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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sarah Lumley

Jamaican-British director wins new film competition challenging 'offensive' stereotypes

A new national film competition has launched aimed at challenging “offensive” movie stereotypes – with the film entries all developed based on public Tweets.

The M&M’s #FilmsYouWantToSee campaign was created to champion a sense of belonging for all in the arts and entertainment space, and participants were tasked with creating a film concept based on a post they had read on Twitter.

The final of the inaugural #FilmsYouWantToSee competition was held at M&M's World in London yesterday (Thurs) – and the winning director was awarded £25,000 to bring her film concept to life.

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