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21/06/10
SUMMER COURSES ONLINE
Check out the courses page for summer projects with Chocolate Films at Rich Mix, The Geffrye Museum and Watermans.

30/04/10
FIRST LIGHT AWARDS FILM ONLINE
Filmmakers from Chocolate Films projects were nominated for two awards at the 2010 First Light Awards, and took home "Best Film By 12 and Under". A short film about the ceremony is now online featuring our two crews alongside such luminaries as Sir Ian McKellan, Gemma Arterton and Nicholas Hoult. And guess who gets the last word!
http://vimeo.com/10579469

29/04/10
16 FILMS BY LAMBETH PRIMARY SCHOOL TO BE SCREENED AT BFI SOUTHBANK
Over three months, filmmakers from Chocolate Films have worked with every yeargroup at Archbishop Sumner Primary school in Lambeth on a project called "Sumner's Stories". Children aged between 4 and 11 have written shot animated and edited films on subjects as diverse as "The Great Fire Of London", "The History Of Ancient Egypt", "Indian Gods" and they have even solved the perennial problem, " Where Is Spot?". On Friday 30th April all 16 films are being screened at the BFI Southbank. http://vimeo.com/10579469If you would like to attend, please contact sheena@chocolatefilms.com

NEW EXHIBITION AT HEATHROW TERMINAL 5
Now that flights are back up and running, if you happen to go to Heathrow Terminal 5, check out the Take Me To London exhibition. You will be able to see 17 films that young people from youth groups, community groups and schools in the outer London boroughs made on trips to Olympic sites, as well as photos and writings that they created along the way. The Take Me To London '09 exhibition was first seen at Waterman in January and February and will be at Heathrow until later this year. Take Me To London is a three year project that Chocolate Films is running with Watermans. To see the films from Take Me To London '09 and the first films from Take Me To London '10 visit www.youtube.com/takemetolondon. If you are interested in getting involved in Take Me To London please contact nadia@watermans.org.uk

05/03/10
CONGRATLUATIONS TO THE MAKERS OF "SECRETS FROM THE SAZ"
Secrets From The Saz, the short film made by children from the Kurdish Community Centre, won "Best Film by children aged 12 and under" at the prestigious First Light Awards. The event was hosted by Dick and Dom and the awards were presented by stars such as Ian McKellan and Jason Isaacs. The young filmmakers were also on BBC London TV news. Well done to them all. They put a great deal of hard work in over lots of Sundays and created a fantastic film.

Watch the film here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_c3-PiD-w

LIVE FROM THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE CENTRE - FIRST LIVE BROADCAST
For the last five weeks, filmmakers from Chocolate Films have been working with a group of NEET young people from Greenwich to create a live Internet television show about issues that concern them. This week, the first episode "Dangerous Dogs" goes live. Watch it at 3.30pm on Tuesday 9th March at:

http://www.stickam.com/chocolatefilms

01/02/10
NEW COURSES
Check out the current page for two exciting new courses at The Geffrye Museum and at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Both are free, so don't miss out!

27/11/09
THE SECRET, screening at BFI
The Secret, a short drama that looks at the issue homophobic bullying in schools is being screened as par of the "Visionaries" festival at the BFI Southbank on Saturday November 28th. The film was made in fortnightly workshops over a period of 9months by a dedicated group of young filmmakers from the BAD (Barking and Dagenham) Youth Forum's Equalities subcommittee. For more information about the screening go to www.bfi.org.uk/futurefilm

BIFFYBOT 2.0, screening as part of Electric December
Biffybot 2.0, an imaginative music video made by children on during a summer project run by Chocolate FIlms at the BFI Southbank is being screened as part of Electric December:

"Electric December, Watershed’s original end of year online showcase of creative talent, is led this year by a team of young people from Bristol (UK) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as part of the Young Voices Across Europe project, which is funded with the support of the European Commission though the Youth In Action programme and produced within the wider context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
Talented young filmmakers from across Europe have contributed a stunning selection of short films, 24 of which have been hand-picked by the Electric December team in a unique online collaboration."

