Hello, my name is Sasha, I am sixteen years old and I was lucky to be selected along with 23 other young filmmakers to be on the directing crew of Project Paradiso!
I have always loved films and storytelling: there is probably a video somewhere floating around my parents' phones of me as a 3 year old begging to be behind the camera rather than in front of it when they tried to film me to give news of my life to my grandparents; I also have hundreds of stories and poems I wrote as a child stored in a box in my room.
From the beginning of my life telling stories and creating art has always been my passion; and going to Young Film Academy's summer camps increased my dedication to this craft even more, as I was able to access quality equipment to make my visons come to life.
The film industry is a challenging one to break through, and now that I am certain it is the thing i would like to do for the rest of my life, Project Paradiso could catapult me and every single person in this project straight into its exciting center. This film would be run through festivals and could help us prove ourselves and give us a kickstart to our careers.
I know that every person who has been selected for this project is so incredibly passionate about film, and any donation to reach my goal of £3750, even as small as a pound can help a couple of film nerds create something beautiful.