LFS May 2015 Newsletter

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LFS May 2015 

News, courses and free events.


LFS Graduates Carving out Careers 


Recent LFS graduates have had great success on current talent schemes. Daina O. Pusić (pictured) directs one of six comedies greenlit for Creative England's 'iShorts+ Funny Girls' and two of the six directors on projects shortlisted by Film London's 'Microwave' are LFS graduates, Liam Creighton and Rafael Kapelinski. 

More established graduates continue to garner international acclaim for their feature projects. Ann Hui swept the Hong Kong Film Awards with six prizes for THE GOLDEN ERA, a total matched by Panos H Koutras, whose XENIA won in all the top categories at the Hellenic Film Awards. The New York Times described Paz Fábrega’s VIAJE as "the best entry in the (Tribeca) competition". MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, premiering at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, was executive produced by LFS graduate and patron Iain Smith. Read more details on the LFS blog.


In May we are very busy with events, including a special two day visit by award-winning director Kornél Mundruczó, in partnership with The Hungarian Cultural Centre.

If you'd like a taster of the school, apply for a free place at one of our events below or come on a tour.



Free events
Weds 6 May 5.30pm
LFS @ Apple Covent Garden - Working with Film Actors

LFS tutor Richard Kwietniowski,  who has directed actors such as John Hurt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver, talks about the director/actor relationship and gives some practical advice on how to get the best performances for your project — covering casting, rehearsals and approaches on the shoot. Book a free place
Thurs 7 May 5.30pm
Story Design in the Short Fiction Film 
 
Richard Raskin, currently Associate Professor at Aarhus University Denmark, returns to LFS for his popular seminar.  He will propose a non-formulaic model that can be used as a set of guidelines during short film script development, illustrated by seven award-winning films. 
Request a free place
Tues 12 May 5.30pm
Q&A @ LFS - White God
Screening of WHITE GOD, plus Q&A with director Kornél Mundruczó. In collaboration with The Hungarian Cultural Centre.
Winner Jury Prize Cannes 2014.

"It's like nothing you've seen before" Standard

Request a free place

On Weds 13 May at 7pm, there will also be a free public masterclass with Kornél Mundruczó, illlustrated by clips from his filmography. More info
Thurs 14 May 5.30pm
Q&A @ LFS - Back to the Garden
Screening of BACK TO THE GARDEN, plus Q&A with director Jon Sanders and DoP and LFS graduate  David Scott.

A respected theatre director has died, and a year later his widow has invited a handful of his closest friends and colleagues to the informal memorial party. Themes of love and loss are explored with humour and tenderness by the improvising cast.

Request a free place
Tues 2 June 5.30pm
Q&A @ LFS - Topsy-Turvy 
Screening of TOPSY-TURVY, plus Q&A with director Mike Leigh, LFS Chairman and graduate.
To celebrate the English National Opera production of Pirates of Penzance, directed by Mike Leigh, we present a special screening of Oscar-winning TOPSY-TURVY, in collaboration with ENO.
Request a free place
For more info on Pirates of Penzance at The Coliseum (9 May - 27 June) click here.
Fri 5 June 5.30pm
The Galician Film Forum 
LFS is delighted to host the second edition of The Galician Film Forum, showcasing documentary films, including feature N-VI, plus Q&A with its director Pela del Álamo. Presented in partnership with the IberoDocs Film Festival. 
Request a free place

Q&A events are designed for students on our MA programmes and we have a limited number of places for external guests, so we may not be able to fulfil all requests.

MA Programmes
"As Chairman of The London Film School one of the great joys in my life is to savour regularly the unfettered independence, freshness and originality of our graduate films - pure, independent cinema by the filmmakers of the future." 
Mike Leigh, BAFTA Fellowship acceptance speech.
(pic. graduation film THE INTERPRETER, directed by Kyla Simone Bruce, winner Best Student Film at LSFF 2015).

MA Filmmaking - Sep, Jan, May entry 
Train in all departments, in a working studio, with students from over 30 countries. 
On the two-year MA Filmmaking all our students leave with a portfolio of credits on at least 10 films - usually many more.

MA Screenwriting - Sep 2015 

"The range, quality and volume of work produced in one year makes this one of the outstanding screenwriting courses in the UK." Kate Leys, External Examiner
On the MA Screenwriting you'll build up a significant portfolio of work, including a feature screenplay.

MA International Film Business - Sep 2015 

A new partnership degree between LFS and University of Exeter, the MA International Film Business includes a field trip to the Berlin Film Festival.  

BAFTA SCHOLARSHIPS
MA Filmmaking and MA Screenwriting are both eligible for BAFTA Scholarships for UK students, worth up to £10,000. Deadline 12 June.  More info.

LFS Workshops 

Pitching Panel: Kate Leys, Charlotte Walls, Ivana MacKinnon

Pitching is a crucial skill for every writer, director and producer. The Filmmaker’s Guide to Pitching is a 1-day workshop with expert Kate Leys. Come along on Friday 8 May and Kate will teach you how to pitch, who to do it to, what to say, when, and why. Then, practise straight away by pitching your own project to industry guests Ivana MacKinnon and Charlotte Walls. Last few places! More info

ALSO BOOKING NOW:
An Introduction to Digital Colour Grading - Thu 28 & Fri 29
NEW! Inside the Writers' Room - Sat 30 & Sun 31 May
Story Is Character: The Art of Film Storytelling - Fri 5 June
NEW! Crossplatform Storytelling, Development & Production - Sat 20 & Sun 21 June
A to Z of Documentary Producing: From Creation to Distribution - Fri 26 - Sun 28 June
Visual Storytelling: An Introduction for Directors, Writers & Producers - Sat 4 & Sun 5 July
Selling, Marketing & Distributing Film: The Process, Demystified - Fri 10 & Sat 11 July
Exposed! A Beginner's Guide to Self-Shooting Documentary - Sat 18 - Wed 22 July
A Practical Introduction to Location Sound: Recording & Mixing - Sat 25 & Sun 26 July
 
Get a 20% discount through our Directors’ Package

We are also taking final applications for our two intensive summer directing programmes Directing Summer School with Udayan Prasad (2 - 22 Aug) & the brand new First Film Summer School with Jonas Grimås (23 Aug - 5 Sep). 

Click here to view the full LFS Workshops schedule.
 

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