For more information go to www.electricdecember.org

19/08/09
NEW COURSE: Make Your Own Music Video (24-27 August)
An exciting four-day workshop run by Chocolate Films with the BFI where young people (15+) have the opportunity to create a track and then shoot, animate and cut the video to go with it. For more information visit the BFI website

07/08/09
Next Generation – Filmmaking Workshop: FREE
The next generation of filmmakers is what Canary Wharf Film Festival, with support from the Canary Wharf Group, likes to help cultivate, so part of the festival’s plan is to give them a helping hand to set them on their way.So, alongside Chocolate Films we will also be running a workshop throughout the summer, specifically for East London students (15-19) interested in learning about the filmmaking process. Over three days you will create a fictional film using Canary Wharf as your location. Storyboarding, filming and editing skills will all be within their reach and the film they create will be shown as part of CWFF 09’s Next Generation Film screening. There’s also a Special Achievement prize, awarded at this year’s Awards Show.

For more information or to book a place please email karen@cwff.org.uk
Dates: 17, 18, 19 August (With intro session on 11 August)
Location: Museum of London and filming on location at Canary Wharf

Www.cwff.org.uk
Www.chocolatefilms.com

22/06/09
OUR MOVING HISTORIES: SUTTON SCREENING
'Our Moving Histories' Chocolate Films' new filmmaking project which incorporates footage from London's local archives, has its first screening at the Sutton Empire cinema on Wednesday 24 June '09 at 6pm.
The two films which will be screened are "Pastimes and Past Times" and "Obsession with Fashion", both of which were made by girls from Wallington Girls School.
You can read more about it on the Surrey Comet website and the Film London website To reserve a place email: info@chocolatefilms.com

3/06/09
NEW COURSES OPEN
Check out the Current page for information about a new project for 8-11 year olds with the Holloway Festival.

7/05/09
NEW COURSES OPEN
Check the 'Current' page for information about new courses at Watermans and The Rio Cinema.

21/04/09
ID:LONDON HITS THE BIG SCREEN!
Young filmmakers from all over London have been busy over the past few months working hard on the Chocolate Films ID:London youth filmmaking project. Now its time to celebrate their achievements with the four ID:London films hitting cinema screens across the capital in April and May.

Details of screenings are below – for more information or to reserve a seat contact Ana Tovey on 020 7793 4287 or ana@chocolatefilms.com.

Secrets from the Saz was recently screened at The Kilburn Youth Film Festival, Granville Arts Centre.

The Power of Black Hair and Secrets from the Saz screening at The East End Film Festival!
Saturday 25th April, 11.30am
Stratford Picturehouse, Salway Road, Stratford, London E15 1BX

‘The Greatest Football Match in the World’ is screening at Wandsworth Cineworld.
Tuesday 28th April, 10.30am.
Wandsworth Cineworld, Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth High Street, SW28 4TF

ID:London Gala Screening at Rich Mix
Saturday 23 May, 1pm.
All four ID:London films are screening at this special event.
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA

12/01/09
SECRETS FROM THE SAZ SCREENING
Secrets From The Saz, the film made by children from the Kurdish Community Centre on a Chocolate Films project will be screened at Hackney Library on March 26 at 6PM

WANDSWORTH YOUNG PERFORMERS DVDS
Wandsworth Young Performers DVDs are now on sale. For more information visit the council's website

12/01/09
AGE SWAP TO BE SCREENED ON TV
Age Swap, a 30 minute reality TV show made by students from Sydney Russell School in Dagenham will be premiere on The Community Channel at 8pm on 13/02/2009 and will be repeated at the following times:

14/02/2009: 10:00, 16:00; 22:00
15/02/2009: 08:00, 14:00; 20:00

NEW FILMS ON YOUTUBE
Check out Chocolate Films' Youtube page to see films that were run on recent projects at The Thames Festival, Tate Britain, Watermans and Dunraven School.

