About This Film
FilmSlam®
Festival Year: 2025
Run Time: 15 Minutes
Film Type: Short
Animated: No
Countr(ies): United Kingdom
Language: English
English Subtitles: No
Captions: None
Film Overview
SCREENING EXCLUSIVE TO FILMSLAM (GRADES 5-12 ONLY)Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.'Strings' is produced by students aged 16-20 as part of Project Paradiso, a cross-cultural UK-Italy educational filmmaking initiative from Young Film Academy (YFA). Full details of Project Paradiso can be found at https://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/project-paradiso
Cast & Crew
Directed By
Ava Pearson
Eleanor Smith
Nina Zandvliet
Produced By
Leah Joy, Angeliki Karagiannopoulou, Jack Leibenberg, Sarah Moyo, Rebecca Telford, Jasper Tyrrell
Screenwriting
Mila Miller, Evie Lech, Oscar Cousins
Cinematographers
Carla Bandmann, Emily Coleman, Luke Duffy, Ore Fashesin- Souza, Rebecca Norton, Lilly Pastor, Mia Potts, Claire Rego, Tara Whitaker
Editors
Dan Allen
Principal Cast
Ashton Hunt, Coco Jones, Calypso Lewis