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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!
"Borges and I" by Yoni Bentovim and Emily Harris wins Best Film in the no budget category at the London Independent Film Festival.
"Borges and I" by Yoni Bentovim and Emily Harris (course 137)
won the Best Film in the no budget category at the London Independent Film Festival. Judges awarding the film included actors Kelly McDonald and Tom Felton, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Little White Lies editor Matt Bochenski.
The next screening of the film is at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival on the 10th of June.
More details at www.facebook.com/pages/Borges-and-I/158669608507?ref=ts
Alessandro Celli one of 10 finalists at the Cannes Short Film Corner Competition
From Alessandro Celli.
In November I was asked by director Ermanno Olmi to write and direct a short film for a cultural operation financed by Banca Intesa. It's task was to highlight the positive values and attitude of my Country during a period of economic crisis.
This film has had a big exposure nationally, with articles and interviews on all major newspapers and TV channels.
The short is now touring festivals and is one of the 10 finalists at the CANNES SHORT FILM CORNER COMPETITION 2010 (among more than 2000 entries this year).
Giacomo Cimini wins Trailermade Competition with 'Bleak Sea', written by Stavros Pamballis.
Giacomo Cimini (MA Filmaking graduate 2009) is one of the Trailermade Competition winners for his project 'Bleak Sea', written by MA Screenwriting graduate Stavros Pamballis.
TRAILERMADE 2010 is a competition which gave three film companies with commercially viable feature film scripts the resources to make a trailer for their forthcoming feature film. Trailermade is showcasing the trailers to industry audiences in Cannes, Los Angeles and The UK, London.
More info at www.trailermade.tv/
Enrico Tessarin and Martin Stitt selected for The Guiding Lights programme.
Enrico Tessarin (course 131) and Martin Stitt (course 143) have both been selected for The Guiding Lights programme.
Rahul Gandotra's grad film 'The Road Home' finalist in Student Oscars
'The Road Home', the graduation film of Rahul Gandotra (MA Filmmaking 2009), is one of five finalists for the Student Academy Awards.