18/09/08
CHOCOLATE FILMS ON NATIONAL THEATRE FLYTOWER DURING THAMES FESTIVAL!
Over the summer Chocolate Films ran several filmmaking projects as part of the Thames Festival. These were screened at the BFI Southbank on Sunday 14th September and projected onto the flytower of the National Theatre on the evening of Saturday 13th September. Congratulations to all of the partcipants from The Croxley Project, The Westminster Digital Media Unit, The Leonora Club and Shared Experience Youth Theatre.

05/08/08
TWO SCREENINGS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS FILM WEEK
Two films made by young people on Chocolate Films First Light films projects are being screened in the prestigious National Schools Film Week alongside feature films:

Freedom Ain’t Free Tue 21 Oct – Secondary – Adulthood [15, 100]
The Singing Banana Bomb, Fri 24 Oct – Primary – Hoodwinked [U, 81]
Venue: Peckham Multiplex, 95A Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15 4ST

25/07/08
SUMMER UNI IN WEST AND EAST LONDON
This week Chocolate Films is running two filmmaking courses as part of the Summer University. In West London we are running an animation project with Watermans and in East London we are running a documentary filmmaking course with Independent Photography. For more information about Summer University London visit their wesbite.

10/07/08
THE FIRST CHOCOLATE FILMS REALITY SHOW PROJECT!
Chocolate Films Education has just completed its first reality show-style project. In"Age Swap" a group of students from Sydney Russell School in Dagenham teach a group of elderly people how to create a graffiti wall and in return, the senior citizens teach the children how to tea-dance. The programme was shot over 7 days by Year 7-9 students. For more information read this article from the local paper:

29/06/08
NEW PROJECTS ONLINE
After a busy few months, three new films have just gone online:

The Miracle Potion, a live action/animated film by 15 children at Acton High School.

The Mysterious Girl - a film made by 9 and 10 year olds at St Mary's RC Primary School in Acton using CGI animation

Monsters of Battersea Park - a short monster movie created by 60 children aged between 4 and 14 in a series of 45 minute workshops in Battersea Park.

To watch any of these films go to the films page.

01/04/08
FREEDOM AIN'T FREE SELECTED FOR TORONTO HOT DOCS!
Freedom Ain't Free will reach an international audience this April, as it has been selected to play in the Doc It! youth programme of the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (April 17-27). For more information visit the Hot Docs Website. Congratulations to all the filmmakers!

28/02/08
FREEDOM AIN'T FREE IN THE GUARDIAN
Tomas Connor-Hunt, one of the filmmakers of Freedom Aint Free was interviewed in Society Guardian in advance of the First Light awards on March 4th. To read the Article go to the Guardian website or visit the film's web page.

29/01/08
ANIMATION WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED
On 1st March we will be running a practical 2hour long 3D animation workshop for children aged between 8 and 13 years. It will take place from 1 to 3pm at the Images of Black Women Film Festival at Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre. Children will get the chance to make an animated rock concert using Stikfas models! For more information visit the Images of Black Women website

29/01/08
FREEDOM AIN'T FREE NOMINATED FOR FIRST LIGHT AWARD
Congratulations to the makers of Freedom Ain't Free as the film has been nominated for the Best Film by 13s and Over award at the 2008 First Light Awards. The awards will take place at a star-studded event in Leicester Square in March 2008. Good luck!

11/12/07
VOTE FOR THE BANANA BOMB!!!
Congratulations to the group from St Mary's RC Primary School in Battersea. Not only was their film, "The Singing Banana Bomb" screened at the London Children's Film Festival but it has now been nominated for a First Light Award!!!

What's more, The Best Film by 12s & Under category is this year’s people’s choice award. Therefore all three short listed films are being streamed in the online Cinema of www.filmstreet.co.uk. There is a link from the home page Film Mag section to an article about the public vote, which in turn links to all three films.

www.filmstreet.co.uk is First Light Movies’ website designed to engage children, their teachers and parents with films and filmmaking. Aspiring young filmmakers can find fun-packed activities, interactive games, children’s films, movie-making ideas and expert advice wrapped up in a friendly and easy to use interface.

The films will be up on www.filmstreet.co.uk until the beginning of January so please log on and vote for "The Singing Banana Bomb!!!".

