Guest Film School at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

The time has returned for us to shine the spotlight on our incredible students, graduates, and alumni. Continue reading to learn about their superb success stories and what they have come to achieve in the month of July. If you have any exciting news you’d like to share, don’t hesitate to get in touch, 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.

Without the proper guidance, the filmmaking industry can be incredibly challenging to navigate. While everyone may have the same goal, to make films, there are many routes that can be taken to achieve that goal. The industry is filled with a vast amount of knowledge and many tales of unique success stories. While this may be overwhelming in the first instance, adjusting the lights and focusing the lens will reveal that this is, in fact, a tremendous opportunity.

At the end of June LFS had the pleasure of welcoming back filmmaking alumnus, Miguel Faus, to share some of his professional knowledge with our Term 6 students and soon to be grads. Miguel’s first feature film, Calladita (The Quiet Maid), was adapted from his grad film and has received abundant success. Calladita had its world premiere at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the First Feature Competition and recently had its UK premiere with a Q&A at Raindance Film Festival.

In honour of Pride month, we spoke with Yilun Zhao about her grad film Whispers in the Breeze. It was a true pleasure learning about Yilun's inspirations behind the story and aesthetic, as well as diving into her use of symbolic imagery and its deeper meaning. Continue reading to see what Yilun says about her experience making Whispers in the Breeze, her authentic style of storytelling and much more!