Trapped

Good news! Trapped has won 2nd place in the 15-18 age category at the Flipside Film Festival held at the British Film Institute on 26 July 2011.

Trapped is a story of two teenagers trying to follow their dreams whilst dealing with the harsh reality around them. The film highlights issues such as unemployment, family debt and peer pressure and follows the teenagers battling against these barriers as they learn about dreams, life and reality.

I particularly wanted to make a film about this to hit back against the stereotype of teenagers and show how many young people are determined to achieve good things in life, despite all the negativity surrounding them, but also to show how reality can restrict people's dreams.

Gemma

Trapped has been screened at a youth film festival forum event in Limerick as part of the Fresh Film Festival. Read the write up of the film here : http://www.filmireland.net/2011/03/30/fresh-film-festival-meets-the-film-forum/

This film was made as part of what we want!, a media grants project run by Futureversity (formerly Tower Hamlets Summer Uni). For more info see www.futureversity.org/whatwewant

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Film & Animation

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• what we want!
• Tower Hamlets
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• Youth
• short film
• documentary
• film
• London
• aspirations
• young people
• football
• fashion

[treenut999]

Really good short film! Congrats! Train scene and Letter scene were great!

[QuasonMatthews]

Great Stuff

[LailaN007]

This is amazing piece of work! I love the whole thing! Gets you thinking about the changes and cocequences you have to deal with being a young teenager living in London. I LOVE! the shot with the train too, really good shot!! Music works expceptionally well. Well Done.

The Sky Is Your Limit! xx

[danieljohnsonfilms]

I love the first shot; the old battered football posts, the housing, and the city skyscrapers in the background. Sets the tone for the whole movie! It's great that you're making films that are ABOUT SOMETHING. Love it! Loved the 'something gets in the way' bit when the train zoomed into shot, inspired! You are a great director! Zoe Sparrow stands out too, awesome! Keep making films Gemma!!