Offshoot Films

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Offshoot Films is a Suffolk-based digital media company. [1] Formed in 2006, [2] the company provided film editing facilities for such Australian films as The Last Days of Chez Nous and Spotswood . [3] The company also provided video productions for high schools such as Ipswich High School and Whitton School. [4] One such production, made by students at Sudbury Upper School and Great Cornard Upper School, was a commercial urging high school students to make the choice of post-secondary education or training that best suits them. [5] Offshoot has partnered with primary schools as well to found a project which allows students from the ages of five to eleven create their own films and take them home on DVDs. [6] In June 2009, Offshoot presented a workshop about education and media at Explore and Engage, a Creative and Media Diploma Event hosted by LSN. [7]

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