LFS MARCH 2014 NEWSLETTER

MARCH 2014 | NEWS & EVENTS
Check out our course deadlines, news and events below.

We are currently planning our activity at the Cannes Film Festival. If you are attending, please email '; // -->

, so we can keep you informed about LFS events there.

image: LOYAL, directed by Kenny Parker. Two nominations BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards.

Application Deadlines
Last chance to apply for May 2014 
MA Filmmaking
"I worked on 24 short films here at LFS. At any other film school, in two years, I don’t think you could achieve that." Jeroen Bogaert. 2012 grad film EARLY BIRDS played Palm Springs, LFF, San Sebastian and Encounters.

Come and study in a working studio, with students from 30 countries, on our intensive two-year postgraduate programme. More info.

We are also taking application for September 2014 entry.

Image: Early Birds (Dir. Jeroen Bogaert)
Applications open for Sep 2014
MA International Film Business  
This new MA unites LFS with the University of Exeter’s Film department and Business School and includes a research trip to the Berlin Film Festival.  It explores the entire film business, embracing independent film production, financing, sales, distribution and marketing, alongside programming, exhibition and digital strategies for the future. Read more.
Applications open for Sep 2014
MA Screenwriting  
"LFS is a vibrant, hands-on filmmaking environment, producing 160 films a year. Where better to learn about the practical craft of screenwriting?" Mike Leigh (LFS Chairman/graduate) 

An intensive one-year programme with the emphasis on developing the writer's original voice. Read more.
Final deadline 30 March  
Serial Eyes   
SERIAL EYES - EXPERIENCING THE WRITERS' ROOM is a unique postgraduate course for writing and producing TV series formats, presented by dffb in collaboration with LFS. More info here. 

LFS News and Events
Weds 19 March 6.30 - 7.30pm
LFS @ Apple Store - How to Market Yourself as a Filmmaker
We continue our free monthly events at the Apple Store Covent Garden. Join writer, producer and London Film School lecturer and mentor Margaret Glover as she explores how to engage with a diverse audience of investors and fans. More info here.
Fri 28 March 5 - 6.30pm
LFS Wrap
Each term we present a small selection of films made by our MA Filmmaking students, followed by a networking reception. We have a limited number of places available for industry talent-spotters and people interested in studying at the school. To request a place sign up here.
Image - LEIDI (Dir. Simon Mesa Soto)
LFS 'Reunion' events 
You can check out highlights of the recent FULL MONTY Reunion event on Hibrow, featuring Peter Cattaneo, Simon Beaufoy, Uberto Pasolini, Hugo Speer and other cast and crew. Plus previous reunions for TRAINSPOTTING and QUADROPHENIA.  Presented by LFS and Ciné Lumière in association with Time Out Live! and HiBROW.  
Fast Forward Press Release  
We have announced the thirteen selected participants on our Fast Forward Producers 2014 programme, supported by Creative Skillset. Read more.  
LFS at 'Creativity is Great' in India


LFS represented the UK film industry at the 'Creativity is Great' event in Hyderabad, India, hosted by the British Deputy High Commission and UKTI. LFS graduate Anu Menon (UK-based director of Bollywood feature LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK) and Kate Hughes, Head of Marketing, participated in seminars, panel discussions and alumni networking events. Read more here.

LFS Workshops

NEW! The Directors’ Package. This special offer allows those who book 3 or more directing workshops to claim a 20% discount!  Forthcoming workshops included in The Directors' Package are:

The Kate Leys series: a revised storytelling workshop Story as Character: The Art of Film Storytelling 25th April. And, for Producers going to Cannes or Director/Writers wishing to learn the dark art of pitching, The Filmmaker's Guide to Pitching 2nd May.

The Director/Writer Collaboration: From Script to Screen 26th & 27th April Director with Tim Fywell (MASTERS OF SEX; DRACULA) 

Storyboarding for Directors: Developing the Visual Imagination with Dylan Stone (3rd – 6th May)

Working with Actors and Their Techniques: From Stanislavski to Meisner with Adam Meggido (31st May & 1st June)

Directors' Prep: Everything You Need to Know Before You Shout ‘Action!’ with Jonas Grimås (21st & 22nd June)

Visual Storytelling: An Introduction for Directors, Writers & Producers with Josh Appignanesi (19th & 20th July)
 
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK
A-Z of Documentary Producing: Ideas Surgery with Tracey Gardiner (23rd April)

Exposed! A Practical Guide to Self-Shooting Documentary NEW! With Zillah Bowes (23rd – 26th May)

LFS Directing Summer School with Udayan Prasad (3rd – 23rd August)
 
Click here to see the full workshops listings

LFS Graduate News
View a selection of MA Filmmaking graduation films from the 2013 Annual Show on our Online Showcase.

Meet the The Class of 2013.

image: Thirteen Blue, directed by Jacqueline Lentzou. Special Mention Noida Film Festival
Petros Silvestros and Nikos Andritsakis win Crystal Bear at the 2014 Berlinale for MIKE. Read more

Kenny Parker's LOYAL nominated for two BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. Read more.

Daina O. Pusić and Benjamin Bee win the European Short Pitch 2014. Read more

Writer/Director Tony Ukpo lines up two features for US release. Read more

Jacqueline Lentzou's THIRTEEN BLUE picks up a Special Mention at the Noida International Film Festival. Read more

Sameer Patel and Danny de Warren pick up TWO nominations at the SCREENTEST National Student Film Festival for LONG WALK HOME. Read more

Kyla Bruce's THE INTERPRETER nominated for the Student Production Postgraduate Award at the Learning On Screen Awards 2014. Read more

Read more grad success stories on the LFS blog
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