Channel 4 to premier Ideasfactory screenplays

Channel 4 have announced that the short films selected from among those submitted to the Ideasfactory screenplay scheme are to air in July.
One of four winners of Channel 4’s Ideafactory Screenplay competition Vicki Bucki, 16, still at school and doing her A Levels, is the youngest writer of drama for Channel 4 to date.
Would-be screenwriters and film fanatics in the West Midlands were asked to submit an idea for a short film in 200 words. 20 of these writers learned how to develop their ideas into screenplays. Four of them were selected as winners. The four winning screenplays have now been made into films and will be screened in ‘The Slot’ at 19:55, from Monday 14 July until Thursday 19 July, on Channel 4.
“Channel 4 is a leading investor in creative business growth,” says Heather Rabbatts, Managing Director, 4Learning, “through the Ideasfactory we are aiming to be a catalyst for the next generation of creative talent.”
The four winning films will be shown on Channel 4 from July 14 to July 17.
The first will be ‘Red Sky at Night’ by Vicki Bucki, about an old woman reliving happier times. ‘Candy’ by Sarah Lloyd, about a young Dolly Parton impersonator desperate to make it big and escape her two big problems, her alcoholic father and the rundown Welsh seaside town where she lives, will be shown on July 15. Lee Murphy's black comedy, ‘Fanatic’, about a lonely young man who finds a novel way of getting closer to the pop star he is obsessed with after directing the hilarious short ‘Evil Resident’, can be seen on July 16. The final film written by Nadine Stavonina de Montagnac, ‘Coming up for Air’, chronicling the life of an ex-stripper who has a difficult decision to make following a miscarriage, will be aired on July 17.
Channel 4's Ideasfactory, launched last September as a gateway for young people into Britain’s creative industries through live workshops and master-classes around the UK.
Connected to and supported via a comprehensive website at www.ideasfactory.tv, offers straight-talking information and inspiration for anyone wanting to get in and get on in the creative industries.
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