Staying part of the film community

As you might have read on my profile, I was involved in a couple of student film festivals before I started my PhD. During my time at Cambridge Uni I founded a festival called Watersprite and this year has been its fourth installment. This weekend, I am in Cambridge to meet the new team and watch short films from all over the world.

Even though my primary work and research area is now education, I find it really important to remain connected to the film community and rekindle my love for the media every now and then. Seeing these amazing films has really reminded me how powerful the visual media really is and I am hoping that by promoting film in my research, more students will be able to have access to film making resources in schools in the future.

On the picture you can see my friend Sarah Winfield, who started Sprite together with me four years ago. We were very lucky to find a patron in the ex-BAFTA chairlady Hilary Bevan Jones and the festival has gone from strength to strength since. Sarah and I have only been involved as spectators since the festival's second year ad it's great to see such a dedicated team making a great success of the festival this year!