Chocolate Films runs courses of varying lengths. The longer courses result in completed films which are shown at screenings and festivals. These films include:

Live From The Stephen Lawrence Centre (2010)

An ambitious project where a group of NEET young people from Greenwich, write, produce, direct, shoot, mix and star in their own liveTV show. The programmes go out on www.stickam.com/chocolatefilms every Tuesday in March 2010 at 3.30pm. If you missed one you can see them all (plus practices) at www.youtube.com/livefromsl


Take Me To London (2009-2012)
Community Groups and school groups from outer London go on a trip to one of the Olympic sites and document their journeys. The results are varied and fascinating.
Take me to London is a three year project being run in partnership with Watermans and funded by London Councils.

View the films on the Take Me To London youtube channel or view them on the Take Me To London googlemap



A Caribbean Games Compendium (2009)
Children from Wandsworth Primary Schools worked with elderly people from the Tooting Age Activity Centre to make two enlightening documentaries about the games that the elderly people used to play when they were children in the Caribbean.

View the films on the Life In London website

LOUD TATE (2007-2009)
Every year 'Tate Forum', Tate Britain's youth group, work with Chocolate Films to document their day of art, music and celebration.

Click here to view LOUD TATE 2009
Click here to view LOUD TATE 2008
Click here to view LOUD TATE 2007

Our Moving Histories (2009)
An ambitious project where young people in outer London boroughs have the opportunity to make documentaries about their area which incorporate films from their local moving image archives. Funded by the Film London Audience Development Fund.

Sing Inspiration (2009)
A documentary made by ten families in Wandsworth about their involvement in the igospel "Sing Inspiration" concert at the Royal Festival Hall. To be screened on the Life In London website.

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Wandsworth Young Performers (2009)
For three months young people in Wandsworth, auditioned, rehearsed and performed, competing to win the coveted young performer. Every step of their journey was followed by 14 young filmmakers, who shot, directed and edited this 25 minute film about the event.
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ID: LONDON (2008-2009)
Four First Light-funded films by young people aged 8 to 12 about cultural identity including:
Secrets From The Saz a time-travelling animation by children from The Kurdish Community Centre.
The Greatest Football Match In The World, a musical about a Latin-American football clash.
The Power Of Black Hair, an animated documentary about the history of Afro hair.
ID: Polish (working title), a drama set in a Polish restaurant in West London.

Teenage Kicks and Teenage Hoops (2008)
Working with Skyway charity in Hackney, filmmakers from Chocolate Films worked with young people to document the Teenage Kicks football tournament and the Teenage Hoops basketball tournament.
Click here to watch Teenage Kicks Part One
Click here to watch Teenage Kicks Part Two
Click here to watch Teenage Hoops

The Real Young Carers (2008)
Chocolate Films worked with a group of 12 young carers from the london Borough of Barking and Dagenham, on this ambitious project. On a two week respite project, the young people made a 12 minute film about their experiences, which is included on a DVD about young carers produced by Chocolate Films production.

Thames Festival 2008 (2008)
In summer 2008, Chocolate Films ran one and two day workshops with several groups aged between 12 and 104 (no joke!) from Westminster, including Shared Experience, The Westminster DMU, The Leonora Group and The Croxley Project. To find out more and watch the films visit the project's page on the Thames Festival Website.

Sweding The BFI Mediatheque (2008)
Inspired by the Michel Gondry movie, "Be Kind Rewind" a group of young people aged 14 and 15 trawled the BFI Mediatheque to choose films and TV shows to remake. Watch the results here:
Top Of The Pops Christmas Special 1978
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD

