Nicole Volavka, 2009 MA Filmmaking graduate, has been selected for Film London's prestigious Microwave project. She will direct SEEKERS, a thriller set in the world of London's illegal immigrant underclass. The project was developed from Nicole's award-winning LFS film SURVIVOR. Press release below.
BORROWED TIME, a Microwave project directed by Jules Bishop and produced by Olivier Kaempfer, both LFS graduates, launches this summer.
Visit Nicole's site at www.nicolevolavka.com
Three New Films For Microwave
19.05.2012
Film London Microwave is celebrating its busiest and most successful year to date at Cannes with the announcement of three new features being greenlit, whilst Ben Drew's hotly anticipated feature debut, iLL Manors, premieres to the international market.
This is in addition to two Microwave films being theatrically released in the UK this summer, with a third premiering at a major UK film festival.
The three new Microwave films selected from almost 100 applications are: Kingsland, written and directed by Tony Grisoni, screenwriter of the acclaimed Red Riding trilogy, set in the Kurdish community in North London; Lilting, an uplifting tale written and directed by Hong Khaou and produced by Dominic Buchanan which explores falling in love without a common language; and Seekers, a thriller set in the world of London's illegal immigrant underclass, written by Arinze Kene (star of Microwave's Freestyle), directed by Nicole Volavka and produced by Rob Watson.
Launched in 2006, Microwave is a groundbreaking training-through-production scheme, challenging London-based film-makers to shoot a feature for up to £120,000. Following four days of intensive training at Microschool and a four month development period, Film London is now greenlighting exciting projects from both established industry names and emerging new talent.
Read the full press release here
