Press release

Stop Knives Save Lives film competition a success!

21 Sep 2009

A phenomenal response was received in The Life Channel Young Filmmakers' Competition, in association with the Daily Mirror's Stop Knives Save Lives campaign.

The winning films, with bright messages and ideas about tackling knife crime, will be shown nationwide on The Life Channel - a television network launched by Tony Blair in schools, and also found in surgeries and other community venues across the country.

Winners included 11-13 category winner Jessica Rawlins, 12, from Leeds, for her movie One Life One Knife; 14-17 category winner Jonathan Berry, 16, from Thatcham, Berks, for 05:54; and 18-21 category winner Tom Greenidge, 20, for Who's the Victim.

The top 12 entrants, whom all won Flip Ultra digital camcorders, were judged by a high profile panel including king of the I'm a Celebrity jungle Joe Swash, Hollywood star Ray Winstone, actor Ashley Walters, Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland and Phil Austin, Chief Executive of The Life Channel.

Winstone said, "I thought the selection of films we saw was great. But we've got to take a step back from that because this was more than a straightforward film competition. What was important about all this was the message the kids had for us. A competition like this is great because kids are involved with this in a way my generation never was. It gives them a serious, valued voice on something that really matters to them."

The full press release is available for download below.