Day 19

The Box

First Light, Eshed and Felix Drake

An imaginative docu-drama that examines the life of a low income family feeling the strain of the recession.

Produced by eShed, Watershed’s then young filmmakers’ group, with professional mentoring from established industry professionals from Watershed, BBC, Omni Productions and Bristol Old Vic. The film premiered at Encounters International Film Festival’s first young peoples’ film festival (Fresh Flix) in November 2009. Supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s First Light Movies initiative. UK.