12/10/07
CHOCOLATE FILMS ON PANEL FOR MAJOR YOUTH FILM AWARD
Rachel Wang is on the panel of judges for the shortlisting of the Me and My Movie Films to be selected for the Award supported by BAFTA and CBBC in November 2007.

11/10/07
ANIMATION TO BE SCREENED AT THE LCFF
The Singing Banana Bomb is going to be screened at the prestigious London Children’s Film Festival. More information to follow.

13/9/07
CHOCOLATE FILMS YOUTH FILM AT LONDON FESTIVAL
Congratulations to the makers of "Freedom Ain’t Free" which is screening in a short film programme at the BFM International Film Festival at London's ICA.

12/06/07
CHOCOLATE ON THE BOX!!!
Blue Peter is running a reality show-style feature where 12 children get a chance to make a professional film. From today, Chocolate Films directors Mark Currie and Rachel Wang are the on-screen filmmaking trainers throughout. In the first episode see how the children are chosen when 120 competition winners attend Chocolate Films workshops around the UK and how celebrity film guru Duncan Kenworthy (producer of Notting Hill and Love Actually) assigns the teams to Mark and Rachel.

The Blue Peter feature is part of a larger scheme called ‘Me and My Movie’ for which Chocolate Films has run the filmmaking training and written the resources. So watch this space!

30/04/07
BRAINCHILD SCREENING AT BFI SOUTHBANK
Over a period of nine months, Chocolate Films worked with groups of young people aged between 9 to 18 to create three films: "Freedom Ain't Free", "A Party To Remember" and "The Singing Banana Bomb". The three films were screened to a great house at the BFI Southbank. Go to the films page to watch the films and check out the photos of the filmmakers below.

02/04/07
CHOCOLATE FILMS TO RUN BBC MYMOVIES WORKSHOPS
Children under 14 can now click onto the CBBC website to find out how to enter Blue Peter's biggest ever competition. The 120 lucky winners will spend a day with Chocolate Films making a short film. 12 children will then be chosen to spend 2 weeks at the My Movie mansion, working with some of the biggest names in the industry. Good luck!

22/02/07
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Chocolate Films youth films will be shown in two screenings at the National Film Theatre in Spring 2007

10 March 11am- Pump House Film Studio Screening
Throughout 2006 Chocolate Films ran a two day workshop to accompany each exhibition at Battersea's Pump House Gallery. Each of these films was directly influenced by the artwork, and the results are as varied and original as the works themselves.

The Pump House Film Studio was funded by Paul Hamlyn, The Sir Walter St John Charitable Trust and Arts About Wandsworth.

21 April 11am - BrainChild Screening
Funded by First Light Movies, Chocolate Films is running a series of three long-term workshops with young people from South London. The resulting films will be screened at this premiere screening with special guests.

BrainChild was supported by First Light Movies, Acton High School, The BFI, The ICA, The Hayward Gallery and The Science Museum.

To reserve free tickets to either of these events please contact info@chocolatefilms.com

18/11/06
NEW ANIMATION COURSE!
Check out the Current page for the exciting new animation course which is open for submissions from young people between 11 and 13.

30/10/06

FIRST BRAINCHILD PROJECT WRAPS
First Light has recently funded Chocolate Films to produce three films made by young people. Under the collective name of "Brain Child" they will each approach an aspect of psychology in a surprising way.
The first of these projects, the documentary FREEDOM AIN'T FREE was shot over the half term week by a group of fifteen young people aged between 16 and 18. The film approaches young people's experiences of injustice in a dynamic and creative documentary style. For more information about this and the other Brain Child projects email info@chocolatefilms.com

ANIMATIONS TO BE SCREENED AT DANCE PERFORMANCE
Chocolate Films ran a half term animation project with young people aged between 11 and 13 at Waterman's Arts Centre in Brentford. The resulting films will be used as projections during the Urban Arts Showcase on Sat 18 Nov from 4-8pm. For more information visit: watermans.org.uk

EDUCATION TALK AT BARBICAN
Mark Currie will be making a presentation about the work of Chocolate Films Education at The Barbican in the First Light Regional Networking Seminar, as part of the London Children's Film Festival on 20 November.

