Last night saw the opening of the 2011 Minghella Film Festival and the festivities kicked off with the Young People’s Short Film Festival Gala at Quay Arts.
A collection of short films made by young Islanders were screened to a packed audience, which included Robert Sheehan and Lauren Socha from the TV programme, Misfits.
We caught up with Robert after he’d and Misfits co-star Lauren Socha awarded the prize to the judge’s favourite short (more to come on that later including an interview with the winners).
On the Island for the weekend
He was clearly chuffed to be invited to come down to the Island and present the prizes, telling us that he’ll be sticking around for the next couple of days, soaking in the film festival as well as taking a tour to experience the delights of the Isle of Wight.
Robert had some great advice for anyone wanting to get into acting or film-making.
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Under 19s can get in for free to all of the International Short Film Festival screenings over the next two days. Just pop along to the Short Film Festival desk at Cineworld to sort out your pass.
Weekend day passes are just £10 for over 19s.
