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  • Sharon Woodward
    Director
  • Naomi Winnifrith
    Producer
  • Will Side
    Producer
  • Tom Jennings
    Executive Producer
  • Sharon Woodward
    Camera
  • Sharon Woodward
    Sound
  • Sharon Woodward
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Shooting Format:
    HD Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Refugee Week: volunteering
    Oxford
    United Kingdom
    June 17, 2020
    United Kingdom
  • Tagore International Film Festival,
    West Bengal, India
    India
    January 20, 2021
    WINNER (Category – Educational Film)
  • 6th Jaipur Film World 2021
    98, Krishana Vihar, Pratap Nagar, Opp.- Kumbha Marg Sanganer Jaipur, Rajasthan 302030
    India
    April 1, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • Great Message International Film Festival Great Message International Film Festival
    Gorai Sector No. 2, Gorai 2 Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400091
    India
    March 26, 2021
Distribution Information
  • Communications Team Oxford City Council St Aldate's Chamber, St. Aldate's Oxford OX1 1BX
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Sharon Woodward

Award winning filmmaker, first break in television was in 1984 with the then new Channel 4's Eleventh Hour, Youth Series 'Turn It Up'. Went on to train at Newport Film School, The National Film and Television School and in the cutting rooms of BBC Wales and Tyne Tees Television. Specialized from 2003 - 2010 in running media projects with young people with physical and learning disabilities.
During 2010 to 2018 was a freelance filmmaker, project manager and media tutor. Working with charities, corporate organizations, educational establishments, individuals and community groups with a particular interest in social history and archaeology.

In August 2018 was offered the exciting opportunity to join the Communications Team at Oxford City Council in the UK.

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Director Statement

I’ve often wondered what I would do, how I would cope if I had to leave the land I’d grown up in. Learn a new language, find a new job. I found the group inspiring and it was a privilege to work with everybody.