Meet 2 young London filmmakers competing at the city's film festival
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Young filmmakers are hoping to make their mark at this year's Forest City Youth Film Festival (FCYFF) when it kicks off in October.
Organizers say it's the most competitive selection process to-date, with 75 entries submitted across seven categories that include narrative, experimental and the newly added 'music video' category.
CBC London met up with two finalist from London who hope their storytelling will have impact.
Mason Cline, a grade 12 student at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School, is a finalist in the narrative category for his short film The Angel in the Alleyway.
"It's about a homeless addict in downtown London and he is roaming the streets and searching for something that he is in need of. Once he finds the thing that he's in need of, things start to get a little weird," Cline said.
The teen filmmaker says his inspiration for this story came from his daily walks in downtown London.
"With downtown London, there tends to be a pretty big drug problem. I wanted to make a movie about that but in a happier and less gritty way."