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The Award gives a fully-funded place worth £23,000 on the LFA’s 12-month practical and fully comprehensive Filmmaking Diploma.
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Producer, Daniel-Konrad Cooper talks to our students about his unique journey from an Assistant to Producer.
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Make a short film over 4 weeks this September!
4 - 29 September 2017
Includes a Masterclass with Director, Neil Mcenery-West and Writer, David Lemon. You can also attend the LFA 15th Anniversary Showcase at the BFI Southbank.
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LFA had the honor of welcoming Roger Graef to host the graduation showcase of the 6-week Documentary Certificate course.
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Great to hear that BAD SALSA by LFA Screenwriting tutor, Kay Stonham, will soon be back for a third series on BBC Radio 4.
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LFA producing tutor, Geoff Austin executive produces 'INTERLUDE IN PRAGUE'
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Ed Clark has worked for numerous UK TV companies including: BBC, Red Productions, ITV and on famous name series, including 'Happy Valley' and 'Marcella". He recently completed work on his first feature ‘Mindhorn’ (2016).
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With big name films, 'The Martian', 'Prometheus', '47 Ronin' and Ridley Scott's epic 3D 'Exodus' already to his name, we hear that London Film Academy's own, Claudio Napoli has just completed work on the latest Transformers: The Last Knight.
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LFA Filmmaking Diploma graduate, and 1st Assistant Director, Alex Stein pays a visit.
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LFA Students take advantage of new Italian student funding programme: "Torno Subito"
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Ever thought you'd like a career in the music video business? The inspiring story of Carly Cussen (Filmmaking Certificate graduate) should be inspiration enough...
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What are you doing this summer? Why not take a week or two to learn, enhance or advance your skills in filmmaking? We are currently enrolling for short courses in June, July and August.
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Our Filmmaking Diploma graduate Vicky Wong Wai-Kit, Hong Kongese crime thriller ‘Trivisa’ (directed by Vicky) wins 5 awards: the Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor and Best Editing at the 36th 香港電影金像獎 Hong Kong Film Awards (equivalent to the American Academy Awards Oscars and the British BAFTAs)
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Many congratulations to Filmmaking Diploma graduates, John Danvoye and Alastair Train, whose films, REPOSSESSED and OSTEOPATHY have both made the official selection for the London Independent Film Festival 2017, and were produced with the help of London Film Academy.
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The work of Filmmaking Diploma graduate, AVRIL FURNESS, has been featured in WIRED MAGAZINE in an interesting article discussing her virtual reality film THE LAST MOMENTS.
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Exciting news: Students enrolling on the May 2017 intake of our 12-month Filmmaking Diploma will be attending the Encounters Film Festival.
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Exciting graduate news from Hong Kong as Director, Vicky Wong Wai-Kit, Filmmaking Diploma graduate, wins Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing for edgy crime thriller, TRIVISA (2016)
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We are delighted to welcome Creative Producer, Thembisa Cochrane as a new tutor on our production courses this year. Thembisa is an independent producer with various international films in development with UK, South African and Australian talent.
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'White Colour Black' film by LFA Graduate, Joseph Adesunloye will make its USA premiere this month at the 25th Pan African Film & Arts Festival
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Great excitement at LFA as one of our 2016 Filmmaking Diploma graduation films finds more festival success and is selected for the Exposure Short Film Festival in Glasgow starting this weekend.
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JP Gossart, Cinematographer and 2nd Unit Director of Photography on 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' inspires current students with tales of his journey into filmmaking since graduating from LFA
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Human Postcards web series - Nora Jacquad, Documentary Certificate graduate has created a fascinating web series of 60-second video portraits of everyday people. Here she talks at a TEDx event, sharing some of what she has learnt during the making of the series.
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'Soho Jimbo' is part of a new action film project, shot over just two days, and produced by Christine Cheung, one of our two-week Filmmaking Foundation graduates.
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BFI Film Academy young filmmakers graduate with an LFA Cinema screening of their finished films.
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Award-winning writer of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', Olivia Hetreed, delivers fascinating Masterclass to our Screenwriting Diploma students.
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Staff and students were excited to welcome top camera operator, Philip Sindall who came in to give a Masterclass to our Filmmaking Diploma and Filmmaking Certificate students last week
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A darkly comic short film, 'Suicide Hotline' by LFA Filmmaking Diploma Graduate - Philip Clyde-Smith has made the official selections for the London Short Film Festival 2017
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Sporting triumphs! LFA crew film CRISTIANO RONALDO, DANI ALVES, LIONEL MESSI& NEYMAR for Egyptian TV
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It's been a great year
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'Seer: Death Sight', by Sri Lankan writer and director, and LFA Filmmaking Diploma graduate, Sandun Seneviratne is the latest web series to take the world by storm - with fight sequences filmed in the LFA studio.