14/07/06

RMX-1 screened at cinema

RMX-1 a new short documentary created by young people at the Rich Mix cultural centre in Bethnal Green is now complete. Created in a course that ran one day per week for two months, it tells the story of Leepu, a Bangladeshi artist, who creates supercars from scrap. It is being screened at the Rich Mix Cinema before the new Disney/Pixar film Cars from July 28. For more information visit www.richmix.org.uk

THE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL

The History Of Our School, a short film that tells the history of the North Westminster Community School is being screened at the Serpentine Gallery Exhibition, Dis-assembly, which runs at the school until July 29. It was created with two Year 8 classes over a period of five weeks in the summer term.

18/03/06

CHOCO STARS AT FIRST LIGHT AWARDS

The young creators and stars of "Nabbed" had a great morning at the First Light Film Awards at the Odeon Leicester Square. Although they missed out on a trophy, their film received high praise from some extremely important filmmakers.

Neil Jordan, director The Company Of Wolves, Breakfast on Pluto said: “ The photography and writing were both very good. Thought the casting was natural as well.”

Gurinder Chadha, director of "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Bride and Prejudice said: “This film was very good. A hard choice.”

06/02/06

"NABBED" NOMINATED FOR AWARD

Congratulations to the young people from the Columbian Refugee Association who wrote the short film "Nabbed" (one of the Visions Of London projects). We have just found out that it has been nominated for the "Best Screenplay award at the prestigious First Light Awards later this month!

PUMP HOUSE FILM STUDIO LAUNCHES

Chocolate Films and the Pump House Gallery are collaborating throughout 2006 on "The Pump House Film Studio" - a series of six short films made by young people from schools and community groups in the London borough of Wandsworth. Each film will be created alongside one of the Pump Houses six exhibitions, starting with the current Gastrophoria exhibition. The Pump House film studio is funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Sir Walter St John Educational Trust.

04/01/06

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Chocolate Films is planning loads of new workshops for 2006. Keep checking back regularly for more information.

CHOCOLATE FILMS ON BBC BLAST

In November 2005 Chocolate Films ran two one day filmmaking workshops in conjunction with the BBC Blast EastEndings competition. They were hectic days where the young people wrote filmed and edited their films. The results are now online at BBC Blast

10/11/05

CHOCOLATE FILMS AT THE LONDON CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

The Extreme Travel Programme, an imaginative short 2D animation/FX film created by young people between the ages of 10 and 16 years, as part of the Hayward Gallery's Outreach Programme is to be screened at the ICA and the Barbican Centre on November 12th and November 14th. For more information visit www.barbican.org.uk/lcff/my-london.htm

JUMP CUT SCREENINGS

Three Chocolate Films created by young people have been accepted into the Jump Cut Film Festival at the ICA. Screening times are as follows:

SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER:
Mystic Bottle 14.00 program
Assassination of Moonwalker 16.45 program
Nabbed 16.45 program

JUMP CUT FILM FESTIVAL

Chocolate Films are running a one day filmmaking workshop at the ICA on Sunday, November 13 with BBC Blast; EastEnders: Make a Two Minute Film. The finished film will be entered into te BBC Blast EastEndings competition. For more information on the competition please visit www.bbc.co.uk/blast

FESTIVAL NEWS

The screening of "Too Intelligent for Words" and "Mystic Bottle" at the Co-op Short Film Festival in Bradford was a great success and was attended by two of the filmmakers who received the certificates on behalf of all the participants.

MYSTIC BOTTLE AT THE WANDSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL

"Mystic Bottle" was screened as part of the Community Film Screening at the Battersea Arts Centre on Saturday November 5th at 3.00pm. The event was hosted by Rachel Wang.

SPLIT SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL, BRISTOL

Rachel Wang conducted a Masterclass in Filmmaking at the first African and Asian Film Festival in Bristol on 13th October.

