Young filmmakers and their families gathered at the Peel Centenary Centre for an awards screening of short films they had produced for the One World Centre’s ’It’s Not Fair!’ competition.

Each year the One World Centre challenges primary schools to devise and create a short film of no more than four minutes on a global interpretation of fairness.

Award winners this year were a class of five to seven year olds from Bunscoill Ghaelgagh who explored inequality through the use of the story of The Little Red Hen and Sulby School’s 11-year-olds, who compared the everyday choices enjoyed by children in the Isle of Man to those faced by children living in poverty or who have been forced to flee their homes.

The winning teams were awarded a certificate, a commemorative clapperboard and a book on global citizenship before enjoying the screening of some short films created by young people in other parts of the world, including an animation made by Syrian refugee children.

One World Centre coordinator Wendy Shimmin said: ’It’s always exciting to see the children’s films on a big screen, for us as well as the students.

’Young people often have an acute sense of fairness and natural justice so the It’s Not Fair! competition is a great opportunity to get them thinking about inequality at a global level. They never fail to surprise us with their creative responses.’

Telecom company Sure has sponsored the It’s Not Fair! competition since its inception in 2013.