This weekend saw the very first Manchester Film Festival at the Zion Arts Centre, an event organised by Manchester students to celebrate short and student films from the city and further afield. I'm extremely happy to announce that Shooting Freetown received its first ever award, taking home the trophy for Best Film in the Student Short Documentary category.
This is an award that means an awful lot, not only for it coming from my home city but also considering the strength of the competition I was up against in the category.
This proved to be the perfect ending to a great weekend, where we saw a variety of inspirational films and heard seasoned professionals from within the film industry impart some of their knowledge and advice!
Thanks to Andrew Oldbury and everyone involved in organising and running the festival, it was a great success and I'm certain it's the first of many more to come.
