London Film School moved into new Covent Garden premises on Parker Street at the start of the spring term, in January 2025. Our historic move into new premises marks a step-change in the quality and scale of facilities, space and accessibility for the UK’s oldest film School, and the second oldest in Europe 

39-41 Parker Street brings together film studios, design studios, editing suites, and teaching spaces alongside the School’s professional services, all under one roof. The building is 300 yards from Holborn tube station.

Our new facility on Parker Street sits atop The Garden Cinema, London’s exciting new three-screen arthouse cinema.

The new Parker Street location is a five-minute walk away from the Shelton Street building, the home of LFS for nearly 60 years. The Shelton Street building contains the School’s two recently refurbished cinemas and two shooting stages, as well as rehearsal and teaching facilities, 50 yards from Covent Garden tube station. Screenings and shoots continue at Shelton Street. An expanding slate of short courses and workshops is taught from Shelton Street.

SOUND STAGES

Two studios (freshly equipped with lighting rigs) are available at Parker Street for the film exercises, also used for drama and script workshops. Two more sound stages are available in Shelton Street.

CINEMAS

LFS is home to two recently renovated cinemas in our Shelton Street building, with 100 and 40 seat capacity, and with projection facilities for digital and 35mm available.

CAMERA DEPARTMENT

Students will shoot on Film and Digitally using Aaton XTR 16mm film cameras for their first projects,  documentaries on digital Sony cameras followed by studio and location based shoots on Arricam 35mm ST and LT cameras and Arri Alexa classics. All studio-based shoots also involve the use of brand new Cinetech Superfalcon II dollies. The LFS studios are fitted with dedicated overhead lighting rigs and students are provided with the latest range of LED lighting equipment available to the industry.

PRODUCTION DESIGN STUDIO

Parker Street houses a design studio with good light and wonderful rooftop views across central London, with drawing boards, meeting table and chairs, viewing screen, technical drawing and model making equipment, sample materials and visual reference library.

The film stages (at Parker Street and Shelton Street) have production design stock scenery (various sizes of scenic flats, windows, doors and backcloths and a good range of construction tools). Additionally a production design staff construction room is sited in Parker Street.

There is a small prop room in Shelton Street housing useful small props and practical lighting.

EDITING SUITES

Our state-of-the-art Editing Suites are designed to provide MA Filmmaking students with a professional-grade post-production environment. All students receive hands-on training with Avid Media Composer, the industry-standard editing software used by leading filmmakers and production studios worldwide.

The School boasts dedicated classrooms for teaching post-production techniques, fully equipped with cutting-edge technology to support your creative vision. Our specialised Editing Suites offer an immersive workspace where students can refine their projects, experiment with advanced editing techniques, and bring their stories to life.

With expert guidance and access to professional tools, students gain the practical skills and confidence needed to excel in the competitive world of filmmaking.

SOUND SUITES

There is a hybrid Dante 5.1 mixing and recording studio / live room to enable Foley, ADR and Voice Over Recording plus Surround Mixing for Film, Pro tools Ultimate and S1 / Dock systems, a dedicated Dante control room for engineering with the live room, Pro tools and S1/Dock systems, stereo sound editorial cutting room with Voice Over Recording and a 5.1 mixing and QC Room for 5.1 Surround Mixing for Film and Pro tools Ultimate and S1 / Dock systems.

SEMINAR ROOMS

At Parker Street there are 10 seminar rooms spread across the second and third floors of the building. Each room is equipped with a large 4K screen, with a Mac Mini and Stereo sound, with the ability to connect an external laptop via HDMI and USBc. There is also a double-sized screening classroom with a 4K laser projector and drop-down screen, again with the ability so screen from the in-house Mac or connecting via an external laptop or screening device. Our teaching rooms are also equipped with built in Teams facilities for online meeting and reviews.  

VLE

The LFS Uses Moodle as the Virtual Learning Environment of the LFS. Students are able to view, download and print technical manuals, syllabuses, course descriptions, forms, legal agreements, school regulations, filmmaking department guidance's, references for resources and other documents, and take part in activities set up by course tutors. 

REHEARSAL SPACE

Studio A is our large rehearsal space that is open and available to students to use in Shelton Street. The floor is now re-laid and sound-proofed, and all the adjacent spaces have been carpeted and redecorated.

STUDENT SPACES

Students have access to a Student Hub on the second floor at Parker Street with working areas and kitchen, as well as an extra kitchen on the third floor. At Shelton Street a break area outside Cinema A also has kitchen facilities and further working spaces.

LIBRARY

The School Library keeps and documents LFS productions. LFS shows work at over 200 film festivals around the world each year and supports sales of films to broadcasters and distributors. The library also holds an extensive collection of films for a loan, plus a small collection of core books. Students have also access to the BFI Reference Library, which is within ten minute walk.

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

The Students Union is affiliated with the NUS and LFS students are entitled to Totum cards, offering a range of benefits. Our clubs and societies include the LFS Film Society. LFS is a full member of CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision), the international confederation of film schools, GEECT (European Grouping of Film and Television Schools) and NAHEMI (National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image) the national association for British film schools.

All LFS students have now got access on the same terms and conditions as LSE students to the fabulous LSE Student Union buildings which are five minutes’ walk away and includes sports facilities, cars, cafes and study spaces – as well as the social opportunity to mingle with LSE’s large and highly international student body.

Disability

Read our disability statement here.

Updated 25 March 2025