Somersault 2014

Somersault LFS ANNUAL REVIEW - DECEMBER 2014

ON TOP OF THE WORLD Welcome to Somersault, The London Film School's celebration of the creative endeavours of our emerging filmmakers. Here we preview the narrative fiction and documentary shorts that are the result of an intense educational journey undertaken by filmmakers from across the globe. Through the language of cinema diverse political, social and cultural worlds are articulated and shared with audiences here in London, but globally too through various screenings and festivals.

filmmakers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

LEIDI, the graduation film of Simón Mesa Soto, was awarded the highest honour, the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film in Competition. It is the first time a UK film school has won this coveted prize.

Jane Roscoe, LFS Director

This year’s impressive collection joins the work of our LFS associates around the globe, contributing to the ongoing story of LFS. During the past year, LFS films had around 200 festival entries, across 150 events, winning over 30 prizes, nominations or special mentions. The list spans Venice, Tribeca, Clermont Ferrand, The BFI London Film Festival, Palm Springs, Edinburgh, Encounters and Sundance.

A particular highlight was the unprecedented success for LFS

Also in Cannes, MR TURNER, written and directed by LFS Chairman and graduate Mike Leigh, won two awards. THE SALT OF THE EARTH, directed

by LFS graduate Juliano Ribeiro Salgado alongside Wim Wenders, was awarded the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize. Other LFS graduates selected for Cannes sections were Panos H. Koutras's (XENIA in Un Certain Regard), Aygul Bakanova (VOID in Directors’ Fortnight) and Newton Aduaka (Cinefondation Atelier).

To see emerging filmmakers coming together with graduates from previous decades was a wonderful expression of our philosophy “a tradition of innovation”.

A MESSAGE FROM MIKE LEIGH director Jane Roscoe, who has taken over the baton from outgoing director Ben Gibson, now at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

Jane has got off to an impressive flying start, forging new links and planning innovative projects.

Three LFS graduates are representing their countries for the 2015 Foreign Language Oscar The momentum continued. Ali Mostafa’s second feature FROM A TO B opened the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Ann Hui’s THE GOLDEN ERA closed Venice.

In 2014, we lost an important member of the LFS community, Phil Mottram, alumnus, course tutor and administrator, who, for 40 years until his retirement in 2000, was a guiding light of the School, He died in May this year.

The school is indebted to him.

The submission list for the 2015 Foreign Language Oscars includes three LFS graduates – Ann Hui represents Hong Kong for the fourth time. For the Continue page 3

Once again, we celebrate an exciting year at LFS – our 58th.

In 2014, graduation films have been shot in Columbia, India, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Iran, Norway, Austria, Greece, Nigeria, Portugal, America and the UK; LFS films have screened at over 150 festivals and won over 30 prizes; alumni have had features premiered in Cannes, Venice, Edinburgh, Montreal, London and Abu Dhabi.

It’s business as usual for an institution built on hard work, creative collaboration and passionate internationalism.

At the Cannes Film Festival, Simón Mesa Soto won the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film for his graduation film LEIDI. It is the first time a UK film school has won this prize. The award was presented by actress Li Yuchun and the director Abbas Kiarostami, President of the jury.

LEIDI

2014 is also the start of an exciting new era for the School.

We welcome our inspiring new

I want to thank our filmmakers for their craft, their imagination and their passion for cinema, and the LFS staff for their tireless commitment. Thanks too to all those who have contributed to helping creativity and talent to shine through - visiting lecturers, volunteers, actors, industry sponsors, parents, friends and governors.

As we head towards our 60th anniversary in 2016 and the historic move to the Barbican in 2017, please do join us on our journey and continue to support us in whatever way you can – with ideas, partnerships, practical help and, where possible, your cheque books!

Mike Leigh, LFS Chairman and 1964 graduate.

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In October 2014, LFS was privileged to be the beneficiary of a special fundraising gala screening of MR. TURNER, directed by LFS Chairman and alumnus Mike Leigh. second time Mohamed Khan represents Egypt (FACTORY GIRL) and Leticia Tonos represents The Dominican Republic (CRISTO REY). A clear testament to the School’s impact on world cinema.

Credit rolls have featured scores of LFS graduates in all the craft areas. Cinematographers have been particularly prolific this year, with more established names such as Jo Willems (THE HUNGER GAMES), Erik Wilson (PADDINGTON and 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH) and Ole Bratt

Birkeland (THE MISSING), joined by recent grads shooting their first features. I am delighted to announce that our long tradition of excellence in cinematography

We will provide a world class environment in which to nurture the next generation of filmmakers space into a workable environment for the teaching and practice of filmmaking. For LFS, this is much more than a move to a new building; it’s an opportunity to place film practice at the centre of a creative arts

LFS films had around 200 festival entries, across 150 events, winning over 30 prizes will be celebrated by the introduction of a Panalux sponsored award this year.

I have joined the School at a significant moment in its history,

It is an ambitious project, but one that builds on our heritage and reputation as one of the leading lights of film education. Our new location will allow us greater access to other world class institutions and enable exciting new creative partnerships.

community, reach out in new ways to audiences and communities, and to participate in new cross disciplinary collaborations.

Building on our collaboration with University of Exeter and the successful launching of our new MA International Film Business, we will seek to establish new partnerships that will broaden and extend our offerings to students, industry professionals and the wider creative community.

Based in the very centre of The City of London, we will engage directly with our new neighbours, the creative community that have made the City their home. These connections will place us firmly in the local, alongside our global presence.

Purpose built, our new home will be ready for new technologies and innovative film practices that will inform the way we teach and make film into the future. We will provide a world class environment in which to nurture the next generation of filmmakers, as well as providing a platform for the championing of independent cinema nationally and globally.

As we gear up for our 60th year celebrations, we will all be working to secure the funding for our new home, so that we can continue building on the LFS’s strong heritage to provide an

HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME, the 2014 graduation film of Ben Aston, written by MA Screenwriting graduate Maria Hummer, was one of twelve films by LFS graduates selected for the Palm Springs International ShortFest. It was a prize winner there, along with films by two other LFS graduates. The film has been selected for fifteen festivals to date, including The BFI London Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, winnning four awards.

environment in which creative experimentation and innovation can flourish and inspire the next generation of filmmakers. The LFS plays a key role in the UK film industry and needs to be a strong beacon for independent film as we go forward into a landscape that is forever shifting and changing. A strong foundation provides a springboard for talent.

The BFI through Creative Skillset

have already supported our Capital Campaign as have a number of individual donors, but to secure this future we need to raise another £8 million. We need your help, and I invite you to join us in our endeavour to make this vision a reality.

Jane Roscoe, LFS Director

LAST BASE, directed by 2014 MA Filmmaking graduate Aslak Danbolt, is one of eight graduation films selected for the upcoming London Short Film Festival. It has also been selected for Leeds International Film Festival, Short Film Festival Leuven and Slamdance.

The internationalism of the school is reflected by the achievements of graduates across the globe. Three LFS graduates are representing their countries for the Foreign Language Oscar – Ann Hui (THE GOLDEN ERA for Hong Kong), Leticia Tonos (CRISTO REY for The Dominican Republic) and Mohamed Khan (FACTORY GIRL for Egypt). In Cannes French/Brazilian filmmaker Juliano Ribeiro Salgado premiered THE SALT OF THE EARTH (codirected with Wim Wenders) and won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize. Greek filmmaker Panos H. Koutras was in the same section with XENIA. Emirati director Ali Mostafa opened the Abu Dhabi Film Festival with his second feature FROM A TO B. For many more international feature credits, see page 9.

