The films selected for the 2014 competition will be shown at The Alhambra on Saturday 1st March at 3:30pm where the winners will be announced and presented with their prizes.
This year we have selected four films, one winner and three highly commended in each category. At the screening one film will also be selected for the Audience Award.
Two people dig up a chest in a field as their perceived humanity begins to unravel.
Set on the River Eden in the 18th century, a young girl learns the truth about her father's dangerous trade and sets out on a mission to save her family.
When Olivia finds herself faced with homelessness, she begins to see parallels with Dickensian Britain. This film aims to challenge the stereotyping of young people within the young peoples community in Wigton.
Joe Beaumont fell 40 feet from a crag in Eskdale and suffered multiple and complex injuries. The Eskdale mountain rescue team saved his life. Since the fall and while 'in the frame' that is re-building his right leg, Joe has completed an epic fund-raising climb, canoe, walk and cycle ride part of which was the challenge to once again climb Little Chamonix in Borrowdale.
Charlotte has been set a last task to complete by her mother. Reluctantly and brutally early one keen autumn morning Charlotte leaves her family slumbering and ventures into the inspirational beauty of the Cumbrian fells. One Last Walk charts her mini adventures and remembrances of her life's relationship with Sheila, her larger than life mother.