Celebrating France!
Make a film about France or your
favourite French hero or place and win a day trip to Paris!
The Task: Research your favourite French hero or a place in France or choose a French product
and make a short film (3 mins max)
The Prize: A day trip to Paris for a class of up to 30 on Eurostar including travel within Paris,
refreshments and entry to the Eiffel Tower.
Format: A film (on AVI or MPEG format) Please emailed to:
angela@francobritishcouncil.org.uk
Content: Who is your hero in France? Dead or alive choose the coolest person and tell
us all about them and why YOU think they are cool. Or pick a place or event in France or
even a French object.
Style: Whatever you like! You can write a pop song, create a hymn for your school choir
to sing, devise a comedy sketch or play or make a speech. You decide and then create
the music and the props and film it!
Audience : Fellow teenagers at schools across London
Language: English or French!
Films: Individual entries or group/class entries all welcome
Competition Opens: 1st January 2014
Competition Closes: 4th April 2014
Top Tips:
1. Be creative and have fun with your ideas. We are looking for films that are
entertaining well researched films with passion.
2. Entries that make creative use of limited resources will be very welcome
3. Don’t think you have to go to France and make a beautiful film with lots of high tech
equipment.
4. Pupils who write and produce their whole film in their classroom or school
playground in a lively and appealing way are just as likely to win.
Final Checks:
Email your film to angela@francobritishcouncil.org.uk
We can accept your film on the following formats: AVI or MPEG
Films must be 2-3 minutes MAX
Good Luck!