Fifteen-year-old Eden Quine-Taylor from Crickhowell High School has won Best Film award, at this year’s “Oscars” for young British filmmakers. Eden’s short film, ‘I’m the One’, which can be viewed on the Into Film website, is a poetic and impressively staged one-shot film, illustrating how we all have our own stories and issues to deal with.

Eden said: “I’m delighted to have won such a prestigious award. Being able to have my work seen by industry professionals is so very exciting! Making films has always been my passion. I can’t see myself doing anything else!”

All winners of the 2020 Into Film Awards were announced as part of a virtual ceremony hosted by David Walliams on Wednesday 11 November for film education charity, Into Film. The ceremony was due to take place in the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, in March, but due to Covid-19 developments the live event could not take place.

Commenting on the filmmaking process, Eden said: “We can all be judgemental at times and I wanted to create a film that would encourage the audience to think about their actions and their thoughts behind them. I wanted to capture this film on one-take with a steadicam, and that took a lot of practice, choreography and a team of patient actors! The choreography was difficult to get my head around at first, there was only one day and one time slot to shoot so I spent months up at the location just practising and practising until I found the correct route. This was also the very first time I had used a steadicam and it took a huge amount of practice!”

Eden was one of five nominees at this year’s UK-wide star-studded Into Film Awards – a record number of nominations for Wales - with Timm Dadds from Swansea and Hedydd Ioan from Gwynedd also winning ’Teacher of the Year’ and ’One to Watch’ respectively.

Britain’s Got Talent host and children’s author David Walliams said: “I love the Into Film Awards because it gives the opportunity to young people, from all kinds of backgrounds, to be a part of the film industry. As an actor, these young people are the future, and you want them to give you a job one day! Anything that encourages creativity is important, we have an amazing film industry in this country which is often ignored by politicians and we need to support it. Into Film is an amazing charity."

The Into Film Awards, now in its seventh year, celebrates young people’s creativity in film, showcasing and highlighting the wealth of tomorrow’s creative talent across the UK. It also gives recognition to educators who use film as an education tool. Previously, Welsh actors Rhys Ifans and Luke Evans have presented awards at the star-studded ceremonies in London.

Non Stevens, head of Into Film Cymru, said: “The aim of the UK-wide Awards is to promote the power of film and highlight how the scope of Into Film work can contribute to the educational, cultural and personal development of children and young people. We are delighted that, this year, we have a record number of nominations from Wales, demonstrating that we are punching above our weight as a small nation. Eden’s film is fantastic and I’m thrilled that she’s won ’Best Film’ in what is a UK-wide competition."

The much-loved Into Film Awards highlight the power of film in young people’s education and cultural lives and are made possible with the support of sponsorship from the UK film industry and by the BFI through National Lottery funding. National Lottery players raise £30 million each week for good causes throughout the UK.

For full details about the awards, visit: www.intofilm.org/awards