Bonfires,
thieving and love in Halifax. An award-winning hybrid of documentary
and drama that lets teenagers act out their lives in a West Yorkshire
council estate.
Trevor is a typical seventeen year old dosser living on a housing
estate in the North of England. He smokes ‘blow’,
joyrides and burgles houses, and also writes poetry. His muse is
his next door neighbour, sixteen year old Amie. Every morning he
works on a poem that will express his feelings and maybe win
Amie’s heart.
However, Trevor is no Tom Cruise, and Amie is
already pregnant by another man. Trevor’s losing streak
continues when one of the houses he burgles belongs to Amie’s
favourite granddad. Trevor decides to give up his life of crime
and go straight, so he gets a job in a chicken factory. Can
Trevor stick it out and prove he can be a suitable father for
Amie’s child?
Twockers places authentic characters, situations and places in a
fictional framework. By acting out their real life adventures
Trevor and his friends give us an insight into what it feels like to be
young and have dreams on a drab council estate with no way out.
“How Windfall’s latest film defies the conventions of both
documentary AND drama set tongues wagging at this year’s
Sheffield documentary festival”