ROCKET FUEL: Jordon Scott Kennedy on Capturing Childhood Magic Through a Working-Class Lens

Back in October, we headed to the Bolton Film Festival (a favourite, regular stop for us on the UK film festival circuit) to sit on the jury as one of the partners for the inaugural Slick Films Fund live pitch event. Of the five Filmmakers pitching their projects in the hopes of walking away with the £10K Grand Prize, it was Bradford-based filmmaker Jordon Scott Kennedy’s estate-set, kitchen-sink science fiction comedy Rocket Fuel, that won the room for the live audience and jury alike. Soon after his Slick Films Fund win, the BBC came calling! Having presided over the live pitch event and with Rocket Fuel recently premiering on BBC Three and now available for all to watch on iPlayer, Sarah caught up with Jordan for a chat about getting Rocket Fuel off the ground and on to the screens of a major broadcaster.
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