Hayward Gallery (South Bank Centre) A 3-minute holiday from London locations, as we travel to places far and wide of reality.

SALVATION ALLEY - 10 mins Hi8us South (Bow) In a dark alley, a ouija board lures Mandy into a terrifying place where friends cannot reach her.

TAKE ONE - 5 mins Hayward Gallery (South Bank Centre) Skaters on the South Bank discuss life, boards, moves and skills.

OUR TIME - 10 mins Johanna Primary School/CfBT Action Zone Brixton and North Lambeth Who plays what and why? A look at free time and fun for children in south London from the 1920s to today.

MY LONDON (Toffee Park) - 4 mins Barbican Education A neighbourhood comes to life with the stories and games of the children who live there.

My London 12-16s

LOST IN FLIGHT - 3 mins Hayward Gallery (South Bank Centre) When skating is the closest thing you can get to flying… an expressionistic look to how it feels to be in flight.

LOOK AGAIN - 10 mins The Video College (Ladbroke Grove) Look again at your own neighbourhood… Wembley moves and changes through one girl's life.

STREET SOUL NOT STREET HYPE - 10 mins Poplar Film School/Hi8us South (Bow) Street Soul dancers take to the street. There's more than one way to settle the score.

GHOST SHIP - 5 mins Hayward Gallery (South Bank Centre) Defying all expectations, the South Bank Centre transforms into a 1920s cruise liner ina film based on imagining a story from the very shape of a location…

END OF THE BEGINNING - 5 mins Westminster City Boys' School/Film & Video Workshop The city imagined through animation - people and places, everyday events and acts of violence.

WHERE IS THE LOVE? - 10 mins The Royal Docks Community School/Community Speak (Hackney) A hard-hitting documentary investigating the annual arms fair in London's Docklands. It's Europe's largest, and it's yards from homes, schools and young people with something to say about it.