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FAST FORWARD PRODUCING

Film Change Anything?’, pioneering Israeli filmmaker Ram Loevy presented KHIRBET KHIZEH. Ali Jaberansari previewed FALLING LEAVES, his first feature, shot in Iran. THE BEFUDDLED BOX OF BETTY BUTTIFINT showcased the debut of Janis Pugh, collaborating with cinematographer Charles C. Meyer, also an LFS graduate, and Jaime Estrada-Torres, LFS Head of Editing.

In April, twelve aspiring producers succeeded in joining the 2014 Fast Forward Producing programme, supported by the Creative Skillset Film Fund. They spent three weeks on a intensive training course, learning from some of the most influential and experienced producers, production executives, lawyers, distributors, international sales agents and financiers in European filmmaking today.

Our termly Q&A programme continued in 2014, feeding contemporary debate and new work into full time teaching and bringing external audiences into the school’s space and culture.

LFS alumni were showcased at special events. At an evening posing the question ‘Can Your

The school was delighted to host a series of events with eminent cinematographers including Barry Ackroyd (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS), Nic Knowland (THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY) and Chung-hoon Chung (OLDBOY), in association with The Korean Cultural Centre.

partnership with the BFI London Film Festival - ‘How to Crowdfund Your Film’ with LFS graduate Ben Aston; ‘Behind the Scenes with MR. TURNER’ with Helen Grearson of Thin Man Films (also a participant on the LFS Fast ForwardProducing programme); ‘Breaking Barriers’, a panel discussion with industry experts looking at the critical challenges for emerging filmmakers and a series of taster sessions with LFS Workshops tutors.

The school welcomes events curated by external partners , and this year these included a panel discussion to launch the book ‘Educating Filmmakers’ by Duncan Petrie and Rod Stoneman. The book includes a fascinating chapter about the history of LFS!

This year the school presented an expanded programme in

The 2014 Fast Forward Producing participants.

Course Director Emma Hayter, who has taught at several international and national film schools, describes FFP2014 as ‘a boot camp for the producers of tomorrow. I wanted to create a hothouse environment where the determination and ambition of the participants could be pushed to its limits’.

The new producers selected were: Jenny Allenby, Linda Biney, Fiona Black, Mia Borrett, Chee-Lan Chan, Helen Grearson, Anna Jancso, Sam Mildner, Meriel Paisley, Usayd Younis, Zeena Zakaria and Francesco Zibellini.

Anna Jancso was already an experienced documentary producer in Europe and South America before coming onto the FFP2014 programme. “I came in with a clear idea of what I wanted from the course. I wanted to make the transition from documentary to fiction producing and wanted to know how the UK film industry worked. Immediately after FFP2014, I produced Forgotten Man, a micro-budget feature written and directed

by Arran Shearing. Because of the course, I could foresee many of the possible pitfalls. Just knowing what lay ahead allowed me to avoid problems, and confront challenges more confidently.”

‘Fast Forward Producing is a boot camp for the producers of tomorrow.

I wanted to create a hothouse environment where the determination and ambition of the participants could be pushed to its limits’ Emma Hayter FFP2014, Course Director “To produce and line produce a film on this budget, with the confidence to prepare for all the future stages of production and distribution, is in great part down to FFP. The film may be micro-budget, but it has the potential to be seen all over the world. Because FFP2014 covers all aspects of production, from copyright to production management, I always knew who to go to, and where to go for advice and information. Now I have an excellent network of contacts, including the tutors and participants of FFP2014. And I am still using my notes as a practical ‘how to’ guide to the stages of production.”

The Q&A @ LFS programme included a special preview of the BEFUDDLED BOX OF BETTY BUTTIFINT directed by MA Filmmaking graduate Janis Pugh.

ARTISTS’ FILMMAKING WORKSHOP with Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard James, Cara Barry, Vanessa Farinha, Clara Kraft Isono, Harjinder Grewal, Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple, Laura Hypponen, Liliana Grzybowska, Lucy Brydon, Maria Benjamin, Sophie Dixon and Kathryn Ferguson.

LFS MA Filmmaking graduate Sam Mildner had already set up production company DOG BUTTON with fellow alumnus Jan Hillman, and developed their first feature Bitter Suite. ‘We knew it would be micro-budget, and had already planned our Kickstarter campaign. However, my FFP2014 mentor Andy Starke gave me vital insights into how independently-financed and produced movies need to define themselves in relation to their audience.’ (Andy has produced Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseeers and A Field in England, and Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy). ‘Andy has sharpened my editorial attitude,’ continues Sam, ‘and developed my understanding of the market for low-budget movies’.

Linda Biney has acquired the rights to a television series drama production based in Nigeria, which is intended to be co-produced with Nigerian and South African production companies.

Her contacts and mentors from the course have been vital in helping her contract both creative and production talent, including legal representation introduced by Course Tutor Carlo Dusi.

‘I can talk with authority to financiers, distributors, agents, actors, facilities companies. I believe I can make it’ Anna Jancso, FFP2014 participant Fiona Black, who has an extensive record in TV drama production, has worked with her FFP contacts and mentors to steer Unsung into Microschool, the development phase of Film London’s ultra-competitive Microwave programme. ‘Emma helped me understand how to make films within the UK system. Bill Allan was a major influence in guiding me through the application process for Microwave. There’s a few more stages to go through before we get to production, but the experience of making my first application for funds has been invaluable.’ Unsung is written by Ayndrilla Singharay, and will be directed by LFS MA Filmmaking graduate Liam Creighton.

Course director Emma Hayter has worked as a Producer, Executive Producer and Financier, and has produced more than twenty feature films and several long running high profile drama series for television.

For some years Emma and Bill Allan worked together at Baker Street Media Finance, where Bill Allan was a director. With his background in international Sales and Finance, Bill contributed his knowledge and experience to FFP 2014, as well as mentoring Fiona after the Course concluded.

Anna concludes, ‘I now have a good relationship with many agents, developed from the information and guidance I got on FFP2014. I have negotiated an option on a script with a major agency using all my acquired knowledge of negotiation. I am much more confident and active now in my career; I can talk with authority to financiers, distributors, agents, actors, facilities companies. I believe I can make it.’

Emma is working on the third Fast Forward Producing Course, a two-week programme which is scheduled for September 2015.

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard led an intensive Artists’ Filmmaking workshop. Their feature 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH (pictured), was shot by LFS graduate Eric Wilson.

In September, LFS, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation, presented a 10-day intensive artists’ filmmaking workshop, led by the celebrated artist filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (20,000 DAYS ON EARTH).

Twelve participants were recruited through a competitive application process. They took part in an intensive schedule of workshops, seminars, screenings and networking opportunities, culminating in the production of twelve diverse films. Participants were Abigail Sidebotham, Andy

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard said, “Right now is an exciting time to be an artist working with moving image. Genres are merging and boundaries are falling away.

Culture is shifting. Technology too. It’s easier than ever to make films. But making a good one and then getting people to see it is incredibly tough. So we’re thrilled to have this opportunity to work closely with the London Film School, because their approach and ambition is bold. We’re excited to be developing a workshop that might help to inspire and open avenues for new generations of artist filmmakers.”

LFS @ APPLE STORE We continued the regular series of satellite events at The Apple Store Covent Garden, which launched last year. MA Filmmaking graduates led a number of sessions on such topics as running a production company (Henry Lloyd-Baker and Nikolaj Belzer of Everything is Okay), international co-production markets (Joanna Bence of Curb Denizen) and How to Get Your Film into Festivals (Ben Bee). Most recently, LFS Director Jane Roscoe led a packed session on the art of pitching.

