Binge drinking movie scoops award for Sutton school kids (From Sutton Guardian)

Binge drinking movie scoops award for Sutton school kids

6:10pm Tuesday 31st March 2009

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Young winners of a filmmaking competition that put the spotlight on the dangers of underage drinking picked up their gongs on Monday.

Sutton Council’s Binge Too Far project culminated with films from 12 schools aired on the big screen at Sutton’s Empire Cinema with MP Paul Burstow presenting prizes to the best entries.

Wallington High School for Girls won the Year 7-9 category, with the film ‘It's your life - respect it’, created by pupils Aaliya Gilbert, Anastasia Macneill and Jenny Hariskandaraj.

The Year 10-11 prize went to Sutton Grammar School for ‘Ben's Story’, the work of Stephen Richer, Prashanth Sritharan, Neil Irwin, Benjamin Percival and Eashaanthen Easwaramohan.

James Mayhew, Max Wood, Charlie Poole, and Jack Meredith picked up the Year 12 -13 award for Carshalton Boys Sports College with the film 'Charlie'.

People can see the winning films in Sutton’s St Nicholas Shopping Centre on Saturday when they will be screened outside Boros on the ground floor from 12noon to 4pm. The films will also be screened during the trailers for feature films at Sutton Empire on Saturday April 11.

Councillor Ruth Dombey said: “If we really want to change the culture of binge drinking in this country, we've got to work with our young people to get the message out.

“Young people won't change their attitude to underage drinking by adults asking or telling them to.

“I was hugely impressed by the number and quality of films we received and congratulate the winners and all who took part.”

The competition winners won a statue, a trip to the British Film Institute on the South Bank to see their film on the Big Screen, and a £100 voucher to spend on filming equipment.

The project was a partnership between Sutton Council, the police and the Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust.

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