Chocolate Films Workshops

27/05/2022

‘Choose Hope’ was one of the four films made at this year’s LDN Filmmakers workshop.

Tony is having the best time of his life things are going really well ... until the first UK lockdown stops him in his tracks. He tries to fill his time constructively, but like many of us .. starts to struggle. Choose Hope explores Tony's journey back to the life he missed so much.

Made by Lakeesha, Tony, Nicole, Chinwoke, and Danny.

Director/Facilitator: Ruth Gardiner and Ross Dickson
Supporting facilitator: Reuben Brennan
Producer: Rachel Wang

27/05/2022

‘Maybe Tomorrow’ was one of the four films made at this year’s LDN Filmmakers workshop.

The pandemic has made Camille's anxiety all the worse. As the days go by, she becomes increasingly frustrated as she can't accomplish the first of three simple tasks given to her by her therapist. 'Maybe Tomorrow' portrays a young person's internal struggle in readjusting to normality.

Made by Camille, Blue, Mia, Anas, Harris, Yasmin, Lina, and Liyana.

Director/Facilitator: Philippe Thuery
Supporting facilitator: Ivanna Newell
Producer: Rachel Wang

26/05/2022

'Trapped In' was one of the four films made at this year’s LDN Filmmakers workshop.

When Dan's school is sent home for lockdown, he's set on using this new found time to the fullest! Working out, learning new skills and chilling out with his best mate Ricx... However, he soon begins to question what this Pandemic actually is, using increasingly untrustworthy news sources to inform his view...

Made by Zoya, Michael, Nazifa, Karina, Daniel, Richie, and Emma.

Director/Facilitator: Ben Phillips and Morgan Morris
Supporting facilitators: George Kelly
Producer: Rachel Wang

25/05/2022

Chocolate Films partnered with the ’s VRU and to host a 6-day intensive filmmaking workshop for young Londoners aged 15-25.

To celebrate their hard work, Chocolate Films will be posting the alumni’s films throughout the week for all to see.

20/02/2020

We have a very exciting Animation & Script-to-Screen workshop this afternoon with an enthusiastic group of students all the way from Mumbai! It's always amazing to teach budding filmmakers 😀🎬

13/02/2020

"Before doing this project, I only knew that a director said 'Action!' and 'Cut!', but now I know all the key secrets for making a documentary."

We are so happy to hear that Rich Mix London's wonderful Pic 'n' Mix programme for Primary School Film Education is going to keep supporting tomorrow's filmmakers for 2 more years 🙌🎊

https://hubs.ly/H0mYTtG0

We’re delighted to announce that Pic ‘n’ Mix, our successful year-long Primary School Film Education programme now finishing its 3rd year, will continue for a 4th and 5th edition into 2021 thanks to funding from Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Derwent London. In partnership with Tower Hamlets...

11/02/2020

"I feel proud of myself for making my film. We taught people about the suffragettes and that is important."

This is why it matters so much to us to help shape the next generations of filmmakers and why we are so excited to hear that Rich Mix London's wonderful Pic 'n' Mix programme is going to keep going for 2 more editions 🙌🎉

https://hubs.ly/H0mYChr0

We’re delighted to announce that Pic ‘n’ Mix, our successful year-long Primary School Film Education programme now finishing its 3rd year, will continue for a 4th and 5th edition into 2021 thanks to funding from Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Derwent London. In partnership with Tower Hamlets...

01/01/2020

Happy new year everyone! Can you believe that we've seen the end of a decade? It's officially 2020 and we're wishing you lots of happiness, fun and success in your endeavours 🤩 If you could wish for anything but you had just one wish, what would you wish for?

25/12/2019

From all of us here at Chocolate Films, merry Christmas! We hope you are having a delightful Christmas day or Christmas break wherever you are 😁 We don't know about you, but here are our life goals for the day: eat plenty of treats (especially chocolate of course 😍), laugh a lot with the lovely people around us, open some presents, play a few festive games and maybe go for a walk if we feel especially ambitious. (But we can't guarantee anything, we might end up having a nap). See you in the new year!

21/12/2019

🎊 Happy holidays everyone! We hope you take time to rest, and you have a wonderful holiday wherever you are going. We're taking a break until January 2nd and looking forward to back with you next year 🤗 Ready for 2020?

🎊 Happy holidays everyone! We hope you take time to rest, and you have a wonderful holiday wherever you are going. We're taking a break until January 2nd and looking forward to back with you next year 🤗 Ready for 2020?

04/12/2019

📣Calling artists looking for funding📣 Our friends at Pleasance Futures Patrons and Friends can help!

