Tue 13 Jan 2009

Tonypandy Community College are working with Zoom to produce this year’s short film to premiere at the Opening Night of the Zoom Festival on Tuesday 20^th January.

They decided to make a documentary about Environmental Issues, as they are all members of the Environment Group at the school and have been doing a lot of research into how to make heir school more energy efficient; how they could begin to use renewable energy with the ultimate goal to be a Carbon Neutral building.

The film sees them visit wind farms, conduct interviews with pupils and environmental experts and discover exactly what they can do to make their school ‘greener’.

This film will premier before the newest Disney family comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua".

Tickets for this event are only £1 to the festival screening at the Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd. Tickets can be bough from the venue or from the Zoom office on 01443 413622.

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is the principle funder for Zoom again this year making it possible to facilitate the making of this short film by the young people of Tonypandy Community College.

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For more information contact Rebecca Lee on 01443 413 622

NOTES TO EDITOR

The festival will take place between January 20^th and 23^rd. Zoom 09 will take place at 5 venues across South Wales; Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd; Blackwood Miners Institute, Blackwood; Merthyr College, Merthyr Tydfil; Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale; and Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

Principal funders;

· The Coalfields Regeneration Trust

· Film Agency for Wales

Partners;

Beaufort Theatre and Ballroom; Blackwood Miners Institute; Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council; Caerphilly County Borough Council; Congress Theatre Cwmbran; Cultural Services Take pART Programme (Sponsor of the Zoom Audience Award); Cyfle; Ffresh, Student moving image council Wales; Green Bay; Merthyr Media Project; Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Merthyr College; Octopus; Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council; Rhondda Cynon Taff's 14-19 Pathways Programme; Rhondda Cynon Taff Cultural Service's Take pART programme (Sponsor of the Best Director Award); Skillset Screen Academy Wales; Torfaen County Borough Council; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK.

· A PDF of the full festival programme can be downloaded from the Zoom website www.zoomcymru.com

· Sponsorship opportunities are still available; please contact Rebecca for more information.