20/8/05

FESTIVAL NEWS

"Too Intelligent For Words" and "The Mystic Bottle", two of the Chocolate Films Visions Of London Films are going to be screened at the Coop Short Film Festival in Bradford on October 16 2005 at 10.30 am. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers involved! For more information about the festival go to:
www.film-makers.co-op.co.uk

27/7/05

SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER

Where will we be holidaying in the future? Use your imagination (and a bit of technology) to visualise the places and spaces that will be our holiday destinations in the year 2015. Chocolate Films will be leading exciting short film workshops that will include stop-frame animation and green screen technology.

DATES
Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th, Friday 5th August 11am – 5pm (11-13 year olds)
Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th, Friday 12th August 11am – 5pm (14-16 year olds)

Places are free of charge but space is limited. To get involved and book a space email your contact details to seethrough@hayward.org.uk or call Natasha Smith on 020 7921 0879

7/4/05

BIFF! BANG! POW! to Brixton Bytes

Three short films created by participants of Chocolate Films educational workshops are being screened at the NFT on April 16th, starting from 11.30am.

The Hayward Gallery are previewing their DVD of short films, which includes Me Two, The Assasination of Moonwalker and the award-winning Silence is Golden. Entrance is free, but get there early as space is limited.

11/3/05

VISIONS OF LONDON SCREENING

Chocolate Films will be showing all four films created as part of the Visions of London Studio Slate at Screen 1 of the National Film Theatre, South Bank on April 30th, between 11am and 1pm. For an invitation and to be added to the Guest List, please email Paul.

SCREENING: ME TWO AND THE ASSASSINATION OF MOONWALKER

Two of our Youth Filmmaking projects are to be screened at the FLYA Film festival at Oval House on April 18th. the screening will start at 7.30pm.

CHOCOLATE FILMS AT THE HAYWARD GALLERY SCREENINGS

Silence is Golden, Me Two and The Assassination of Moonwalker will be screened at the NFT on April 16th at 11.30am-1.30pm as part of the Hayward Gallery Screenings. To be put on the Guest List please contact Info@chocolatefilms.com

07/3/05

LONDON/AFRICA PROJECT COMPLETED

'The Assassination of Moonwalker' is a short film created by young participants of the London/Africa project (part of the Visions of London studio slate funded by First Light; UK Film Council). The Chocolate Films/Hayward Gallery collaboration is being shown at the Royal Festival Hall as part of 'Salon Afrique'. The film will run on a loop from March 7th until April 10th. More details here.

05/2/05

SILENCE IS GOLDEN wins Sci-Fi London competition!!!

Congratulations to everyone involved in SILENCE IS GOLDEN, the Chocolate Films/Hayward Gallery dystopian Sci-Fi movie set in and around London's South Bank. This morning the film won first prize in the Sci-Fi London What If...? film competition. The filmmakers were presented with prizes (including a full Adobe Video Suite) by Louis Savy, festival director. SILENCE IS GOLDEN will soon be screened on the Sci-Fi Channel website.

20/1/05

SILENCE IS GOLDEN - finalist in Sci-Fi London competition

The Chocolate films production SILENCE IS GOLDEN, a young people's film commissioned by See Through at The Hayward Gallery in late 2004, is being screened as a finalist in the What If...? film competition, part of the Sci-Fi London Film Festival on Saturday 5th Feb 2005 at the Curzon SOHO Cinema (99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY).

The prize-giving ceremony and event round-up will take place from 10.15am prompt. This event is free but you do need to call the box office on 020 7734 2255 and order tickets.

13/1/05

VISIONS OF LONDON - four new films for 2005

Chocolate films is running four new film projects for young people in Spring 2005. Funded by the lottery through the UK Film Council's first Light Scheme, the films will explore diverse visions of the city.

The projects are as follows:

A LONDON ANTHEM
A 10 minute real-time drama made by and starring teenagers from Waterloo, Lambeth and Wandsworth. Made in association with The Old Vic Theatre and funded in part by the Sir Walter St John's Trust.

LONDON/AFRICA
A film inspired by the Africa Remix exhibition of contemporary art at The Hayward Gallery.

