Downham's Rosalind (14) wins herself a BAFTA
Published Date:
27 November 2007
YOUNG film-maker Rosalind Peters is glowing with pride after winning a BAFTA at the tender age of 14.
Rosalind (pictured) came up trumps in the first BBC Television CBBC Me and My Movie Award, in association with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Rosalind's film – The Unwelcome Stranger – is a drama showing how a girl comes to terms with her parents' separation.
Of more than 200 entrants, Rosalind, who lives in Downham with mum Pamela and dad Roger, made it through to the final four, the other finalists coming from Nottingham, London and Inverness.
The winner was announced at the British Academy's Children's Awards presented by Keith Chegwin in London on Sunday.
Rosalind told the Lynn News yesterday she was shocked by the win. Inspired by the work of Steven Spielberg, she made the two-minute film with friends in Milton Keynes using a handycam and later edited it herself.
"I definitely want to be a film-maker now," said Rosalind, who was presented with her award by Konnie Huq and Andy Akinwolere from long-running BBC1 children's magazine programme Blue Peter at the star-studded awards at the London Hilton.
CBBC Me and My Movie is a unique collaboration between BBC Learning, CBBC and BAFTA, inspiring and enabling children across the UK to make their own films and tell their own stories.
Children between the ages of seven and 14 were invited to submit original short films, the entries going through a stringent round of voting before coming in front of a panel of industry experts and well-known celebrities including Anna Popplewell from The Chronicles of Narnia and author Anthony Horowitz.
Rosalind is also due to feature on Blue Peter on BBC 1 at 5pm today.
You can view Rosalind's film at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/me andmymovie/
The full article contains 312 words and appears in Lynn News Tuesday newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 November 2007 10:41 AM
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Source:
Lynn News Tuesday
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Location:
King's Lynn