3 SHORT FILMS were created for our Signal Starters young filmmaker programme during 2018-19 by 58 young people (and 2 Young Mentors) from Barrow and the surrounding areas aged 8-11yrs. Through a series of half-day ‘tasters’ and ‘film-in-a-week’ workshops during school holidays, these talented young people created fantastic, insightful and conscientious animated shorts – most of whom had never done anything like this before.

These short films premiered on Monday 23rd September as part of a celebration event for the year-long Signal Starters programme, where the screening event for family and friends was also attended by Barrow’s Deputy Mayor, Helen Wall and Cumbria’s High Sheriff, Marcia Fotheringham.

Please click on the images below to watch their short film, find out more and see behind the scenes photos from their workshops.