LFS partners with ENO on Mini Operas

PRESS RELEASE 
ENO announces Mini Operas: A Worldwide Online Talent Search to Inspire People to Create Opera
ENO announces Mini Operas, a world-wide, online search for composers, writers and film
makers that will seek out emerging opera talent of the future from across the world. Three
competitions to find future stars of all the components of creating an opera will be launched
online allowing everyone to submit entries for one or more categories.

Kemal Akhtar's MANDELA'S CHILDREN at Brighton Film Festival


Mandela's Children, co-directed and co-produced by LFS graduate Kemal Akhtar, screens at Brighton Film Festival with a special panel discussion. Other alumni involved in the film were Charles C.Meyer, Ralph Messer and Henrik Norrthon

LFS/Time Out Live event with Mike Leigh & Lesley Manville on 25 April almost sold out

Book now for our inaugural LFS/Time Out Live event. Tickets are selling fast.

LFS/Time Out present London Film Society Live 

Mike Leigh and Lesley Manville "On Screen Acting"

Oliver Hermanus's BEAUTY and Ryan Andrews' ELFIE HOPKINS open in UK cinemas this week

There are features by two LFS grads opening in cinemas this week -

BEAUTY directed by Oliver Hermanus.

Ann Hui's A SIMPLE LIFE wins five top prizes at Hong Kong Film Awards

LFS graduate Ann Hui won five of the top prizes at the Hong Kong Film Awards. With this win, Ann Hui became the No.1 director in Hong Kong Film Awards history. She has received four best director gongs – previous three awards went to her "Boat People" (1982), "Summer Snow" (1994) and "The Way We Are" (2008). "A Simple Life" was also her fourth best film awards, the previous three being "Boat People" (1982), "Summer Snow" (1994) and "Ordinary Heroes" (1998).

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