38th edition
17-25 january 2026

National Achievement Day

Ben Hopkins

Image National Achievement Day
United Kingdom
1995 Fiction 27 min
Heinrich, Zog, Togo and Sue do not achieve much. However, they live with the sole idea that one day they will change everything, on "National Achievement Day".
With : Barry Wallman, Hayley Carmichael, Tony Curran, Togo Igawa
Screenplay : Ben Hopkins
Image : Julian Court
Sound : Ben Hopkins
Music : Simon Fisher Turner
Editing : Alan Levy
Decors : David Hill
Ben Hopkins was born in Hong Kong in 1969. After studying languages at Oxford, he went on to teach Italian. He then went to the RCAwhere he made two films, which won awards at various festivals. "National Achievment Day" is his graduation film.