Former New City College Havering Sixth Form student and talented film-maker, Max Roach, won two honours at a prestigious national online film awards presentation attended by movie director Edgar Wright and US actor Michael Sheen.
Max, who studied the Creative Media TV & Film BTEC and A Level Film Studies while at the sixth form in Hornchurch, was named Overall Winner for his film Lift-Off, which also scooped the award for Best Film/TV Extract at the WJEC Eduqas Moving Image Awards Ceremony.
The presentation was streamed online from YouTube, where Sara Pascoe, herself an ex-Havering Sixth Form student, presented Max his first award, saying: “I’m delighted to announce that the winner is Max Roach from Havering Sixth Form, which is my old college – a crazy coincidence – congratulations Max you are doing Essex proud!”