The three minute epic telling the story of Weymouth’s original holidaymaker King George 3rd and his race through time to save the Olympics will be screened at the Co-operative Film Festival at the National Media Museum in Bradford on October 6th.
The film - dubbed the other King’s speech - was made by a class of year five students at Weymouth’s Beechcroft St Pauls Primary School, working with a team of artists and filmmakers from Dorchester ARTS.
“It’s a huge feather in our cap to be selected for this Festival,” said project co-ordinator Alastair Nisbet. “The children are thrilled that their work will be screened at such a prestigious national event and that it is helping to give Weymouth bay and the Olympic sailing events a national profile.”
“We are now planning a series of follow up films with three more Weymouth and Portland primary schools which will be screened at the Sailing Academy and the big screen on Weymouth beach next summer.”
The Sadness of King George was supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s First Light Initiative, the Weymouth and Portland Partnership, Departure Arts, Beechcroft St Pauls Primary and Dorchester Arts.
