A pair of young Lewisham film makers were given the audience's most popular film award at a popular premiere 

Daisy Japes-Wattam, 18, from Telegraph Hill and Liam Abbott, 18, from Telegraph Hill, premiered their short film, Pushing Daisies - Seeing Red, as part of a screening of student films produced by BFI Film Academy on Sunday (February 11) at the Rich Mix Arts Centre in Bethnal Green.

Premiered to an audience of over 100 people, Pushing Daisies - Seeing Red was described as an emotional and thought-provoking story of a young man who is battling his demons.

Their premiere was held to celebrate the achievement of students at the academy, where Pushing Daisies - Seeing Red, won the audience vote as their favourite film.

Liam said: "The past three months with Eastside at BFI Film Academy have been great, I've really enjoyed the process of meeting new people and working on my skills - particularly editing!

"The Screening on Sunday was a super way to all come together to show our achievements in our own premiere.

"All the films were an amazing display of what our generation can do."

Daisy said: "The BFI film Academy was an amazing opportunity where I was allowed to express my talent and craft my skills and the screening was a great experience as it was really good to celebrate the films and journey that we had all taken."

Throughout the three month Film Academy course, students met a range of professionals working in every area of the film industry and participated in workshops and masterclasses to develop their skills.

They then worked in five small groups to develop, script, shoot and edit their original ideas to produce films that explore a variety of different genres including psychological thrillers, documentaries and romantic comedies.

Following the premiere, Liam and Daisy are now working with Tug Agency to learn more about promoting and distributing their films digitally.