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Fantastic news that our Filmmaking Diploma graduate, Jean Philippe Gossart, was second unit Director of Photography on JK Rowling's latest blockbuster, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'.
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Exciting news from LFA Filmmaking Diploma graduate, and Editor, Lior Linevitz.
Lior now works for Fulwell 73 Productions the company behind the new film 'I Am Bolt' which will preview at a charity screening on 3 December at 18:30 in the Everyman Cinema in Belsize Park.
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Four of Britain's brightest new filmmakers shortlisted for UK film's biggest bursary.
LFA Filmmaking Diploma graduate, Joseph Adesunloye, is up for prestigious £50,000 award from the BFI Film Fund for his shortlisted film, 'White Colour Black'.
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LFA Filmmaking Diploma student film 'Charlie'; has been selected for Screamfest Horror Film Festival 2016 in Los Angeles.
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'The Swing of It' is a new British short film that takes a humorous look at sex among the over-sixties and is to receive its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
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LFA is delighted to partner with the BFI to deliver a new course that is designed to offer the perfect way to introduce young people to practical filmmaking. Aimed at 16 - 19 year olds living in South, West or South West London, the course is open to talented teenagers from all backgrounds who are interested in pursuing a career in the film industry.
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LFA will award a talented individual a chance to study on the LFA's prestigious one-year Filmmaking Diploma starting 26 September 2016, with £5000 towards the course fees.
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After screening at 50 film festivals worldwide, the comedy short won 6 awards in total, including Best Story at the FEC Festival, European Short Film Festival and Best Short Film at the FEST New Directors New Films Festival
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After London Asian Festival, Los Angeles Cine Fest and Cannes, the socio-political comedy, Let's Talk About It! will now travel to Prague.
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Production sound recordist and mixer, Ray Beckett, returned to London Film Academy on 30 June 2016 to lead a masterclass for our Filmmaking Diploma students.
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Congratulations to writer and director Esra Vesu Ozcelik, our Filmmaking Diploma Graduate for winning the Best Foreign Film for her feature 'Hicran and Melek' at FEMALE EYE FILM festival in Toronto.
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An award-winning feature documentary 'The Challenge: My Ironman Dad' shot (DOP'd) by Geoffrey Sentamu our Filmmaking Diploma graduate is premiering exclusively in the UK on Discovery Channel on Sunday 19 June 2016 at 19.30.
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Know a teenager desperate to become the next Tarantino? We might just have the answer. London Film Academy launch their Young Filmmakers' Academy this summer. A two week course aimed at teenagers from 13 to 17 years old and designed to give them the practical skills to get working on their first film projects.
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Filmmaking Diploma Graduate, Leonardo Machado's documentary named Sunday Times, critic's choice.
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LFA was helping vlogger Parris #ELTE and his team with a great prank this week. It was a stunt surrounding the release of FRIEND REQUEST, the latest Warner Bros. horror film.
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London Film Academy Feature in Fulham Residents' Journal - April Issue
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'Keep Calm & Carry On', directed by Stan Valroff has been selected by Tres Court International Film Festival in France.
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Two LFA Filmmaking Diploma Graduates, Lucyus Ribas and Filippo Mira, have both had their films selected by Flicks International.
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If you have a brilliant script and want to get it read by top people in the industry, this festival offers a great opportunity to do just that. Discount entry available here...
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Many congratulations to LFA guest tutor, Asif Kapadia and his team for their deserved win for 'Amy' at the Oscars last night.
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Screenwriting Foundation Graduate Anna Smoliy has written an extensive blog about her recent experience at London Film Academy
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BFI Southbank, 6 November 2015
Esteemed Kubrick Producer, Jan Harlan and actor Hannah Arterton presented the Filmmaking Diploma 25 & 26 Graduate Awards for Student of the Year to Francesco Vaira and Giovanni Compagnoni for their outstanding collaborative contribution to filmmaking as voted by their fellow students.
LFA's Screenwriting Diploma Student of the Year was awarded to Chrysanthi Perry.
The Audience Award for Best Film was awarded by Annual Showcase audience members at the NFT screening to Love's Vacuum, directed by Filippo Mira and written by Eli Hart.
