Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — Graduation film successes Filipiñana continues its incredible award-winning festival run, this month winning both the Best Film, International Competition, and the George Lucas Grand Prix for Best of Show at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021. Filipiñana is now eligible for the Live Action Short Film Academy Award entry 2022!

Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — Graduation film successes Macchiato has reached the Finalist stage of the GSA BAFTA Student Awards. Huge congratulations to Dir. Prospero Pensa, DoP Fryas Slaiman, AD Zhizi Hao, and the rest of the crew. Landing Point (Dir. Hong Cheng) and Some Manifestations of the South (Dir. …

Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — Graduation film successes Berlinale award-winning Filipiñana continues its incredible festival run with upcoming screenings at Prague International Short FF, Sheffield Shorts FF, Ecofalante Short FF, Fresh Wave International Short FF, Short Shorts International Film Festival, and Vienna International Short Film Festival. …

Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — Highlights Announced as a BAFTA nominee is the latest feature Moffie by alumnus Oliver Hermanus. The film is up for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Graduation film Summer Shade (wri/dir Shira Haimovici, DoP. Tamas Apor Meder, co-prod. …

On filmmaking with Crohn’s Disease, seeking financial support, and being a film school student during a global pandemic — Remi Moses is a British-born filmmaker, currently studying MA Filmmaking at London Film School. …

Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — School updates If you missed the Graduate Showcase, you can still access our PDF copy of our Showcase Book here. Our application deadlines have shifted slightly, in response to both the UK government’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and a high demand to study with us. Please note the dates below, contact…

Our monthly London Film School community updates from students, alumni, and staff — School highlights Our first ever online Graduate Showcase took place in January, sponsored by Panalux, Final Draft, and Sargent Disc. For one week, invited audiences logged in from across the globe to watch MA Filmmaking graduate films (totalling a remarkable collective viewing time of 900 hours), read reels of MA Screenwriting scripts…

Jack Cameron, One Room With a View writer, discusses how Embrace of the Serpent subverts the typical hero’s journey — Tales of adventure and exploration in the jungle have long captured the Western imagination. Sailing down river from familiarity into mystery is a typical story which provides a perfect frame for the Hero’s Journey, a structure of myth popularised by Joseph Campbell in the 1940s. …

Anna McKibbin, writer for One Room With a View, discusses loneliness, family, and the affects of changing seasons — In Nora Ephron’s New York, the passing of the seasons is not just an excuse for long scarves and picturesque snow, it is a fundamental part of how her character dynamics are shaped and reshaped. …