Just Me – “I’m just me… It’s like coming up for air.”
As Jaz and Charlie make a final attempt to keep their relationship alive, one of them comes out as non-binary (meaning they don’t identify as a boy or a girl), sparking a conversation that will change them both forever.
A film by Adam Tyler.
Starring Ffion Evans and Sam Buchanan.
Shortlisted for Best British Short at the Iris Prize Festival 2020 which celebrates the very best in current LGBT+ short and feature filmmaking.
Advice for young people who are thinking about gender identity can be found at the following sites:
Childline
Brook
Mermaids
Gendered Intelligence
The View from the Classroom – Gender – What is gender? Is it something people are born with, or something they choose? How does someone’s gender affect their lives and choices? Students from Key Stages 4 and 5 in schools all around the country give us the view from the classroom.
Advice for young people who are thinking about gender identity can be found at the following sites:
Childline
Brook
The View from the Classroom – Abortion – What is an abortion? What does the law say about abortion? What are your opinions about it? Students from Key Stages 4 and 5 in schools all around the country give us the view from the classroom.
Advice about pregnancy and abortion can be found at the following sites:
Childline
Brook
Marie Stopes
NUPAS (National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service)
Life Growing Up – Part 4: Telling People – “It’s very hard telling people.”
This film, and three more like it, have been created using the true stories of young people with HIV, and performed by actors. What’s it like to find out you have HIV when you are a child? Part 4 – Telling People looks at what can happen when telling friends, or a boyfriend or girlfriend about having HIV. The films aim to raise awareness and understanding of the experiences and needs of young people living with HIV.
Courtesy of the Children’s HIV Association – and follow the link for more help and information.
An Untold Story – Robyn is a young filmmaker from a small town in Scotland. She is used to telling other people’s stories, but has never put her own on camera. So in this film, she describes how she came to realise that she was gay, the initial shame she felt (and was made to feel) before proudly accepting herself for who she is.
One-to-One – James has been outed at school before he could come out on his own terms, and he’s afraid of what his parents will say when they discover he’s got a boyfriend. With everything getting too much for him, James visits his youthworker to talk it all out, one-to-one.
A short coming-of-age drama by Toby Lloyd and Conor Deedigan.
Nominated for the Teen Award at the Children’s BAFTAs 2019.
First Love – Girl meets boy for their first date. That’s it. Oh, apart from the fact that they both have disabilities. But will it make any difference?
You Can’t Play With Us – Anna plays centre back for Hampstead Women’s Football Club. She’s proved all the boys who said girls can’t play football wrong by winning an international cap, and so – at 18 years old – it’s time to decide whether to pursue a career in professional football.
Directed by Cray Smith and made during the BFI Film Academy’s documentary filmmaking residential course run by our friends at VividEcho.
Screwball! – A comedy drama for SRE (or RSE) lessons about Ryan and Natalie – two young people struggling through their first sexual encounter, and having to deal with each other’s expectations, a shiny trumpet and way too many cats. It’s ideal for opening up discussion about consent, peer pressure and the internet’s influence on relationships.
A film by Adam Tyler.
CREDITS
Adam Tyler (who wrote and directed the film) won the Writer category of the BAFTA Children’s Awards 2017.
Alhaji Fofana (Ryan) won the Performer category at the BAFTA Children’s Awards 2017
Savannah Baker (Natalie) was also nominated in the Performer category.
Winner of the Educational Film Award at the Learning on Screen Awards 2018
Winner of the Children’s Award at the Sandford St Martin Trust Awards 2018
The Perfect Body – Sam’s life is turned upside down when he falls for the new girl at school. Convinced that she’ll never notice him unless he has the perfect body, he hires a personal trainer. A short comedy drama about love, muscles and a lot of eating.
