Name

First Name

Keith

Last Name

Allott

Username

badshoes

About Me

Role

Director / Producer / Editor / DP / Writer / Script Editor

Company

Badshoes Film

Biography

Award-winning narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaker and producer, creating films shown in film festivals including BAFTA qualifiers Aesthetica and Encounters since 1997.

Established own production company, Badshoes Film in 2010. Working with young filmmakers, community organisations, learning institutions, local authority and national organisation commissions across the UK. Former manager of Leicester’s Community Studios and former Chair of Leicester filmmaker’s forum, Seven / Five.

Teacher of film theory and practice with De Montfort University International College, University of Leicester and the BFI.

Producer of young filmmakers work assisting them to over thirty awards and over a hundred festival appearances including BAFTA qualifier London Short Film Festival and Oscar Qualifier Seattle International Film Festival.

Winning awards as a teacher and producer of students work including the 2015 Into Film Best Film by Under 12’s category and 2019 Into Film Best Film by 12-15 year olds and Best Film by 16 to 19 year olds and nominated for Best Under 12’s Live Action Film in 2018 all screened at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square.

Winner of two British Youth Council awards for innovation for the project ‘How Will You Hear Me?’ and currently featuring as part of the Public Health England’s new national Psychological First Aid training for people supporting children and young people affected by Covid-19 with recent film ‘Was Not Heard’.