Shorts 2: Decisions

14+ years

“Decisions” revolves around the topic of decision making and consequences. When coming of age young people often face situations where they have to show responsibilty for their own actions – sometimes without the help of friends and parents. The students will discuss about the presentation of the different situations and decisions that were or weren’t made in the short films and what the alternatives could be.

Teenager Zoe succeeds is juggling her GCSE retakes, her supermarket job and her commitments to her friends. She spends her free time in the park drinking with her mates instead of studying. But she knows she is headed for failure, and when her results come through she’s forced to make some tough decisions.  At 17, she throws herself into her retakes, but neglects her former life, a change her friends find difficult to accept. On the eve of a crucial coursework deadline, she is dumped by her boyfriend and betrayed by her best friend. It’s a dark moment for Zoe as she is faced with sacrificing the life she knows for the life she really wants.

Jade is young and pretty, and she is caught in a dilemma of her own making. Realising that she is pregnant , she struggles to choose the right path to get her out of this situation.  It becomes apparent to her, though, that she may have no choice at all.

Simon’s brother Mark suffers from Fragile X Syndrome. Simon believes his failure to lead a normal adolescent life is solely down to his brother’s disability.