Ben Bee ran an Apple session ‘How to Get Your Film into Festivals’. His 4th term film STEP RIGHT UP (pictured) was selected for over 30 festivals and longlisted for a 2014 BAFTA.

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MA International Film Business In September we were delighted to welcome our very first cohort of 29 students on The MA International Film Business, joining us from China, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Japan, France, USA, Thailand and the UK. The MAIFB unites LFS with the University of Exeter, bringing together unique film production and market expertise and exceptional research and teaching on film culture and history. Unlike existing film-related degrees, this new MA explores the entire film business, embracing world and national cinema(s), nonHollywood independent film production, financing, sales,

distribution and marketing, alongside programming, exhibition and digital strategies for the future.

The ambitious team behind the MAIFB is dedicated to training a new generation of both producers and executives that will bring both excellence and innovation into the international film industry. By analyzing the horizontal and vertical structures that shape the film industry, in tandem with changing patterns of users and digital technology, the course explores both the existing international film industry while also embracing the current high levels of disruption and restructuring.

Taught in London and Exeter, the MAIFB includes opportunities for industry networking, mentoring, a research trip to the Berlin Film Festival and opportunities to work on an LFS graduation films as a producers.

The MAIFB programme is codirected by Angus Finney for The London Film School and Professor Will Higbee at the University of Exeter, bringing in a range of industry experts as visiting lecturers, mentors and advisers.

"LFS and Exeter are offering a compelling, focussed and

highly relevant course for future practitioners dedicated to a career in the international film business," said Angus Finney, former director of Renaissance Films, project manager of the Film London Production Finance Market, and author of The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood, and a further four books on production, distribution and financing.

"Our ambition is to consistently populate the sector with some of the brightest and most informed players who grasp both current market demands and capture future value."

The MAIFB programme includes a field trip to the Berlin Film Festival.

European Projects In 2014 LFS was once again extremely active in Europe with training programmes, including continuing editions of The Low Budget Film Forum and Making Waves.

LFS was also a consortium partner in training programmes led by other European Film Schools including: ◆ ADAPTING FOR CINEMA, based in Italy at the Scuola Holden in Turin, with MOME in Budapest as the third partner school. A unique training in adapting a novel for the screen, twelve books have been packaged by international teams of writers, producers and production designers. ◆ SERIAL EYES, led by dffb, Berlin. A 9-month training programme in Berlin and London for young television industry professionals, focused on serial drama writing and production with a specific emphasis on European markets. ◆ A CLEAR VIEW, led by dffb. A technical training in grading.

by watching case study films and inviting the producers and directors to unpick their work. In parallel, directing and producing participants, recent graduates from top European film schools with their first features projects, go through an intensive week of conversations with leading practioners in the field from across Europe and also peer-to-peer sessions covering all aspects of this alchemic process.

At the MAKING WAVES distribution and marketing lab, case studies included GOD HELP THE GIRL, executive produced by LFS alumnus Chris Curling.

In all these cases LFS gained the opportunity to recruit recent LFS graduates into specialist workshops with important and careerdefining networking opportunities.

2014 marks the end of the Initial Training Programme of the EU MEDIA fund. We are extremely proud of the work that has come out of these encounters and the international collaboration that has developed from participants from different film schools, leading to long standing working relationships and co-productions.

We look ahead with excitement at the possibility of developing new and equally innovative and important training and networks for our graduates. Watch this space!

‘We are extremely proud of the work that has come out of these encounters and the international collaboration that has developed’ Suzy Gillett, LFS International Relations Manager

LOW BUDGET FILM FORUM

Participants and partners London Film School, La Fémis, France, Budapest Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, The Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography, Romania, The Danish Film School At the 2014 Low Budget Film Forum in Les Arcs, case studies included BORROWED TIME, first feature of LFS graduate Jules Bishop, produced by fellow LFS graduate Oliver Kaempfer, who was a participant on the 2009 edition of LBFF.

By bringing LBFF to Les Arcs, the teams participate in a professional European co-production market, and this year the Danish producing participants will offer their insight into the 8 projects, inspiring co-productions plans. In addition, with the launch of the Village de Musique this year, we are working with 4 young film composers who will add their musical ideas to the projects. A rich and intense summit.

This year the Low Budget Film Forum VII case studies are first feature films made by graduates of the Low Budget Film Forum.

For the past 3 years the International team at LFS has been running the distribution and marketing lab, Making Waves, hands on training in 5 days, held at the dffb during the Berlinale.

International Sales Agents provided 5 case study films screening at the festival. Creating distribution strategies, trailers and posters the teams brainstormed strategies for distribution.

‘As a writer/director, MAKING WAVES was an incredible opportunity for me to understand all the facets of distribution and marketing of a film’

LFS has been running the annual Low Budget Film Forum for seven years. This year we are pleased to be partnering with the Les Arcs European Film Festival for the second time, to celebrate our final edition of this successful and popular lab.

Giorgio Bosisio, participant (MA filmmaking 2013).

Participant Giorgio Bosisio (MA Filmmaking graduate 2013) commented “By the end of Making Waves you feel equipped with the knowledge needed to face the battlefield of distribution and marketing for a film. Making Waves was for me an incredible opportunity, not only to understand theoretically and practically all the facets and complications behind such strategic planning, but also to meet talented film students from all Europe and learn to work together on an actual distribution strategy and marketing campaign. It was massively instructive and terribly fun!”

Launched as ‘A Fistful of Euros’ in London in 2008, in close collaboration with The Danish Film School, the Budapest Academy of Film and Theatre and La Femis, Low Budget Film forum has been expanded and developed and toured Europe extensively since being annually produced by Suzy Gillett from 2009.

A combined lab and forum, LBFF looks deeply into low budget films

MAKING WAVES

5th term film ANA, directed by Dornaz Hajiha and shot by Victoria Hayford (pictured), was one of the projects to benefit from LFS participation in the MEDIA-FUNDED initiative ‘A Clear View’, which focused on technical training in grading.

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LFS Workshops TV drama – Jonas Grimås’s Director’s Prep and Tim Fywell’s The Director/Writer Collaboration.

Longform TV series bring new storytelling possibilities, addressed in writers’ courses by Neil Arksey on Serial Drama, Philip palmer on Series Drama; and for producers in Sue Austen’s Showrunner and Nigel StaffordClark’s Producing High-End Drama. In 2015 LFS Workshops partners with Fresh Voices and the Creative Skillset TV Skills Fund to present a new ‘boot camp’ for BAME TV drama writers.

Udayan’s Prasad’s Directing Summer School

In the weeks after Udayan Prasad’s Directing Summer School, visitors to the London Film

there, alongside storytelling principles from Aristotle, William Archer, John Howard Lawson and

At the post-production end of the filmmaking process, Barrie Vince’s The Editor as Storyteller distils a lifetime’s experience and

Throughout all the LFS Workshops, storytelling is the key that opens all forms, genres and stages of filmmaking School discover the same slogan, as they close the loo door, and stuck on the inside of cupboards: ‘Everything begins and ends with the Story.’ It is the bedrock principle of Udayan’s acclaimed workshop (the fourth edition of which will run in 2015); and it will also underpin Jonas Grimås’s new First Film Summer School (which follows Udayan’s in August). It is a slogan, in one way or another, that informs every short course in the LFS Workshops programme.

