Next Stop - Hollywood? Movies Movies How a Young Film-Maker From Aberdeen Ended Up Winning a Prestigious Award

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When Geraldine Heaney and her pals started making a short film in Aberdeen, little did the teenager imagine that their project would lead to an awards ceremony in London and tea with the (probable) future prime minister. Here the young director writes about her whirlwind cinematic adventure.

MYroad to becoming a film director began when Aberdeen's Lemon Tree Youth Theatre set me loose with a camera to make a film, with a group of like-minded people. We were then introduced to Murray Dawson and Alex Craig at the city's Station House Media Unit, who taught us new skills and let us use more expensive and advanced equipment.

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Next Stop - Hollywood? Movies Movies How a Young Film-Maker From Aberdeen Ended Up Winning a Prestigious Award

Then we received probably the most valuable film-making equipment of all money thanks to the amazing people at First Light Movies. They provide funding and expertise to help five to 18-year-olds across the UK make their ow...

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