Welcome to Sharp Shotz 

Sharp Shotz has been established to provide young people with exciting possibilities to gain new skills and experiences.

The Sharp Shotz Animation Competition 

Sharp Shotz is back for it's third amazing year, and for the first time we are going regional working together with Animated Exeter and taking the competition across the South West. 

Aardman Animations and the University of the West of England are with us again providing their incredible range of support to the competition.

Exciting new additions include a range of a new learning opportunities for schools and youth groups to take advantage of due to a new partnership with the Nilaari Drug Agency. And Sharp Shotz has Teamed up with At Bristol and the Encounters Short Film Festival to offer an incredible range of workshops at the new Animate It! Exhibition during the brand new Encounters Young Peoples Film Festival

  The competition was established to provide an exciting opportunity to be creative and raise awareness of the consequences of guns, knives and drugs. Watch the Winning Films...

Sharp Shotz Unsigned

Now going into it's second year Sharp Shotz Unsigned is a music competition for young, unsigned musicians. The competition is being run nationally, in partnership with the renowned Real World Studios. As with the Sharp Shotz Animation Competition, Sharp Shotz Unsigned is about promoting creativity and positive choices. Listen to the Winning Title Tracks...

 The Sharp Shotz Team

The young people who are the essential element in Sharp Shotz's development.  Find out more...