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As screenwriters go, Jeffrey Caine is heralded as one of the greats. His screenplay for The Constant Gardner, an adaptation of John Le Carre's best-selling novel, was a multi-award-winning, Oscar success and is noted for its true authenticity to the original text, no mean feat!
Jeffrey Caine will be hosting a Masterclass for LFA Filmmaking and Screenwriting Diploma students on November 12 where he will be discussing his craft and experiences from script to screen.
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The LFA Annual Showcase of graduate films to be presented at NFT 1, BFI Southbank on November 6th. Kubrick producer, Jan Harlan, will be presenting the student awards with actor, Hannah Arterton at the film industry event.
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Wojtek Stuchlik, Beata Rzeźniczek and Ben Brand won the pitching competition at the 6th New Horizons Studio, which is organised by New Horizons Association, London Film Academy and Creative Europe Desk Poland.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Hana Makhmalbaf's film 'London Stories' will be showcased at the Busan's Asian Project Market 2015.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Hana Makhmalbaf unveiled the first details of her upcoming film 'Single Mother' at the Paris Coproduction Village.
The inter-generational drama revolves around a young single mother who leaves her six-year-old daughter in the care of an older woman when she leaves her small town in southern Italy to look for work in the north of the country.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Joshua Carter worked as First Assistant Director on Predator: Dark Ages, a fan-made film.
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Three London FIlm Academy films have been accepted into the 13th annual In The Palace International Film Festival!
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Congratulations Diploma 1 graduate Akbar Allana, whose company GrayScale has been commissioned by HBO to work on their new show 'The Brink'. Premiering in June 2015, the show features Jack Black and Tim Robbins and has been created by Kim & Roberto Benabib.
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Congratulations to Writer/Director Diploma graduate Walter Cabell, whose short film, 'Blanche Dumas from B to Z' starring Hetty Baynes-Russell and Simon Callow, will screen Southend-on-sea Film Festival in May!
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Deepti Ghatge's latest short film 'Aaj chi baat' was featured in The Times of India. Deepti and fellow filmmakers were also discussing the need for the short film genre to be better recognised within the industry.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Richard Hajdu wins the Audience Award for his short film 'S' at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate, Max Williams won the BAFTA for best short animation for his project 'The Bigger Picture'.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Joshua Carter produced a short documentary which was broadcast on Film 4 on January 19th 2015.
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Two of our Filmmaking Diploma graduates won an international commercial competition launched by Barilla, the largest Italian pasta brand. Their video "Spaghetti Connection", running up against other 170 videos, won the 1st place! Congratulations!
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"Paroha" film, created by LFA staff and graduates won the award.
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Sam leads Screenwriting Masterclass for our Screenwriting Diploma and Filmmaking Diploma Students.
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LFA is regarded as one of the most prestigious international film schools in the world,
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We are delighted that Filmmaking Diploma graduates: Tom Rowson and Nick Beasley have been chosen as a part of a nationwide competition to find the UK’s most promising comedy writers without a television commission.
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The 2-week intensive course gets high reviews from Film Studies PhD student
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Filmmaking Diploma graduates bring home 5 awards from this year's Lions Short Film Competition!
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GRADUATE SUCCESS: Filmmaking Diploma Graduate on Ridley Scott's 'Exodus'!
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Congratulations to our Filmmaking Certificate leader Lincoln Ascott who was director of photography on "The Girl in a Bubble". The short managed to screen into the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival and Santa Monica Film Festival.
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FilmLandEmpire talked with MacDonald and Gili for an extended period of time and what is most striking about both women is their absolute delight and interest in what they do. Film making is a passion and not a pure pay cheque even after 12 years, a length of time in which cynicism could so easily set in. There was not even a whiff of a jaded air from either woman. This film writer wanted nothing more than to run off and make a film within the first hour of being in their company. Read on…
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Ever dreamt of becoming a film director? How about switching careers to open your very own film school? Well, ten years ago, that’s what best friends Anna Macdonald and Daisy Gili did.
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GRADUATE SUCCESS: Filmmaking Diploma Graduate wins New Director Award!
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'Stuffed with Love' wins audience award at 48hr Film Project
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Filmmaking Foundation graduate Christine Cheung's production "Woodhouse" screens at the London Film Festival!
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Filmmaking Diploma's "Interference" wins Cinematography award at Encounters!
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Filmmaking Diploma student film ‘Interference’ has been nominated for two NAHEMI awards at the 19th Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduates, Sara Galvao and Yuri Krylov, are among 10 finalists at the EuroShorts film competition.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Michele Fiascaris' feature film FAT CAT has toured the festival scene all around the world and was screened at Cannes Marche du Film 2013.
