Deaf Haringey pupils reach film awards with first animation

Priya Nair Author 2026-05-26 20:09 3 min read

By the demoduck.co.uk newsroom

Published: 26 May 2026

Five young pupils from Haringey are preparing for a red-carpet moment after their first animated short film was nominated for a national film award.

Iris, JJ, Leo, Liya and Skyler, all Year 1 pupils at Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Children, have been shortlisted in the Best Animation: 5-11 category at this year’s Into Film Awards. Their film, The Weather, grew out of classroom learning and was made during Deaf Studios lessons.

Haringey pupils turn a weather lesson into animation

The children had been studying the weather when they chose to turn what they had learned into a short animated story. The Weather follows a girl through the familiar British experience of “four seasons in a day”, using the changing conditions as the spine of the film.

None of the five pupils had filmmaking experience before the project. The school said they experimented with film as part of their lessons, including creating the soundtrack themselves with instruments and objects.

That detail matters for the film’s local story. This was not a polished industry workshop handed to children as a finished template; it was a school project shaped by young pupils testing movement, sound and storytelling for the first time.

Blanche Nevile School’s film reaches a national shortlist

Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Children is based in Haringey and supports deaf pupils across early years, primary and secondary education. The nomination places the pupils’ work alongside films made by young people from across the United Kingdom.

The Into Film Awards are designed to showcase children and young people’s creativity in film. This year’s entries include a range of formats, from light-hearted comedy to documentary work, with nominees selected from hundreds of submissions.

For a group of Year 1 pupils, the nomination brings their classroom work into a much wider setting. Their short film now sits in a national awards category judged not by age alone, but by how young people use film to tell a story.

The Weather puts sound and texture at the centre

The source material describes The Weather as an animated feature about a girl enduring classic British weather. The pupils’ own soundtrack gives the film an extra layer of authorship, because they were not only arranging images but thinking about how weather should sound.

In early-years filmmaking, that combination is often where the learning sits: choosing what to show, deciding how movement changes a scene, and matching sound to action. For deaf pupils, a studio setting can also make visual rhythm, physical objects and vibration part of the creative process.

The nomination recognises the finished film, but it also points to the wider value of film education in schools. Animation allows very young children to build a complete story from small choices: a character, a setting, a change in weather, a sound, a reaction.

Red carpet ceremony set for Leicester Square

The awards ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday 16 June 2026 at the ODEON Luxe Cinema in Leicester Square. The five Haringey pupils are expected to attend the red-carpet event, where the winners will be announced.

The Into Film Awards have previously been attended by well-known figures from the film industry, including actors and performers from British and international cinema. The awards are sponsored by the UK film industry and run by Into Film, a film education charity supported by the British Film Institute through National Lottery funding.

Iris, JJ, Leo, Liya and Skyler are nominated in the Best Animation: 5-11 category for The Weather, with the ceremony due to take place on 16 June 2026.

Source: Haringey Council

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