THE red carpet is calling for a Barnsley girl whose documentary is to be shown at the Cannes film festival.
Talented Emma Mitchell has directed Junction 42, a short documentary named after a charity which supports ex-convicts who are born again Christians.
In a few weeks’ time the 22-year-old will be mingling with the Hollywood elite in Cannes after the documentary was accepted for the Short Film Corner at the iconic festival. She is hoping it will catch the eye of a distributor.
Emma, of Highstone Avenue, Worsbrough Common, made the 15 minute film with the help of boyfriend Sean Usher and friend Rebecca Pink. They decided to enter it into Cannes ‘on a whim’ and Emma couldn’t believe her eyes when she got an email saying it had been accepted to the week long festival which starts on May 16.
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