Edinburgh Evening News
YOUNG filmmakers from the Capital are to rub shoulders with the UK’s biggest movie stars after being nominated for a national award.
A programme highlighting the city’s youth anti-war movement in 2003 is in line for Best Documentary at the First Light Film Awards for films made by young people between the ages of five and 18.
The young filmmakers will be guests at the glittering "mini Oscar" ceremony in London’s Leicester Square next week.
Alfie star Jude Law, filmmaker Stephen Fry and Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint are among the panel of celebrities judging the films.
Made by Edinburgh Youth Against The War, Old Enough to Know Better documents the mass school walkouts staged by thousands of schoolchildren in protest against the Iraq war.
The documentary, produced by Pilton Video, was part of a four-film project with an overall budget of £48,000, and has already received critical acclaim and a host of awards after being shown at film festivals around the world.
