Film Competition Winners!

Film competition - review by Treacy

In June The Phoenix Project and True thoughts members took part in a film competition ran by Suffolk and North East Essex ICS called ‘Talk the Talk’. We got together to share ideas and experiences about the wellbeing services available. There were many amazing points and ideas that came from the group about making a film, in the end we decided to use a quiz show format to raise some of the points and ideas that the group came up with. It was quite a difficult task as there were only 3 weeks to come up with an idea for the film as well as make and produce it.

Another challenge was that the competition rules meant we had to get our points across in only 2 minutes! (We could have made a feature film from everyone’s great ideas.) The title of our film was ‘Points Win Prizes’ the title idea came about from the mental health assessment system used to assess and award benefits and the scoring system such as P.I.P (personal independence payment). The film consisted of a quiz master and 2 teams of contestants who were asked questions such as ‘How do you get a face-to-face appointment with a G.P?’ and ‘What do you call person with a mental health condition?’ Points were awarded for each correct answer and there were a list of prizes that could be won. The twist at the end of the film was that despite both teams winning points, the prizes were not available in our area.

In July the judging panel met to review the films submitted and choose the winners of each category. I am proud to say that Phoenix project won the category for the most creative film!

Thank you and well done to all those who took part in raising awareness of the lack of health resources in our area and the challenges people face, also promoting the Phoenix Project and it’s work. Many thanks also to The Hive for hosting and supporting this project.