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"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!
LONDON FILM SCHOOL GRADUATE SHOWCASE JANUARY 2026 PROGRAMME
The Graduate Showcase will take place from 14 – 16 January 2026 at the BFI Southbank.
London Film School’s Graduate Showcase is an opportunity to celebrate the latest cohort of London Film School graduates and present projects across the MA Degree courses.
Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15 January
SEPTEMBER | STUDENT AND ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS
It’s time for your monthly feast of student and alumni highlights - and boy, do we have a meaty one for you! Continue reading to learn all about the inspiring stories behind their success. As always, if you have any exciting news you’d like to share, don’t hesitate to get in touch because we want to hear all about it! Don’t forget you can sign up to our alumni newsletter here to get the updates direct to your inbox.
Let’s talk about Film Marketing!
How many film releases do you think you would have completely missed if there was no marketing for it? Word of mouth can only go so far… That means no posters, no trailers, no social media, no interviews and definitely no junkets! We all love a good deep dive with the cast and crew to get us excited about a film’s release.
"EMILY CRIES" RAFAEL KAPELINSKI'S FIRST INDEPENDENT SHORT WINS AN AWARD
Rafael Kapelinski C. 151 first independent short has won an award - he writes
My film "EMILY CRIES" has won the Grand Prix in the independent section at the Polish FIlm Festival in Gdynia, 11-16th September 2006 (most important Polish film event) so I am very happy. Rafael
ROBIN MORAN (C.146) FEATURE - MORE NEWS AND AWARDS
Uptodate news on Robin Moran's first feature MASKOT
MASKOT won Best Script in the Bali International Film Festival in Dec, and was nominated Best Film in the International Category. It was also in Competition in the 8th Jakarta International Film Festival but didn't win.
Has also been selected for this year's Bangkok International Film Festival, January 2007.
Officially selected for Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA in the Global Landscapes section where it is eligible for the Global Vision Award, March 2007.
-Robin
"MONTESACRO" WINS THREE MORE AWARDS
"MONTESACRO" the graduation film of Writer/Director: Alessandro Celli and Cinematographer: Petr Braterskiy C. 149 since the last blog and by the end of 2006 has won three more awards. Please see below:
"Bologna Film Festivakl - Visioni Italiane"
First Prize - Best Short Film
Bologna, Italia
Nov 2006
"Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival"
Best Fiction Film
Philadelphia, USA
Sept 2006
"La 25a Ora"
First Prize - Best Short Film
Roma (Tv La7), Italia
Sept 2006
AVANTIKA HARI WINS FIRST PRIZE IN THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH VISION AWARD
Avantika Hari's (C. 155)short film "Hat Day" which focuses on the events surrounding a themed day at a London preschool that saw each child assigned a Commonwealth nation hat, was honoured at an award ceremony at the Royal Commonwealth Society in London. She was given the award by Prince Edward, Earl of Essex.
ROBIN MORAN'S "MASKOT" ANOTHER NOMINATION
Robin Moran's first feature has been nominated for Best Script and Best Film please see below the press release:
MASKOT gets another nomination for Best Script in the 4th Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia, 24th November 2006 — random pictures first film MASKOT will be competing for the Saravati Award for Best Film Script in this year’s Bali International Film Festival (BIFFest). It is one of five films in the category; among them are Berbagi Suami, Denias, 9 Naga, and Jomblo.