Apply now for for 👉 https://hubs.ly/H0m3KDX0

💸£10k financing
🎭Programmed Edinburgh & London
🎤PR Chloé Nelkin Consulting
🎨Mentoring
🎫Paid access performances
⏰Deadline 31 Jan

04/12/2019

Applications for for are open! 🙌 https://hubs.ly/H0m3Qkr0

💸£10k financing
🎭Programmed Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh & London
🎤PR Chloé Nelkin Consulting
🎨Mentoring
🎫Paid access performances
⏰Deadline 31 Jan

Pleasance Futures Patrons and Friends

25/11/2019

Sadiq Khan

Here's what happens when you give a group of young Londoners a week to create short films reflecting social issues that young people currently face in London 🤩

Our filmmakers are so proud of their hard work and of having been part of this inspiring project!

Take a look at their 6 powerful short films here 👉 https://ldn-film-makers.co.uk/films/

Our LDN Filmmakers project gives young Londoners a platform to share their narratives and perspectives. Great to see such a diverse range of writing, directing and editing talent shine bright at today's Genesis cinema screening.

Want to see what our young Londoners have made? All the films are on our website. https://t.co/ieQ5ZKeNpm

19/11/2019

🎨 Interested in influencing what arts and cultural activities are on offer to young people in Wandsworth? If you're between 14 and 21 and live, study or work in the borough, the Creative Youth Panel wants you!

🤩 Applications are open 🤩 https://hubs.ly/H0lSb_Q0

18/11/2019

Our filmmakers Daniel and Matthew and our motion graphics designer Lenia, are back from Shanghai! After 19 long hours back by plane 😲 What's the longest you've ever been on a plane? 🛫

16/11/2019

We hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Going ice-skating, preparing your delicious Sunday roast and strolling around a Christmas market maybe? 🎄 🍲

Our filmmaking and motion graphics dream team that we've sent to Shanghai for a week-long workshop are making the most of their last day in China before heading home 😀

15/11/2019

Happy Friday everyone! With weather like this in the UK, don't you wish you were somewhere else on the other side of the world? This week, 3 of our filmmakers are doing just that! They are in Shanghai for a busy week of animation workshops with some of Qibao Dwight High School's students 😊

We can't wait to hear what they've been up to when they come home 🛫

15/11/2019

🎉 Applications for Young Pleasance Edinburgh 2020 are OPEN 🎉

Aged 16-21? Interested in professional theatre training at Edinburgh Festival Fringe? On & offstage roles available 🙌

👉 https://hubs.ly/H0lPkgc0

Deadline 11 Dec. / All places subsidised by Pleasance Futures Patrons and Friends

14/11/2019

📣 Aged 16-21? Interested in being part of a large professional theatre show? Apply for Young Pleasance Edinburgh 2020, celebrating 25 years at ! 🎉

👉 https://hubs.ly/H0lPfg-0

Deadline 11 Dec. / All places subsidised by Pleasance Futures Patrons and Friends

23/10/2019

Chocolate Films

We won Best business to demonstrate Diversity at the Westminster Business Council Awards 2019 🙌🏾

Thank you Westminster Business Council and big congratulations to our fellow winners Derwent London, WhiteHat Security, Maida Hill Place, Cadventure and Capital Arches Group Ltd !

15/10/2019

Summer Arts 2019 Music Video

The perfect song for Wellness Wednesday, don't you think? 🌞 This wonderful video and its music were created by 10 young people during one of our workshops with Albany Deptford last summer 🎉 https://hubs.ly/H0ldYJp0

14/10/2019

Summer Arts 2019 Music Video

Who said you need a big team and lots of equipment to create a music video? Here's what 10 young people created during one of our workshops with Albany Deptford last summer! Careful, the song will get stuck in your head 😄 https://hubs.ly/H0ldZqS0

09/10/2019

Did you know we are a social enterprise?

When commissioning a video from Chocolate Films or booking a workshop, you are funding an outreach programme for young people who otherwise have no access to gaining creative skills.

By working with Chocolate Films, you support a new, diverse generation of filmmakers. 🙌🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏿

Did you know we are a social enterprise?

When commissioning a video from Chocolate Films Video Production or booking an experience with Chocolate Films Workshops, you are funding an outreach programme for young people who otherwise have no access to gaining creative skills.

By working with Chocolate Films, you support a new, diverse generation of filmmakers. 🙌🙌🏻🙌🏾🙌🏿

08/08/2019

Those are some impressive Lego skills! Welcome to session #2 of our stop-motion animation workshop with Peabody in Westminster 🙌

Today our little animators are learning story development 👨‍🎨👩‍🎨 Stay tuned for masterpieces...