The Workshops programme is a virtual film school, presenting short courses on story, script, visualisation, producing, directors’ preparation, working with actors, production design, camera, sound recording, editing, sound design, colour grading, music, and distribution and marketing.

The programme covers movies, TV drama, and documentary; it develops in response to changes in filmmaking practice, and changes in demand from participants.

For nearly ten years, Paul Cronin’s Mackendrick on Film presentation, originated at LFS, has travelled the world: a justly famous benchmark of how a master filmmaker’s lifetime knowledge and perception can

David Mamet. It is everything a filmmaker would need to know about the theory and practice of storytelling, in a single day. (Paul will still continue to offer his famous Script Surgeries, alongside Dramatic Construction Essentials:

JANUARY Six Production Design Essentials: Intensive 2-Week Programme Mon 5 - Sat 17 Jan, with David McHenry - LAST FEW PLACES The Editor as Storyteller: Principles & Practice of Narrative Film Editing Tue 6 Jan - Wed 14 Jan, with Barrie Vince - FULLY BOOKED The Director/Writer Collaboration: From Script to Screen* Sat 17 & Sun 18 Jan, with Tim Fywell - FULLY BOOKED Story Is Character: The Art of Film Storytelling Fri 23 Jan, with Kate Leys - LAST FEW PLACES

FEBRUARY

Music Licensing in Film & TV Fri 6 Feb, with Ian Neil - LAST FEW PLACES

BAME WRITERS’ BOOTCAMP: Creating an Original TV Drama Series* Mon 9 Feb - Mon 23 Mar, with Carol Russell In Association with Fresh Voices UK - APPLY BY 5 JAN A to Z of Documentary Producing: From Creation to Distribution Fri 13 - Sun 15 Feb, with Tracey Gardiner Music Strategies in Narrative Filmmaking Sat 14 & Sun 15 Feb, with Gustavo Costantini NEW! The Editor At Work: Thematic Subtexts, Dramatic Patterns and Rhythms Sat 21 & Sun 22 Feb, with Gustavo Costantini Kate Leys Story Surgery Fri 27 Feb, with Kate Leys NEW!

MARCH

Gustavo Constantini’s 2-day workshop is derived from his work with Walter Murch, the legendary editor and sound designer on APOCALYPSE NOW.

from Aristotle to Mamet, in March).

Kate Leys has developed her Filmmaker’s Introduction to Storytelling workshop into Story is Character, a new edition that one participant says ‘makes what can be dauntingly complicated, breathtakingly simple’. ‘Everything begins with the story’, and Kate argues, every story begins with character.

Alongside Ellis Freeman’s Writers’

Regular LFS Workshop tutor Jonas Grimås is leading the ‘First Film Summer School’, launching in 2015.

be translated for new generations.

Paul has now designed Dramatic Construction Essentials: from Aristotle to Mamet, a new, wideranging 1-day masterclass.

Mackendrick’s lessons are still in

knowledge into an 8-day workshop, lead by a master storyteller. It is complemented in February by Gustavo Constantini’s 2-day presentation The Editor at Work: Thematic Subtexts, Dramatic Patterns and Rhythms,

For further details, please contact us: workshops@lfs.org.uk / +44 (0)207 836 9642.

Gym, Udayan’s Directing Actors, Dylan Stone’s Developing the Visual Imagination, Josh Appignanesi’s Visual Storytelling, LFS Workshops now presents directing courses also aimed at

derived from Gustavo’s work with legendary sound designer and editor Walter Murch, including THE CONVERSATION and APOCALPSE NOW, and exclusive rushes and assembly materials from Anthony Minghella’s THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. Throughout all the LFS Workshops, storytelling is the key that opens all forms, genres and stages of filmmaking.

Documentarists Tracey Gardiner’s A-Z of Documentary, Chris Terrill’s One Man and His Camera and Zillah Bowes’ Exposed! A Practical Guide to Self-Shooting Documentary, through David McHenry’s Six Production Design Essentials and Stéphane Collange’s forthcoming CAD in Production Design, Joel Cahen’s Practical Guide to Location Sound and Larry Sider’s Deconstructing the Soundtrack, Ian Neil’s Music Licensing and Dado Valentic’s Introduction to Digital Colour Grading, and Mia Bays’ Selling Marketing & Distribution Demystified, everything begins (and ends) with the story.

Archie Tait, Head of LFS Workshops

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Filmmaking: From Mamet to Murch

LFS WORKSHOPS JAN - APR 2015

The Writers’ Gym: Practical Tools for Creative Screenwriting Mon 2 Mar - Mon 11 May, with Ellis Freeman - APPLY BY 12 JAN Visual Storytelling: An Introduction for Directors, Writers & Producers Sat 14 & Sun 15 Mar, with Josh Appignanesi NEW! The Director/Actor Collaboration: Essential Techniques for Directors Sat 21 & Sun 22 Mar, with Tim Fywell A to Z of Documentary Producing: Ideas Surgery Fri 27 Mar, with Tracey Gardiner NEW! Dramatic Construction Essentials: From Aristotle to David Mamet Sat 28 Mar, with Paul Cronin Paul Cronin Script Surgery Sun 29 Mar, with Paul Cronin

APRIL

NEW! ADAPTATION for Cinema, Television and the Web Sat 11 Apr - Sun 14 Jun, with Margaret Glover - APPLY BY 1 MAR Storyboarding for Directors: Developing the Visual Imagination Thu 16 - Sun 19 Apr, with Dylan Stone Directors' Prep: Everything You Need to Know Before You Shout ‘Action!’

Sat 26 & Sun 26 Apr, with Jonas Grimås

SUMMER SCHOOLS

LFS Directing Summer School with Udayan Prasad 3-week programme, Sun 2 Aug - Sat 22 Aug 2015 The Jonas Grimås First Film Summer School 2-week programme, Sun 23 Aug – Sat 5 Sep 2015 NEW!

*This scheme is funded by Creative Skillset’s Skills Investment Fund.

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Graduate Success LFS graduates have been involved in an impressive range of features and TV productions over the past year, including:

Directors A Country Called Home - Anna Axster After the World Ended - Tony Ukpo Bangalore Days - Anjali Menon Bends - Flora Lau Blackbird - Jamie Chambers Blackhat - Michael Mann Breaking the Wave - Annie Canavaggio Cristo Rey - Leticia Tonos Factory Girl - Mohamed Khan Falling Leaves - Ali Jaberansari From A to B - Ali Mostafa Last Summer - Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Long Forgotten Fields - Jon Stanford Mr. Turner - Mike Leigh Oliver’s Deal - Barney Elliott Short Skin - Duccio Chiarini

Stonehearst Asylum - Brad Anderson The Befuddled Box of Betty Buttifint - Janis Pugh The Disappearing Illusionist - Bobbie Peers The Golden Era - Ann Hui The Highway is for Gamblers - Alexandra McGuinness The New Boy - Christine Lalla The Salt of the Earth - Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (co-director with Wim Wenders) Viva Hate - Jens Lien Warcraft - Duncan Jones Xenia - Panos H. Koutras Young, Fit and Dying: The Truth about Running Michael Dorgan

Producers 24: Live Another Day - Iain Smith

Appropriate Behaviour - Olivier Kaempfer, Executive Producer Before I Go To Sleep - Boaz Davidson, Executive Producer Blackbird - James Barrett God Help the Girl - Chris Curling, Executive Producer Koinonia - Mischa Jakupcak Long Forgotten Fields - Ben Caird Mad Max: Fury Road - Iain Smith, Executive Producer Saint Petersburg - Joanna Bence & Fyodor Druzin Salomé - Barry Navidi Short Skin - Babak Jalali The Dressmaker - Gavin Poolman, Executive Producer The Highway is for Gamblers - Mark Lee,

Executive Producer The Ninth Cloud - Kat Moon & Jan Daube White Shadow - Ginevra Elkann, Producer & Babak Jalali, Co-Producer

Writers Blackbird - Robyn Pete Brave Men’s Blood - Hrafnkell Stefansson In Vain - David Henrichs Last Summer - Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Miyamoto Musashi - Shimako Sato Stratos - Harry Lagoussis, Co-Writer

Cinematographers 20,000 Days on Earth - Erik Wilson Aliceville - Gareth Munden Amapola - Ueli Steiger

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? - Gale Tattersall Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain - Charlie Wuppermann Blackbird - John Craine From A to B - Michel Dierickx Happy Valley - Ivan Strasburg Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 - Jo Willems Keeping Rosy - Roger Pratt Long Forgotten Fields - Benjamin Thomas Paddington - Erik Wilson Short Skin - Baris Ozbicer The Befuddled Box of Betty Buttifint - Charles C. Meyer The Red Road - Ivan Strasburg The Missing - Ole Bratt Birkeland Walking on Sunshine - Philipp Blaubach The Highway is For Gamblers - Gareth Munden

Ugly - Nikos Andritsakis

Editors Blood Moon - Kant Pan Chef - Robert Leighton The Art of Gothic - Andrea Carnevali The Invisible Woman - Nicolas Gaster

Production Design Game of Thrones - Hauke Richter, Art Director The Duke of Burgundy - Pater Sparrow, Production Designer

Actors American Horror Story - Danny Huston Masters of Sex - Danny Huston

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MA Filmmaking

Graduation Films Graduation film projects are the culmination of two years of intensive study on the MA Filmmaking at The London Film School, during which students receive technical training in tandem with developing creative and production skills, and the study of film history, cultures and critical analysis.

Students collaborate in the development, production and delivery of up to 180 films per year, according to strict briefs which increase in complexity from term to term.

Silent black and white 16mm films are followed by shorts inspired by paintings in the National Gallery, then digital documentaries. Terms 4 and 5 feature studio-based dramas shot on 35mm or Arri Alexas.

BADCOCK

BEETLEBUM

CURRICÁN

DEREK VS DEREK

GAGE

HARD TO LOSE

Jannicke de Lange

Ankit Arya

The 6th term is devoted to the preparation of graduation films, and equipping students for industry-standard practice beyond their studies, and features a number of presentations by Visiting Lecturers who are specialists in their fields.

Most students choose to graduate as writer-directors; others decide to specialize, for example, as director of photography, producer, editor, and work on a number of projects within the time-frame.

Graduation film projects offer great freedom in terms of subject and method of production.

They can be shot anywhere in the world, and are frequently crewed by a combination of LFS students and local professionals.

Alvaro Gago Diaz

Sebastian Barner-Rasmussen

This results in an extraordinary range of stories and approaches, with a truly international perspective. An increasing number of students are also opting to work in non-fiction formats.

This year films have shot in Columbia, India, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Iran, Norway, Austria, Greece, Nigeria, Portugal, USA, as well as the UK. They cover a fascinating range of subject matter and approaches - from contemporary comedies to period dramas, intimate character studies to ambitious projects featuring special effects.

This year's, 46 graduation films and the graduating students are featured on these pages.

To learn more about them and watch LFS films, visit our website at www.lfs.org.uk.

Keith Kopp

Manfredi Mancuso

INTERIOR

IN THE YOUNG DARK

ISLANDS

LAST BASE

MATTER PATTERNS

NO STRINGS

OSMONDE

ROSA

THE IDEA OF GROWING OLD

THE PASSENGER

THE TRANSLATOR (Çevirmen)

THE WAY HOME

Vaagn Avakin

Olga Yakimenko

Alyssa Stratton

Jonathan Samuel Brostoff

Eoin Maher

Oliver Cottam

Sophia Goulandris

Elsa Bauverd

Emre Kayiş

Aslak Danbolt

Francisco Neffe

Weilin Wang

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5.20 IN THE AFTERNOON

57° NORTH

A LOVELY LIFE

AWAKENING

BESIDES THAT LIFE IS GRAND

BROOD OR THOUGHT

BROTHERS

CARMEN

DESERTS

DILIP’S CASTLE

DOG DAYS

FOXES

HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME

ICE FLOE

I CHERISH MY HOME

I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE (JE NE T’AIME PLUS)

LAURA

LEGOSCH

LEIDI

LINES IN THE SAND

Simón Mesa Soto

Liam Creighton

SEAMS

SMERDAKI

SUSPICIONS

THE AMAZING GRACE CHURCH OF GOD

THIEVES IN THE NIGHT

THOSE LITTLE THINGS

VARIATIONS ON CHARLOTTE’S AFTERNOON

YOU ARE WHOLE

Rananjay Bhandari

Astrid Carlen-Helmer

Irene Gomez Emilsson

Ben Aston

Julio Mas Alcaraz

Christina Pergomet

Sandra Tabet

Nick Jones

John Feifer

Manos Ioannou

Maria Loyter

Janina Vilsmaier

Antigone Mitsimpouna Davaki

Carla Simón

Andi Sinkovics / Noah Castro

Andreas Reksten

Nathan Deming

Bahador Adab

Alexander Birrel

Christina Ruloff

Gaelle Mourre

Mahshad Afshar

Mikel Gurrea

Aliénor Duplessis

Tolulope Itegboje

Laura Spini

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MA Filmmaking EDITOR, 16mm, 4m, London Film School, 2011 Six, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm, 4m, London

He Took His Skin Off For Me, CO-

Dettol TVC - Mother's Day Special, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Red Epic, 20s, Onions Creative Pvt. Ltd. Newgen Animation Project, DIRECTOR, 4m,

WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 11m, LFS, 2014 Russian Roulette, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 5m,

Onions Creative Pvt. Ltd.

DIRECTOR, Digital, 20m, London, 2012 Aphrodite, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 4m, London

PaperEpic, 2014

5:20 In The Afternoon, DIRECTOR, 24m, LFS

Film School, 2011

Alexa, 14m, LFS, 2013

Whistle, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, London Film School, 2011

Formalities, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2011 Whisper, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 5m, PaperEpic,

On the Edge of Happiness, ASSISTANT, 16mm,

2011

Film School, 2012

Karmic Compensation, 1ST ASSISTANT

Dinner and a Movie, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, rananjaysb@gmail.com

4m, London Film School, 2011

Blow Off, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 4m, London

info@benastondirector.com www.benastondirector.com

Film School, 2011

UP_SAD_DOWN, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 4m, London Film School, 2011

Cul-de-sac, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Digital, 84m, Nirvana Film Productions, 2010

mahshad.afshar@gmail.com www.mahshadafshar.com

BAHADOR ADAB I was born on August 12th 1984 in Tehran, Iran. I became interested in film through screenplays and writing scripts. I started taking script workshops and working at Road Films as an intern, meanwhile doing small projects on my own. After building up a portfolio I applied to the LFS.

Ankit Arya was born in New Delhi, India.

Currently, the young writer and director is based in Mumbai, India where he's working in advertising, corporate films, documentaries and feature films.

At LFS I was able to work on a number of short films and other side projects in a variety of roles, helping me to learn the language of filmmaking and cinema, as well as finding what I want to be doing professionally.

I Cherish My Home, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 27m, LFS, 2014

Glass Animals ‘Hazey’, ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT, Alexa, 3m, Agile Films, 2014 Islands, EDITOR, Alexa, 24m, LFS & LFA, 2014 Tradition, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2013 The Mentor, SPARK, Alexa,14m, LFS, 2013 The Special One, EDITOR,/DOP, 35mm,12m, LFS, 2013 Clearing, BOOM OPERATOR, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2013 Txoria, EDITOR, HD Sonyx1, 25m, LFS, 2013 Sill Life, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 3m, 16mm, LFS, 2012 Slow Hustle, EDITOR, 3m, 16mm, LFS, 2011 Perfect Corpses, PRODUCER, 3m, 16mm, 2011 adab.bahador@gmail.com

SEBASTIAN BARNER-RASMUSSEN

ANKIT ARYA

ALFONSO ARTUNDUAGA-CACERES Alfonso is an independent filmmaker. He selfshoots and post-produces most of his own documentaries and works collaboratively on fiction films. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Alfonso has a degree in Media Studies. He began working as a TV reporter for a local television station, before becoming a producer. His determination and knowledge led to him producing programs for national television, including pre-recorded short documentaries and live broadcasting in Venezuela and abroad.

After several years working in television, Alfonso saw filmmaking as the natural next step in his career. He enrolled at the LFS in 2011 and obtained a postgraduate diploma.

He’s passionate about films and is a creative and disciplined professional.

Now based in London, Alfonso is still building on his experience, self-shooting his own documentaries. He also continues collaborating on short films. Alfonso sees digital cinema and new video technologies as a powerful tool for the further democratization of filmmaking.

Born and raised in Finland, Sebastian BarnerRasmussen studied Directing & Screenwriting at the Arcada University of Applied Sciences before gaining an in MA Filmmaking at the London Film School in 2014.

Before moving to Mumbai, Ankit worked in Delhi as an assistant director on several digital marketing campaigns for viral videos, advertisements, corporate films, medical documentaries and government funded documentaries. Ankit graduated as a director from The London Film School..

5.20 in the Afternoon, PRODUCER, Red Epic MX 4K, LFS

VAAGN AVAKIN

Beetlebum, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Canon EOS C300, LFS

Tongues, GRIP, Arri Alexa, LFS Auld Acquaintance, STUDIO SOUND RECORDIST,

Studied Film and Television Directing at the Moscow Film Institute under the supervision of Valeri Rubinchick.

Arri Alexa, LFS

Sony EX 1, LFS

Worked at Mosfilm Studios as script editor, scriptwriter and assistant to the producer on documentaries and short films. In 2011, moved to United Kingdom where he completed his Masters in Filmmaking at the London Film School (2014).

Anna Pie, GAFFER, 16mm, LFS Selkie, 1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA, 16mm , LFS Song of Songs, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 16mm, LFS Distances, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm,

Directed short films, promo-videos and commercials and in 2013, founded Cinemotion Ltd.

Sticks and Stones, CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS

A Breath in the Wind, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm B&W , LFS

The Age of Spring, SOUND RECORDIST/EDITOR,

LFS

Dinner and a Show,WRITER/ DIRECTOR/EDITOR, 16mm, LFS Rules of Entrapment, CAMERA OPERATOR,

Currently resides and works in the United Kingdom.

16mm, LFS

Interior, DIRECTOR, 35mm, 18m, LFS/Cinemotion Ltd.,

Spilt Milk, CONTINUITY/EDITOR, 16mm B&W, LFS Thirst, 2ND CAMERA ASSISTANT, 16mm B&W, LFS

2013

ankit.arya0901@gmail.com

Chono Lulu, DIRECTOR, 35mm B&W, 18m, LFS, 2012 The Door, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 Etudes, DIRECTOR, 16mm & Super8mm Colour + B&W, 40m, Moscow Film Institute, 2006

info@cinemotion.co.uk www.cinemotion.co.uk

He has written, directed and shot awardwinning short films whilst also gathering experience as a versatile filmmaker by working on numerous productions in different positions, such as DoP, AC, editor, grip, music composer, sound designer, colourist among many other roles.

Sebastian's graduation film Derek VS Derek is his tenth film and was written by Fred Forse, an LFS MA Screenwriting graduate.

Derek VS Derek, DIRECTOR, Alexa, 9m, LFS, 2014 Team Judas, ASSISTANT CAMERA, Arri Alexa, 16m, LFS, 2013

Hellfire, SOUND DESIGNER, Canon C300, 12m, independent, 2013

Spoils, DIRECTOR, 35mm, 9m, LFS, 2012 Love Stuffed, GRIP, 16mm, LFS, 2012 Remain, GRIP, 35mm, LFS, 2012 Step Right Up, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm, LFS, 2012

All you need to know about Whales, ASSISTANT CAMERA, 35mm, LFS, 2012 Sundriesman, DIRECTOR, 16mm, LFS, 2011 Forgetting to Remember, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2011

Entropy, CAMERA OPERATOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 My Super Sweet, GAFFER, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 Pygmalion, ASSISTANT CAMERA, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Doubt, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 barnerrasmussen@gmail.com www.barnerrasmussen.com

East & West, CINEMATOGRAPHER/ EDITOR, Canon Cinema EOS C300 PL/FCPX, 10m, Ambassadors Theatre Group

Miranda House Renovation, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/CAMERA OPERATOR/EDITOR, Canon XF305/FCPX, 24m, Telesur (Latin America News Channel)

Exodus, CAMERA OPERATOR/ SOUND DESIGNER, Canon Cinema EOS C300 EF/FCPX,

MAHSHAD AFSHAR Mahshad is a director, producer, researcher and scriptwriter with over five years of experience in TV production and on-air programmes. She has produced and directed over 50 episodes of TV series from concept and development through to final production and delivery. During her time at The London Film School she directed and produced 16 short films.

A human & women’s rights activist and campaigner, Mahshad raised 50,000 signatures in a recent petition within one month and was a guest speaker at Amnesty International.

Her debut feature film Cul-de-sac has been selected and screened by 24 film festivals across the globe.

Cinema7, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Digital, 52 episodes ,50m, Irane Farda Television, 2014 Carmen, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Canon 5D MKII, 20m, London Film School, 2013

Self-Portrait, 1ST AC/ PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm, 5m, London Film

13m, LFS

Violent Delights, EDITOR (RE-EDITION), Canon Cinema EOS C300 EF/FCPX, 20m, Ambassadors Theatre Group

The Southern Border of Europe, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER/CAMERA OPERATOR/ EDITOR, Canon XF305/FPCX, 27m, Telesur

The Other Side of London, PRODUCER/REPORTER/CAMERA OPERATOR/EDITOR, Canon XF305/FCPX, 40m, Telesur Thula, EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER/ SOUND RECORDIST/PRODUCTION DESIGNER, NagraV/Avid 6, 12m, LFS

Half Dog, CINEMATOGRAPHER/ CAMERA OPERATOR, Sony PMW-EX1, 12m, LFS Democracy in Russia, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/CAMERA OPERATOR/EDITOR, Canon XF305/FCPX, 25m, Telesur

London In Flames, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/CAMERA OPERATOR/EDITOR, Canon XF305/FCPX, 25m, Telesur Dragonfly, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER/FOLEY, Aaton16mm/Edited Avid 5, 3m30s, LFS

On the Edge of Happiness, CAMERA OPERATOR, Aaton16mm, 3m, LFS Instead, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Aaton16mm, 3m, LFS

BEN ASTON

RANANJAY BHANDARI

Ben is a 27-year-old, London born filmmaker, raised in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Australia and Bath. His first stab at directing was a puppet show at the age of 11 that lasted so long as to require an intermission. It had dinosaurs.

After high school, I studied History as an undergraduate in Delhi. It was during this time that I realised my passion for directing films. I've also always wanted to act and was very active in Delhi's theatre circuit at the time. After directing a few plays, I chose to study Filmmaking. Before coming to London to study at the London Film School, I worked at a film production company in Mumbai as a production intern.

After graduating with a BA in Philosophy from Kings College London he spent a year freelancing, resulting in a nationally broadcast commercial that paid for his first term at the London Film School.

His mid-course film Dinner and a Movie was selected for the Palm Springs, LSFF and Edinburgh Film Festival 2013, which named him a 'British Director of Tomorrow'.

The two years I spent in London studying at the London Film School made me look at the world from a very different point of view.

At the moment I'm working in Delhi with a film production company as an Assistant Director.

School, 2013

A Comedy, 1ST AC/PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm Arri-Alexa, 20m, London Film School, 2013 The Clearing, CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm Super America, 20m, London Film School, 2012 Half Dog, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Digital, 19m, London Film School, 2012

Like A Virgin, WRITER/DIRECTOR/

artunduaga.caceres@gmail.com

His graduation film He Took His Skin Off For Me was awarded after premiering at the 2014 Palm Springs Shortfest and has been selected for the BFI LFF, FantasticFest and others. His online short Russian Roulette recently won the Jury Prize at Sundance London.

WHO Animation Project, DIRECTOR, 5m, Onions Creative Pvt. Ltd.

Fashion and You TVC, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Red Epic, 30s, Onions Creative Pvt. Ltd.

Dettol TVC - Handfie, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, 5D Mark 3, 50s, Onions Creative Pvt. Ltd.

ELSA BAUVERD Born in Geneva in 1989, Elsa Bauverd grew up in the French-speaking part of Switzerland in a half Spanish, half Austrian home. After a BA in Philosophy and Film at the University of Southampton, she was accepted into the London Film School in 2011.

Her graduation film Osmonde was completed in April 2014 and has been selected to screen at the 2014 Austin Film Festival. Now based in Paris, she is currently directing a commissioned documentary in Switzerland about writer C.F. Ramuz.

Souvenir de la Muette (in production), DIRECTOR, Gonseth Production, 2014

December 2014

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MA Filmmaking Osmonde, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, Canon C300, 21m, LFS, 2014

Further Instructions (feature, preproduction), DIRECTOR, Canon C100, 70m, Inspire

Dinner and a Movie, EDITOR/SOUND RECORDIST,

Me, Inc., 2015

HD, Alexa, 14m, LFS, 2012

In the Young Dark, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Canon

Almalein, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2012 Rickshaw Nights, PRODUCER, 16mm, 14m, LFS,

C300, 25m, LFS, 2014

Besides That, Life is Grand, PRODUCER, Arri

2011

Alexa, 25m, LFS, 2014

Seven Days of Plenty, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm,

Lines in the Sand, PRODUCER, Arri Alexa, 25m,

3m, LFS, 2011

LFS, 2014

Une Caméra en Indochine, DIRECTOR, HD, 22m,

No Strings, PRODUCER, Arri Alexa, 25m, LFS, 2014 Tongues, PRODUCER, Arri Alexa, 20m, LFS, 2013 Sand Castle, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Sony VG10, 5m,

independent, 2007

e.bauverd@gmail.com

He then chose to study at the London Film School in order to develop an understanding of the theory and practice of narrative filmmaking.

Prosessen (documentary), WRITER/DIRECTOR, 14m, 2008

Fjellfykere (documentary), WRITER/DIRECTOR, 23m, 2008

Lysgårdsbakkene (documentary), Oliver is currently living in London, teaching the piano part-time and developing a short film script with a friend. For the next few years he intends to write, direct and photograph short narrative films and art projects in order to experiment and further develop his understanding of film form and production.

WRITER/DIRECTOR, 5m, 2007

aslak.danbolt@gmail.com

Thailand Int'l Film Competition, 2013

Chasing Clouds (documentary), PRODUCER,

The Passenger, WRITER/DIRECTOR, DSLR HD +

Song EX3, 10m, LFS, 2012

16mm, 8m, LFS, 2013

Out of Doors, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm Colour,

The Arsonist, CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm, 14m, LFS,

5m, LFS, 2012

2012

L'Etranger, PRODUCER, 16mm B&W, 5m, LFS, 2011 Kairos, DIRECTOR, 5m, 16mm B&W, LFS, 2011

Away in the Attic, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm B&W, 13m, LFS, 2012

Ripple Effect, CAMERA OPERATOR, Sony EX-3 HD, jonathan.s.brostoff@gmail.com www.jonathansamuelbrostoff.com

18m, LFS, 2011

Water and a Rose, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 Scenes from Chora, WRITER/CAMERA OPERATOR/SOUND DESIGNER/EDITOR, mini DV, 8m, One and Other Productions, 2010

DEBASHIS REMY DALAI

ollicott@hotmail.com

Debashis 'Remy' Dalai was born in Paris, France and brought up between India, Europe and Africa. He attained his BA in Journalism and Mass Communication in India and it was here that he developed his interest in the visual aspects of filmmaking. He pursued his interest in the visual field by doing his Masters in Filmmaking at the London Film School where he concentrated on cinematography, whilst getting an overall education on film.

ALEXANDER BIRRELL Alexander was born in Liverpool and spent his childhood watching any and every film he possibly could. After studying Film at university, he moved to Italy (thanks to his passion for Italian cinema) and began to work in a variety of production roles. His work on a television series was followed by various music videos and short films and eventually led to work on two feature films. It was after this that he decided to return to the UK and was awarded a Creative Skillset Bursary enabling him to attend the London Film School.

An avid fan of the suspense and thriller genres, Alex was mentored through the creation of his graduation film by director Martin McDonagh. Since the completion of his latest short film Alex has founded a company, Scope Films Ltd, and is currently developing genre-based projects.

Suspicions, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Blackmagic 4k, 28m, LFS, 2014

Badcock, GAFFER, 5D Mark III, LFS, 2014.

In His Shadow, FOCUS PULLER, 35mm, LFS, 2013 Seams, DOLLY GRIP, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2013 The Final Moments of Poe and Nina, DOLLY GRIP, 35mm, LFS, 2013

Dark was the Night, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm, LFS, 2013

Omoshiroi, FOCUS PULLER, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2013 The Knife Drawer, GAFFER, 35mm, LFS, 2013 Tongues, GAFFER, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2013 Treasure, SPARK, 35mm, LFS, 2012 Blackout, DIRECTOR, 16mm, LFS, 2012 So this is London, DIRECTOR, 16mm, LFS, 2012 Nightcall, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm, LFS, 2012

Loosie Goosie, CAMERA OPERATOR, 16mm, LFS, 2012

Endeavour, SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm/7D, LFS, 2012

alex_birrell@hotmail.com www.scopefilms.co.uk

Remy has shot films on a variety of formats ranging from S16mm - 35mm to the industry standard digital systems like the Arri Alexa and Red Epic.

He has since returned to India and has been working on short films and TVCs while assisting on feature films.

ASTRID CARLEN HELMER Astrid Carlen-Helmer was born in 1988. She grew up in a city in the south of France, where she studied both film theory and literature before leaving for Los Angeles, where she got a taste of what making movies was like.

Ever since then, she has been pursuing filmmaking both in the US and Europe. At the London Film School she focused on cinematography and also directed her graduation film, Besides That, Life is Grand.

