Ashcroft Heritage Films
Ashcroft Arts Centre worked with five local secondary schools in Fareham and Gosport on a project in Spring and Summer 2011, to discover local history and create original films.

All five groups carried out research into their local area and then each chose a specific story to look into further. The young people also worked with creative practitioners and a professional film company to create their own interpretation of the stories they had chosen.

The films were screened at Ashcroft Arts Centre in July 2011 as part of the first Ashcroft Heritage Film Festival and the project was celebrated with an Awards Ceremony, where the young people were presented with certificates and certain individuals and groups won awards for their achievements.

See the overview Documentary 

Winners of the Awards

Cams Hill winners

 TEAM Awards

• Best Film
• Best Script / Screenplay
• Best Teamwork
• Best Casting
• Most Creative Film
• Heritage Award (chosen by HRO)
• Critic’s Choice
• People’s Choice (voted by participants)

INDIVIDUAL Awards

• Best Researcher
• Best Director
• Rising Star (chosen by Cass Productions)
• Outstanding Contribution
• Most inspired

Ashcroft Heritage Film Festival – Award Winners

Brune Park Group

Best Teamwork Brune Park
Best Director Kaitlin McKenzie (Bridgemary)
Best Casting Portchester
Rising Star Jay Moxham (Brune Park)
Best Screenplay Cams Hill
Heritage Award Portchester
Best Researcher Aimee
Most Creative Film Crofton
Outstanding Contribution Jess Charlton (Cams Hill)
Critics’ Choice Bridgemary
People’s Choice Cams Hill

The films created for this project will be archived at Hampshire Records Office for future young residents of Fareham & Gosport to discover their heritage. This website also acts as a resource for others and a lasting legacy of the project.

Partners:
Hampshire County Council, Westbury Manor Museum, Hampshire Records Office

Creative Partners: Cass Productions, 131 Design

Schools: Brune Park Community College, Bridgemary School, Cams Hill School, Crofton School and Portchester Community School

Group leaders: Kate Aughey, Rob Luckins, Wil Stevenson

Other partners: Knowle Residents Association, Haslar Heritage Group, Anne Baxandall, Erica Birbeck, Gosport Discovery Centre