Collywood! Collyer's students in the frame for media and film awards
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Director and Producer Geoff Cockwill, from Silvertip Films, acted as the judge and attended the event to present the “Collywood” media and film awards. Elodie Davies won Best Fiction Film, Josh Crabb was awarded the prize for Best Documentary, and Jake Thorn was the Best Music Video winner.
Head of Creative Digital Media Production Rebecca Moon said: “The Collywood ‘24 event was a fantastic celebration of high calibre student work. It was a huge honour to welcome Geoff from Silver Tip Films to Collyer’s. He is a superb practitioner and a tremendous industry link for the department.”
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Rob Hussey, Vice Principal (Curriculum) was delighted: “We have very a strong media and film department here at Collyer’s, demonstrated by the excellent work on show at Collywood ‘24. Colossal thanks to Rebecca, Stuart, and the whole team for making this celebration of student work possible. Massive thanks also to Silver Tip Films’ Geoff Cockwill for his incredible industry support.”