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Rocky Palladino, Filmmaking Diploma graduate, has been selected for the Directors Lab–program at Binger Filmlab. Within his three-month stay in Amsterdam, he will be given time to work on his screenplay for his feature film. He is currently attending workshops with Judith Weston, Ian Sellar and Mark Travis as well as developing the script with his own personal script consultant.
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Christine Cheung, Filmmaking Foundation graduate, has been selected for the second edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival’s development and mentoring programme for screenwriters, directors and producers.
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Congratulations to Filmmaking Diploma graduate Tejal Patni, award-winning fashion and advertising photographer, who has been named one of 100 hot trendsetters.
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Congratulations to LFA Filmmaking Diploma graduate, Omar Robert Hamilton, on his latest short film 'Though I Know the River is Dry' (Egypt-Palestine-UK), which was nominated for the Tiger Awards for Short Film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013!
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Congratulations to Filmmaking Diploma graduates John Paul Lancaster and Carolina Luna who have been busy with productions in Colombia. They recently worked as local Producers and Researchers on TV documentary 'Lost Kingdoms of South America', which is scheduled to air on BBC4, Monday 28 January at 21.00.
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Congratulations to Filmmaking Diploma graduate Jacqualine Wright who is climbing the ladder of success with her business partner Alice Lowe and their comedy-focused production company Jackal Films.
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LFA graduate and Club Panico@LFA member Roland Holmes is Assistant Producer on 'Life Just Is', the debut feature from Alex Barrett. The World Premiere was this summer at Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it was nominated in the Michael Powell Award Competition.
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Graduate Elena Lopez-brea Sanchez is 1st Assistant Camera on Raindance award-winning comedy web-series 'The Vessel'
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The 12th annual Beirut International Film Festival presented the Gold Aleph Best Documentary goes to LFA student Hana Makhmalbaf's father Mohsen Makhmalbaf with his latest film 'The Gardener'.
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STUDENT SUCCESS! James Larkin, previous Filmmaking Foundation student and also LFA tutor has been nominated for Best British Film with his feature 'City Slacker' at the 20th Raindance Film Festival
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LFA Student Hana Makhmalbaf & father Mohsen Makhmalbaf's film is selected for Busan and Beirut International film festival
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AJ Hordijk, previous LFA Filmmaking Foundation student, wrote and produced his first independent feature, KEY, in LA and has recently found international distribution with Osiris Entertainment.
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Nic Evans' feature film 'Spud' gains release with Universal Pictures
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Writer-Director Diploma is awarded the Creative Skillset Tick.
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Filmmaking Diploma 21 make progress on their 4 minute films
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Vanda Volic graduated from our Documentary Certificate in 2011 and has been selected to participate in the Aristoteles Workshop Association.
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The Weston Mercury wrote an article on Writer-Director Diploma student David Wike returning to his hometown to film the pilot for his screenplay 'Spring in June'.
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Myriam Roelli wins Best Female Movie Scriptwriter & Best First Time Movie Scriptwriter at the American International Film Festival.
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'Moving Earth' Filmmaking Diploma 16 has been selected for the 6th edition of ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival.
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Filmmaking Diploma 15 student film 'Yellow Ribbon' has been selected for the Rome Independent Film Festival
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Michael landed job as 1st Assistant Editor for 'Honeymooner', which has been shown in numerous festivals (incl. Official Selection at Edinburgh Int Film Festival and Chicago Int Film Festival) and now has distribution!
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"I learnt a lot working on FOSTER, certain things were additions to what I’d learned at the LFA and others were new. The main thing that I will always remember is that in the Edit suite structure and organization are key. When assisting having a routine is essential, and always try and improve on yourself. You will get faster at what you do, but never rush! Mistakes cost, aim to deliver quality and accuracy, not just speed...
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Filmmaking Diploma student Yuri Krylov has been working as a video engineer on the new comedy drama feature film 'Foster'
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate Simon Lykke is profiled on the Danish Film Institute's homepage
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Filmmaking Diploma graduate creates two successful virals for Amazon
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Filmmaking Diploma students got the inside information on one of the highest-grossing films of the year when editor Eddie Hamilton visited London Film Academy
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As series 15 of 'A Touch of Frost', the final episodes, is released on DVD, the detective drama's Director of Photography Robin Vidgeon BSC FBKSTS & LFA Tutor tells us what it's been like working on the popular ITV drama
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