PQA’s 5 Week Film Challenge is iconic and the entries to the first challenge of 2026 did not disappoint. We had cake baking aliens and cheeky sock dogs, an abundance of mysteries to solve and trips to other planets, and also an oddly large amount of cheese…
Congratulations to everyone who took part this spring, the judges were particularly impressed with the creative uses students have come up with to incorporate their given prop into the storyline.
Well done to the five winning films that will be screened at the PQA Film Festival later this year!
Overall Winner
Take It Cheesy – PQA Ashford AM Red Group
Red Winner
Cheese Quest – PQA Rochester PM
Blue Winner
The Magic Market – PQA Ipswich PM
Green Winner
Buckaroos – PQA Wickford AM
Whole Academy Winner
Mr Happy Funny Cakez – PQA Swindon
Runner-Ups
Sole City – PQA Pontefract PM Red
Portal Chaos – PQA Rochester AM Red
Full Circle – PQA Colchester Friday Blue
Sabotage – PQA Bolton Blue
Why Am I Here? – PQA Brighton West AM Green
Detective Bobby and the Cheese Thief – PQA Pontefract AM Whole
Highly Commended
A Bad Day To Go To A Pub Quiz – PQA Stoke-on-Trent Blue
Cheddar – PQA Worthing Blue
Loconuts – PQA Wickford PM Red
Planet Pineapple – PQA Tunbridge Wells AM Blue
Sock Puppet Magic – PQA Ipswich AM Blue
The Girl With The Pink Beret – PQA Woodford Blue
The Great Sandwich Shop Robbery – PQA Maidstone Green
The Great Zoo Escape – PQA Leighton Buzzard AM Green
The Mystery Of The Amulet – PQA Stoke-on-Trent Red
The Never Ending Search – PQA Colchester Sat AM Blue
The Oven Thieves – PQA Denbigh Full Academy
The Tale Of Green Paint – PQA Tunbridge Wells PM Blue
When The Lights Go Out – PQA Brighton West PM Red
Whisky Business – PQA Pontefract PM Blue
You can watch all the entries on the PQATV YouTube channel as the link below: