24 Feb 2014

LFS FEBRUARY 2014 Newsletter

Below the LFS February 2014 e-bulletin .

February 2014
News and Events

Don't miss some upcoming LFS deadlines and events, especially the 26th February deadline for April entry for our two-year MA Filmmaking programme. This is also the deadline for Creative Skillset bursaries.
Apply for free Q&As and take advantage of a 50% discount for The Full Monty Reunion. Details below.

image:MA Filmmaking 4th term film BODIES, directed by Ricardo Saraiva.

Application Deadlines

26 Feb - MA Filmmaking deadline
Come and study all craft areas, in a working studio, with students from 30 countries, on our intensive two year post graduate programme. More info.
Don't miss the application date of 26th Feb. This is the final deadline for UK qualifying applicants, who wish to apply for one of our Creative Skillset bursaries, available for entry in April 2014. Bursaries offer up to 80% reduction in fees. More info.
It is also the deadline for applicants outside the UK/EU for April entry, to allow time for visa processing.
Book a tour of the school here.

26 Feb - Application deadline
LFS Director
The LFS Board is looking to appoint a new Director, in succession to Ben Gibson.
Job description and application details here.

28 Feb - Application deadline
LFS Summer School - August 2014
Director Udayan Prasad returns with his hugely popular Directing Summer School, introducing the fundamentals of filmmaking from script to screen. A highly practical programme aimed at anyone who is serious about a career in film, including those interested in applying to film school. More info.

10 March - Deadline for scholarships
Serial Eyes
SERIAL EYES - EXPERIENCING THE WRITERS' ROOM is a unique postgraduate 9-month course for writing and producing TV series formats, presented by dffb in collaboration with LFS. More info here.

We are also accepting applications for September entry for MA Filmmaking, MA Screenwriting and MA International Film Business (joint programme with University of Exeter).

LFS Events

Tues 18 Feb 6.30pm
The Full Monty Reunion

Join us to celebrate the extraordinary success of THE FULL MONTY, the little British film that went on to secure over thirty awards. Screening followed by Q&A with Simon Beaufoy (writer), Uberto Pasolini (producer), Peter Cattaneo (director), John de Boorman (cinematographer), Susie Figgis (casting director), Jill Taylor (costume designer) and cast members Emily Woof and Hugo Speer .
Presented by LFS and Ciné Lumière in association with Time Out Live! and HiBROW.
We are offering a special 50% discount. Book here and enter the promotion code REUNION for your half-price ticket. Tickets include a glass of wine.

Weds 19 Feb 5.30pm
Q&A @ LFS - 'Captain Phillips'

At short notice, we have slotted in a Q&A with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd. We have a very limited number of places available for external guests. Request a FREE place here.

Mon 24 Feb 5.30pm
Q&A @ LFS - 'Falling Leaves'
LFS MA Filmmaking graduate Ali Jaberansari presents his first feature FALLING LEAVES, which premiered at the Montreal Film Festival. Request a FREE place here.

"Ali Jaberansari's debut feature approaches the conflict between tradition and Westernization in Iran with sly satire and humor." - Variety

Tues 5 March 6pm
Q&A @ LFS - 'Intimacy'
Screening of INTIMACY (Dir Patrice Chéreau 2001, 119 mins) followed by a Q&A honouring the memory of production designer Hayden Griffin, former Senior Lecturer at LFS. Request a FREE place here.
"Vibrating with humanity, it's a potent portrait of love, ranging from the purely carnal to the impurely sublime." - Chicago Tribune