Terms & Conditions Film School Reveals Three Short Docs From Aspiring Filmmakers

Terms & Conditions Film School Reveals Three Short Docs From Aspiring Filmmakers


January 21, 2021

In February last year The Terms & Conditions Film School released Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story, a feature-length documentary that set out to dissect UK drill's negative reputation and shine a more positive light on the scene. The film school, which launched in November as a partnership between Livity Studios and YouTube Originals, is now continuing in that vein with a trio of short docs from emerging filmmakers.

The three short films were selected from a total of 150 applicants. Of those, 15 students were picked to attend a weekend of workshops where they studied storytelling and filmmaking. Those lucky enough to be there were treated to insight from Terms & Conditions director Brian Hill and producer Kandice Abiola; director Olivia Rose; YouTube music journalist Mr Montgomery; TikTok's head of UK artist partnerships, David Mogendorff; LinkUp TV creative director, Jordan Boza; and YouTube Originals' head of originals, Luke Hyams.

The first of the three films is Dare To Dream by filmmaker Naomi Grant, a deconstruction of "the hypermasculine stereotypes that society forces on young Black men". The second is Life Of Lid by nineteen-year-old music video director Ellis Harvey, which follows the experiences of Lid, a young, gay, female rapper who grew up in care. The third and final film is Try And Stop Me from first-time documentary maker Stephanie Okereafor, which stars Lioness in an examination of the challenges faced by female rappers working in UK music.

Watch all three below.



Words: James Keith
Photography: Tabz Wilson


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