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London Film School announces year-long digital archive release to mark 70th anniversary
London Film School (LFS) today announces a year-long YouTube archive series to mark its 70th anniversary in 2026, celebrating seven decades of filmmaking talent by releasing a curated selection of its archival films on YouTube throughout the year.
2026 LFS GRADUATE SHOWCASE BOOK
Thanks to everyone who took part in the London Film School Graduate Showcase 2026. The event includes screening 56 films, showcasing the work of 39 scripts and hearing 40 pitches and presentations. The event took place at the BFI Southbank.
And a huge thank you to our 2026 Graduate Showcase sponsors who supported London Film School: Panalux, Casarotto, Ramsay and Associates and Sargent-Disc.
London Film School celebrates strong presence at Berlinale 2026
ABRACADABRA by Amay Mehrishi selected for Generation Kplus
London Film School (LFS) is proud to announce a significant presence at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), with student and alumni work represented across film selection, industry talent programmes, and special anniversary screenings.
"The end product is 6 hours but to get there was years of work. You have to remember your life is the process, don’t chase the final destination so much."
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with screenwriting alumnus, Samuel Jefferson, who told us all about his journey from grad to co-creator and head writer of the award winning Apple TV Original series, Berlin ER. The series won Best Drama Series and Best Cinematography Fiction (Tim Kuhn and Jieun Yi) at the German Television Awards, and was nominated for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Directing Fiction and Best Editing Fiction – an incredible achievement!
John Walsh nominated for Rose D'Or Award for 'Sofa Surfers'
Alumnus John Walsh's BBC documentary series about homelessness 'Sofa Surfers' has been nominated for the Rose d’Or under the category Social Award. This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Global Film Festival http://www.rosedor.com/Awards
More info on John Walsh, who graduated in 1991, at www.walshbros.co.uk.
Giacomo Ciimini wins Best Student Film at the Nashville Film Festival with grad film 'City In the Sky'
'City in the Sky' (La cita' nel cielo), the graduation film of 2009 MA Filmmaking graduate Giacomo Ciimini, has won Best Student Film at the Nashville Film Festival
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Ali F. Mostafa's 'City of Life' wins awards and breaks box office records in UAE.
Ali F. Mostafa, 2005 MA filmmaking graduate, won the “Young filmmaker of the year” 2010 at the ‘Digital Studio (magazine) Awards’ for 'City of Life', which had its world premier in the Arabian Nights Gala at the Dubai International Film Festival.
City of Life also won the Special Jury Prize at the Gulf Film Festival (Dubai), where it was the opening film.
City of life broke national records on its commercial release in the UAE cinemas, coming second to Clash of the Titans on the opening box office weekend and 3rd to Iron Man 2 and Clash on the 2nd week!
Mike Leigh will give the inaugural lecture for the first MA in Film Curating, which launches in October
Mike Leigh will give the inaugural lecture for the recently announced MA in Film Curating which will be launched in London this autumn by The London Film School and The London Consortium. More info at http://lfs.org.uk/news/2010_filmcurating_mike_leigh.php
Writer/director Jules Bishop and producer Olivier Kaempfer selected for the Microwave project.
Writer/director Jules Bishop and producer Olivier Kaempfer, both LFS graduates, have been selected for the Microwave project. Their project 'Borrowed Time' is one of two new features greenlit from over 80 applications and will receive up to £60,000 cash funding from Microwave.