Reimagining Shakespeare on Screen: Highlights from Shakespeare Schools International Film Festival

The Shakespeare Schools International Film Festival is a cultural education project that supports schools to produce abridged Shakespeare films for a digital showcase. The festival is run by the same team who host the annual Shakespeare Schools Festival, which involves more than 300,000 young people. For its film festival, participating schools are supported to produce films with a series of teacher training workshops and resources from professional film and drama facilitators. Shakespeare scripts have been abridged by acclaimed writers including Tom Stoppard and Jamila Gavin, and the team at the Shakespeare Schools Festival are on hand to support teachers through each step of the process. Films are then submitted and featured in a ‘premiere week’ and ‘Best of the Fest’ viewing, which this year took place at the Coram Centre (the festival is run by The Coram Shakespeare School's Foundation). The evening was entitled ‘Reimagining Shakespeare on Screen: Highlights from Shakespeare Schools International Film Festival’ and included films from participating schools from across the world.