CUT SHORT:
FIGHTING AGAINST KNIVES IN THE NORTH
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Cut Short – is an intervention targeted at young people (aged 12-18) to engage them on the issues of knife crime, youth violence and gang exploitation. The team behind the project have worked with experienced partner organisations to co-develop the Cut Short film and an accompanying teaching/facilitation package.
They’re distributing both freely to any youth facing organisation to engage their young people on the aforementioned issues and are hoping the film and resources will be used, adapted, and included alongside current efforts however the organisation delivering it sees fit. To aid with this, both resources have been designed to be modular to fit the needs of those delivering them. As well as align and contribute with several of the KS3 & KS4 RSE statutory objectives.
The 28 minute documentary has also been selected for 4 film festival programmes: Berlin Lift-Off, Filmmakers For Change, Beeston Film Festival and Activists Without Borders Festival – where it won the Best Short Documentary award.
FILM SYNOPSIS
Sarah Lloyd has spent the last ten years without her son Kieran; he was murdered in broad daylight by a drug dealer. 22 year old Vilson has spent the last three years out of prison, where he was sent for using a knife in a gang attack.
Both now work as campaigners for knife crime awareness, using their own stories to make a difference in the lives of others. But Sarah’s life is still empty without Kieran, and Vilson still resents the circumstances that led to his misguided youth.
Featuring testimonies from ex- and current gang members, an ex-gang leader, and the eye-witness of a knife murder, “Cut Short: Fighting Against Knives in the North” shares Vilson and Sarah’s stories and follows their journey as they try to understand why young people in the UK are being persuaded to carry knives, and what the irreversible consequences are when a person makes the decision to use one.
The film provides a list of organisations who are dedicated to supporting young people concerned about gang culture, and current data on the true state of knife crime in the North, collated from FOI responses submitted by regional police constabularies.
WE WANT TO SHOW THIS FILM TO ONE MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK.
TEACHING PACKAGE
Cut Short is free for schools, community groups, youth organisations, young offender institutions, prisons and anywhere else with an audience of young people to teach with and comes with a teaching package that provides teachers and educators with a simple set of bespoke resources to lead a safe and effective workshop with young people.
All youth facing organisations are welcome to use the film and its teaching package.
The teaching package contains:
- the full documentary, plus two bonus scenes
- suggested lesson plans
- factsheets and regional data for teachers to better understand the subject matter
- activities based around key scenes in the films
- questionnaires
- delivery and safeguarding advice
Starring
Directed by
Produced by
DoP
1st AC
Sound Recordists
Runner
Unit Stills
BTS Stills
BTS Video
Editor
Colourist
Second Colourist
Graphic Designer
Composer
Sound Designer
Dubbing Engineer
Sarah Lloyd
Vilson Duarte-Dong
Lucie Milner
Matt ‘Blessed’ Stevens
Luke
Matthew Norford
Owen Seabrook
Lewis Mitchell
Maizie Brown
Declan Creffield
Laura Clark
Chris Lipscombe
Joe Allies
Philip Shacklady
Olivia Gray
Lisa Stonehouse
Owais Manzoor
James Ivanov
Daniel Tremble
Owen Seabrook
Paul Handley
Summer Vasare Piscikaite
Hattie Barnes
George Bloomfield
Philip Shacklady
Will Cart
CUT SHORT:
FIGHTING AGAINST KNIVES IN THE NORTH
Starring
Directed by
Produced by
DoP
1st AC
Sound Recordists
Runner
Unit Stills
BTS Stills
BTS Video
Editor
Colourist
Second Colourist
Graphic Designer
Composer
Sound Designer
Dubbing Engineer
Sarah Lloyd
Vilson Duarte-Dong
Lucie Milner
Matt ‘Blessed’ Stevens
Luke
Matthew Norford
Owen Seabrook
Lewis Mitchell
Maizie Brown
Declan Creffield
Laura Clark
Chris Lipscombe
Joe Allies
Philip Shacklady
Olivia Gray
Lisa Stonehouse
Owais Manzoor
James Ivanov
Daniel Tremble
Owen Seabrook
Paul Handley
Summer Vasare Piscikaite
Hattie Barnes
George Bloomfield
Philip Shacklady
Will Cart
The Cut Short crew at the launch of Cut Short. Courtesy of Simon and Simon Photography.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Cut Short – is an intervention targeted at young people (aged 12-18) to engage them on the issues of knife crime, youth violence and gang exploitation. The team behind the project have worked with experienced partner organisations to co-develop the Cut Short film and an accompanying teaching/facilitation package.
They’re distributing both freely to any youth facing organisation to engage their young people on the aforementioned issues and are hoping the film and resources will be used, adapted, and included alongside current efforts however the organisation delivering it sees fit. To aid with this, both resources have been designed to be modular to fit the needs of those delivering them. As well as align and contribute with several of the KS3 & KS4 RSE statutory objectives.
The 28 minute documentary has also been selected for 4 film festival programmes: Berlin Lift-Off, Filmmakers For Change, Beeston Film Festival and Activists Without Borders Festival – where it won the Best Short Documentary award.
FILM SYNOPSIS
Sarah Lloyd has spent the last ten years without her son Kieran; he was murdered in broad daylight by a drug dealer. 22 year old Vilson has spent the last three years out of prison, where he was sent for using a knife in a gang attack.
Both now work as campaigners for knife crime awareness, using their own stories to make a difference in the lives of others. But Sarah’s life is still empty without Kieran, and Vilson still resents the circumstances that led to his misguided youth.
Featuring testimonies from ex- and current gang members, an ex-gang leader, and the eye-witness of a knife murder, “Cut Short: Fighting Against Knives in the North” shares Vilson and Sarah’s stories and follows their journey as they try to understand why young people in the UK are being persuaded to carry knives, and what the irreversible consequences are when a person makes the decision to use one.
The film provides a list of organisations who are dedicated to supporting young people concerned about gang culture, and current data on the true state of knife crime in the North, collated from FOI responses submitted by regional police constabularies.
TEACHING PACKAGE
Cut Short is free for schools, community groups, youth organisations, young offender institutions, prisons and anywhere else with an audience of young people to teach with and comes with a teaching package that provides teachers and educators with a simple set of bespoke resources to lead a safe and effective workshop with young people.
All youth facing organisations are welcome to use the film and its teaching package.
The teaching package contains:
- the full documentary, plus two bonus scenes
- suggested lesson plans
- factsheets and regional data for teachers to better understand the subject matter
- activities based around key scenes in the films
- questionnaires
- delivery and safeguarding advice
WE WANT TO SHOW THIS FILM TO ONE MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK.