Age Swap (2008)
A group of young people aged 12 to 15 from Sydney Russell School shot a 1/2 hour episode of Age Swap, an inter-generational reality TV show. Screened on The Community Channel, February 2009.
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The Outcast Jester (2008)
Chocolate Films collaborated with poet Adisa The Verbalizer and Stream Arts to work with a group of young people from Greenwich to make a film about the O2.
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The Mysterious Girl (2008)
This sci-fi adventure, set in a future London was created entirely by 9 and 10 year olds from St Mary's RC Primary School in Battersea, using CGI animation.
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Monsters of Battersea Park (2008)
In a very exciting day in Battersea Park, sixty children aged between 4 and 14 (some with parents) attended 45 minute-long animation workshops where they each had the chance to create a mini animated monster movie. These are the results.
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The Miracle Potion (2008)
In the school science lab, Walter creates a potion that can give him anything he could ever want - the only problem is that John, the school bully steals it and uses it to create more and more food. Mixing live action and animation this "The Miracle Potion" is a funny and ambitious short film.
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Inspector Worse And The Gamble For Life (2007)
A comic Agatha Christie-style murder mystery. Chocolate Films spent two weeks on Blue Peter training 12 young people to pitch and create a short film. Inspector Worse was shot on High Def and broadcast in full on CBBC. To watch Inspector Worse go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie/
The Singing Banana Bomb (2007) - part of the Brainchild Project
A short animation inspired by a tour of the great inventions at London's Science Museum. Made by children aged 9 and 10 from St Mary's Primary School in Battersea with the support of First Light and The British Film Institute.
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A Party To Remember (2007) - part of the Brainchild Project
A Hitchockian thriller about bullying made by young people between the ages of 11 and 12 at Acton High School. Made with the support of First Light, The British Film Institute and Acton High.
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Freedom Ain't Free (2006) - part of the Brainchild Project
A 10 minute documentary about teenagers' experiences of injustice, made by young people between the ages of 16 and 18. Freedom Ain't Free tells stories of knife crime and institutional racism in a dynamic style which includes animation. Made with the support of First Light, The British Film Institute and The Hayward Gallery.
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The Pump House Film Studio (2006)
Throughout 2006, Chocolate Films ran a two day workshops at Battersea's Pump House Gallery, to coincide with each of the six exhibitions. Working with schools, refugee groups and youth groups, 100 children got involved and produced six short films. Funded by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Sir Walter St John's Educational Charity and Arts About Wandsworth.
RMX-1 (2006)
Bangledeshi artist Leepu creates super cars from old wrecks. This short documentary shows Leepu making his first car in Britain at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green. It was made over a period of eight weeks by local young people and screened alongside Pixar's Cars at the Rich Mix cinema.

A Short History of Our School (2006)
In spring 2006 Chocolate Films spent five days working with year 8 pupils at North Westminster Community School. Over that time they created a four minute historical documentary with animations to mark the closing of the school. The completed film was screened as part of the Serpentine Gallery's Dis-Assesmbly exhibition.
School Dinners (2006)
Commissioned by FilmStreet.co.uk, Chocolate Films spent three days at Round Diamond School in Stevenage teaching a group of 8 year old pupils how to make a documentary. The result is an insightful and funny film that shows what children think of school food post-Jamie's School Dinners. The film can be seen on www.filmstreet.co.uk.

EastEndings (2005)
In conjunction with the JumpCuts film festival at the ICA and the BBC, Chocolate Films ran a one-day workshop where young people created two new scenes from EastEnders. The completed films can be seen online at bbc.co.uk/blast.
Space: The Final Frontier (2005)
In Summer 2005, Chocolate Films facilitated the creation of two holiday programmes by two groups of young people at the Hayward Gallery. But these are holiday films with a difference as they all took place in the future. The films are entirely created in a green screen studio, against backgrounds that were created using stop motion animation by the young people. The two films, Happy Holidays! and The Extreme Travel Show can be seen in the foyer of the Hayward Gallery throughout the exhibition, Universal Experience: Life Art and The Travellers Eye. Check back here soon to see them online!

Visions of London (2005)
For details of the four short films created as part of the Visions of London project, please visit www.visionsoflondon.co.uk, where you can download the films and learn more about the project.

Silence Is Golden (2004)
Inspired by the Eyes, Lies and Illusions exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Silence Is Golden was the second of our First Light funded collaborations with the Hayward Gallery. Set in a bleak future where verbal communication is outlawed - Silence Is Golden won the first prize at the London What If...? competition, part of the London Sci-Fi Film Festival.
Me Two (2004)
In the Summer of 2004, eleven young people were taken to the "About Face" exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, and invited to make a film in response to what they saw. The film they produced is Me Two - a fast cut dynamic film about perception and identity.
Check Up (2004)
Ron sees the downfall of his the incomprehensible Doctor Beep. A short comedy, created by patients from the TCT Ward, Middlesex Hospital and PPW3 University College London Hospital. Funded by the Lottery through the UK Film Council's First Light scheme.

Masala (2003)
Ash takes Azaria for granted until a fortune teller warns him that she is going to leave him. Is Ash be too late to stop her? A Film Council funded First Light short film combining music, dance and film in a South London take on the Bollywood genre. Produced in association with the Lambeth Council. Screened at the National Film Theatre, London as part of Lambeth Film Fiesta, September 2003.