BATTERSEA PARK
A short animation inspired by the exhibition of abstract animations by video artist Katy Dove at the Battersea Pumphouse gallery, created by students from Chestnut Grove School Tooting.

WRITING WITH PICTURES
A short visual documentary made by students from The Dyslexia Institute, Victoria.

For more information email info@chocolatefilms.com or phone 020 8675 9542

If you are interested in getting involved in A London Anthem or London Africa, please email info@chocolatefilms.com for an applicaiton form.

The Visions of London minisite will go live in March.

9/11/04

ME TWO wins prize

Me Two, the short film that Chocolate Films made with young filmmakers at The Hayward Gallery this summer, won third prize in The Black History Month Film Festival.

NEW PROJECT: PHANTASMAGORIA SESSIONS AT HAYWARD

Chocolate Films is currently running the "Phantasmagoria Sessions" at The Hayward Gallery in conjunction with the "Eyes Lies and Illusions" exhibition. Over five Saturdays in November and December, we will work with young filmmakers aged between 16 and 25 to make a five minute sci-fi film on the South Bank. For more information email mark@chocolatefilms.com

18/6/04

Face Time - in conjunction with Hayward Gallery

In late July/ early August 2004, Chocolate Films will be producing "Face Time" a short visual documentary about image and self-image inspired by The About Face exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery.

The film will be made by teenage filmmakers from Lambeth and Southwark, who will be trained in filmmaking, post-production and digital manipulation skills throughout the project. If you are between 14 and 18 and would like to be involved in Face Time please email Mark Currie at info@chocolatefilms.com to sign up.

Face Time is funded by the lottery through the UK Film Council's First Light scheme.

19/2/04

CHECK-UP screening information

The first screening of the Chocolate Films production "Check-Up", a short film made by patients of the teen cancer wards at UCLH and Middlesex Hospitals, will be taking place next week:

Date: 23 February 2004
Time: 6pm (don't be late as the film only lasts 5 minutes!)
Location: Preview Theatre, Framestore CFC building, 19-23 Wells Street (about 100 yds north of Oxford Street)

Tickets are free, but spaces are strictly limited. If you would like to make a reservation please email info@chocolatefilms.com

19/2/04

CHECK-UP screening information

The first screening of the Chocolate Films production "Check-Up", a short film made by patients of the teen cancer wards at UCLH and Middlesex Hospitals, will be taking place next week:

15/12/03

Chocolate Films receives funding for 'Punchline' project

Chocolate Films has been awarded one of five Film Council First Light grants for the London region to make 'Punchline'. The 5 minute short will be written, developed, shot, performed and edited by patients in the teenage cancer wards of the Middlesex and UCL hospitals under the supervision of Mark Currie and Rachel Wang in London in January 2004. Check back here for more information and details of screenings.

3/09/03

Chocolate Films launches Popcorn Film School

On 27 September 2003, Chocolate Films opens the doors of the Popcorn Film School offering weekend classes in filmmaking for young people.

2/09/03

Masala Screening at NFT

Masala, the Chocolate Films Bollywood short, will be screened at the National Film Theatre 1 on September 20 at 11am. No tickets necessary, just turn up early!

28/07/03

'Masala' introductory workshop

The Chocolate Films summer community project for young people in Lambeth goes live on Saturday August 2nd when the introductory workshop will be held at:

ADDRESS: St Vincents Community Centre
(corner of Talma Road and Pobert St, Brixton, SW2 1AJ)

TIME: 10 am - 5 pm

The aim of the project is for young people between the ages of 12 and 18 to make a Bollywood-style short film from scratch, culminating in a screening at the National Film Theatre in September 2003.

The project is free for Lambeth residents

For more information please phone 020 7926 0760 or email artsweb@lambeth.gov.uk

10/05/03

Welcome to brand new Chocolate Films website!

Check back here for news and updates from Chocolate Films.
Use the menu above to find out more about us, our work,
see some pics, and check out some other cool stuff from the Chocolate Films bag-o-goodies.

All the best,
Chocolate Films