TQS StaffWhether you have kids or are just a big kid yourself you had better free up some time between 28th March – 5th April for this year’s Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. 2012 marks the 13th year of the festival which is dedicated to young people up to the age of 25, and features films made by and for young people. Here are our programme highlights: We are Poets – Fri 30th Mar, 2012, 18:00 at Leeds Town Hall We Are Poets follows six remarkable teenage poets from Leeds Young Authors as they are chosen to represent the UK at… Reel Solutions and Behind The Scenes Media present ‘Beyond The Blockbuster’, a one-day film event on the 23rd March supported by Screen Yorkshire for independent cinemas, film festivals, film societies and film promoters. With sessions from Creative England, the BFI, Sci-Fi-London, Reel Solutions and Cambridge International Film Festival, ’Beyond The Blockbuster’ aims to explore a range of audience development strategies to support independent film exhibitors to build a more sustainable box office. The Talks: Nikki Christie, Partnership Development Manager at the BFI – Integrating Media Education into Programming And Fostering A Lifelong Fascination With Film Jay Arnold, Head of Film Culture and Sally… 
On the 18th November commercial development Trinity Leeds and Leeds based production company Left Eye Blind teamed up to challenge 150 filmmakers to write, shoot and finish a short film in just under 3 days. 25 films were made as a result and on Thursday night TQS were invited along to the Media Choice Award judging panel, after a 3 hour screening session and much discussion/debate (and even more popcorn) we cast our votes – I won’t be giving anything away here as the winner will be announced at a special screening later in the year, I have however selected…