If you're interested, it's not too late! You can find all the details to sign up here https://hubs.ly/H0k92Z00

05/08/2019

🕵️ Looking to get some experience in filmmaking? If you're a 13 to 19*-year-old from Islington, sign up for our free August workshop week to create a short documentary with 1000 Londoners! To register, click here 👉 https://hubs.ly/H0k5Tsw0

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

01/08/2019

If you're aged 13 to 19* and from Islington, we still have spots for you to learn documentary filmmaking with pro filmmakers at our mid-August workshop🤩
Sign up here 🔥 https://hubs.ly/H0k22nz0

Finsbury Park Mosque
Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

29/07/2019

🦊 What do this video and Fantastic Mr. Fox have in common? They were both created through animation! If you want to become a stop-motion animation wizard and you're a 7 to 16*-year-old from Westminster, sign up for our August workshop course 🙌 https

🦊 What do this video and Fantastic Mr. Fox have in common? They were both created through animation! If you want to become a stop-motion animation wizard and you're a 7 to 16*-year-old from Westminster, sign up for our August workshop course 🙌 https://hubs.ly/H0j_bCG0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

29/07/2019

🎬 Are you between 13 and 19* years old? Do you live or study in Islington? Have you always dreamed of becoming a documentary filmmaker? Sign up here for our free workshop week this August to create your very own documentary 🙌 https://hubs.ly/H0j-4m80

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

28/07/2019

🎥 Do you live or study in Westminster? Are you between 7 and 16* years old? And most importantly, do you want to learn how to make stop-motion animation? Sign up to our August workshop course here 💃 https://hubs.ly/H0j-2N30

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

27/07/2019

Calling all young aspiring documentary filmmakers! Come join our free workshop week (12-16 August) and create your very own documentary with 1000 Londoners 🤩
All you need is:
- To be between 13 and 19* years old
- To live/study in Islington

To register, click here 🎉 https://hubs.ly/H0jVw-L0

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

26/07/2019

🎥 Ever wondered what it would be like to work with professional filmmakers and create an animation film? Come to our series of free & inclusive workshops in August for young people from 7 to 16* years old. No previous experience needed, just sign-up and turn up! 🤩 https://hubs.ly/H0jNzm-0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

25/07/2019

Looking for something creative to do in August? If you love filmmaking, you're between 13 and 19 years old and you live/study in Islington, come to our free documentary workshop week!
To register, click here 👉 https://hubs.ly/H0jVtWW0

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

24/07/2019

👩‍🎨 Craft, build and create your own stop-motion animation film with your friends during our "Young Voices" workshops this August! They're free, inclusive and for young people from 7 to 16* years old in Westminster. Sign up here 🙌 https://hubs.ly/H0jNzmY0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

23/07/2019

🎬 Who said filming documentaries is just for adults? If you're a 13- to 19*-year-old from Islington, this is your chance! To register, click here 👉 https://hubs.ly/H0jVtL30

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

22/07/2019

Learn how to make a stop-motion animation film this August in our series of FREE and INCLUSIVE workshops. If you are 7 - 16* years old, sign up and get ready to create a masterpiece 🎥 Click here 👉👉 https://hubs.ly/H0jNzmW0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

21/07/2019

🎬 Looking to get some experience in filmmaking? If you're a 13 to 19*-year-old from Islington, sign up for our free August workshop week to create a short documentary with 1000 Londoners! To register, click here 👉 https://hubs.ly/H0jP5740

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

20/07/2019

🐕 Ever wondered how Isle of Dogs was put together? Wonder no more, our professional filmmakers will be delivering a series of FREE stop-motion animation workshops during the month of August in the borough of Westminster for young people from 7 to 16*. To sign up click here 👉👉 https://hubs.ly/H0jNtwQ0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)

19/07/2019

Do you dream of becoming a documentary filmmaker? If you're between 13 and 19* years old and you live or study in Islington, register for our free August workshop week to create a short documentary with 1000 Londoners! 🎥 Book your spot here 🙌 https://hubs.ly/H0jNTjT0

Angel Shed Theatre Company
Young Actors Theatre Islington
Mixed Martial Arts for Reform And Progression - mmarap
St Mellitus Organ Project
The Ben Kinsella Trust ‏

(*Up to 25 with SEND)

18/07/2019

Tell your friends and your friend’s friends that stop-motion animation workshops are coming to the borough of Westminster in Pimlico this summer, all ages from 7 to 16* are welcome! To sign up click here 🤸‍♀️ https://hubs.ly/H0jNv7_0

Peabody
(* Up to 25 years old with SEND)