She strongly believes that knowing and understanding what each role is about on a film set is what makes a better filmmaker.

Besides That, Life is Grand, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 22m, LFS, 2014

The Idea of Growing Old, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, C300, 15m, LFS, 2014

In the Young Dark, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/EDITOR, C300, 24m, LFS, 2014 Tongues, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2013

Treasure, EDITOR/CAMERA OPERATOR, 35mm, 9m, LFS, 2012

Chasing Clouds, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Sony EX-3, 9m47, LFS, 2012

Hero, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012

Homecoming, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

astrid.carlenhelmer@gmail.com www.astridcarlen.com

5:20pm In The Afternoon, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Red Epic, 24m, LFS 2013

LIAM CREIGHTON Originally from a sleepy little village in the West Midlands, Liam Creighton lived and worked around the world before settling in London.

His work is strongly influenced by Japanese family drama and often focuses on unconventional family structures. Films Liam has directed have screened and won awards around the world. He is currently developing a short and a feature as writer/director with Librecine and a feature as director with Polychrome Pictures.

No Strings, PRODUCER, Alexa, 22m, LFS, 2014 Lines in the Sand, DIRECTOR, Alexa, 23m, LFS, 2014 Dripping Down by East India Youth,

freelance, 2014

PRODUCER, Alexa, 3m, 3AM Films, 2013

Interdependence by Adrian Corker, PRODUCTION MANAGER, Alexa, 3m, Blink Productions, 2013

Rosemary Jane, PRODUCER, Alexa, 17m, LFS, 2012 A Good Friday, 1ST AD, Red MX, 15m, LFS, 2012 Calling For Yes, 1ST AD, Canon C300, 15m, The Film

LFS, 2013

The Clearing, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, 6m, LFS,

Je Ne T'aime Plus, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY,

2012

Canon C300, 20m, LFS 2013

Born Positive, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Sony

The Olive Branch Job, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Arri

EX3, 18m, LFS, 2012

Alexa+Canon C300, 23m, LFS 2013

Almalein, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm,

jannicke.de.lange@gmail.com

10m, LFS, 2012

A Woman Holding A Mirror, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm, 2m, LFS 2012 Pygmalion, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 16mm, 4m, LFS 2011

info@debashisdalai.com www.debashisdalai.com

NATHAN DEMING ASLAK DANBOLT Aslak Danbolt is from Bergen, Norway. He has two BA’s, one in Film Studies and one in Documentary Directing, both from Lillehammer University College. His graduation film Martin-the Ghost was selected for numerous international film festivals including IDFA, Thessaloniki and London, winning several awards.

He has studied for an MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School since 2011. He is currently living in Oslo developing his graduation film Last Base into a feature.

Company, 2012

Nathan Deming was born in Wisconsin, USA in 1989. He studied Creative Writing at Webster University in St. Louis, MO, before moving to the UK to join the London Film School in September 2011. His 5th term film Tongues - based on his own experiences in a mega church during college - played at several major European film festivals, including the London Short Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival and currently features on IndieFlix.

In 2014, he finished his graduation film Dog Days, shot in Wisconsin and starring local actors. He's currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA, where he's developing his first feature film, Speaking in Tongues, to be shot in Chicago in 2015.

The Library of Burned Books, PRODUCER, Red

Lights (documentary), PRODUCER, in pre-

MX, 9m, LFS, 2012

production, LFS, 2015

Three Way Street, 1ST AD, Alexa, 16m, LFS, 2012 It Happens So Fast, 1ST AD, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2011 Like Spinning Plates, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm,

Dog Days, PRODUCER, Red Epic, 25m, LFS, 2014 Last Base, WRITER/DIRECTOR, SI-2K, 15m, LFS &

15m, LFS, 2011

PRODUCER/OPERATOR, 35mm, 15m, LFS, 2011 Kings in the Ring, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 7m, LFS, 2010 Companions, WRITER/PRODUCER, 16mm, 5m, LFS,

En Prest og en Plage (documentary), CODIRECTOR, Red Epic, 89m, f(x) produksjoner, 2014 Test, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2013 Awake, PRODUCER/EDITOR, 35 mm, 13m, LFS, 2012 Speakers Corner (documentary), DIRECTOR,

2010

HD video, 12m, LFS, 2012

C300, 18m, LFS, 2014

Julie, Julie, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HVX200, 21m,

Sunset, WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR, 16 mm, 3m, LFS

Tongues, WRITER/DIRECTOR,

2012

Arri Alexa, 17m, LFS, 2013

Press Your Lips Together,

Oliver grew up first in West Yorkshire and then Herefordshire. He attended Dartington College of Arts during 2005-2008, studying Fine Art at BA level. During this time he developed a particular interest in the symbolic and rhythmical aspects of the moving image.

Carnivory, GAFFER, 20m, Lumennaire, 2014 Badcock, DIRECTOR, 20m, LFS, 2014 Tongues, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Alexa, 18m,

LFS 2013

Anagram, 1ST AD, Canon C300, 15m, St. Giles Films, 2013

OLIVER COTTAM

After graduating from Kingston, she moved on to do her MA Filmmaking at the London Film School and she is now looking to advance (herself) within the film industry in London.

Beetlebum, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Canon C300, 15m,

He also works freelance in production and AD roles, teaches occasional practical filmmaking classes at Arcadia University and is producing the voice acting for a forthcoming computer game. When he isn’t working on or watching a film, he cooks, swims and - very occasionally - he sleeps.

Have Some Pride by People Like Us,

Jonathan grew up in the vapid suburbs of Southern California, about 30 minutes outside of Los Angeles. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Chapman University in 2010 with a degree in Theatre Directing and a Minor in Creative Writing. In 2011, searching for an international perspective on the film industry, he chose to attend The London Film School. He has directed and produced short films in both the United Kingdom and the US and also written & directed for the stage. He has never owned a dog, though he hopes to one day.

Jannicke was born in Norway and spent most of her life on an island outside Oslo. After trying out Media Studies for a year, she decided to move to England in 2008 to complete an BA Film Studies at Kingston University.

Recent films Liam produced have earned a 2013 Student Academy Award nomination (The Library of Burned Books) and won awards including Best of British at Encounters 2013 (Rosemary Jane).

PRODUCER, Red, 6m, Stolen Recordings, 2013 Together in My Name, PRODUCER, Canon 5D, 4m,

JONATHAN SAMUEL BROSTOFF

JANNICKE DE LANGE

Jaywalker Productions, 2008

liam@junkopia.net www.liam-creighton.com

Balldott Film, 2014

Button Up, EDITOR, 16 mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 Martin-the Ghost (documentary), WRITER/DIRECTOR, DVCPro 50, 25m, Lillehammer University College, 2009

Orbit Day, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HVX-200, 18m, 2014 Crazy, WRITER/DIRECTOR, RED Scarlet, 17m, 2014 Dog Days, WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR, RED Epic, 21m, LFS, 2014

The Idea of Growing Old, EDITOR/CAMERA OPERATOR, Canon C300, 16m, LFS, 2014 In the Young Dark, ASSISTANT CAMERA, Canon

nathanjdeming@gmail.com www.nathandeming.com

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December 2014

MA Filmmaking Lipstick, EDITOR, 35mm, 9m, LFS, 2012 Skin, EDITOR, HD, 18m, LFS, 2011 Doremi, DIRECTOR/EDITOR, HD, 20m, The Other Self,

Dumpee, 1ST AD, Alexa, Feature, Dumpee Ltd., 2014 Las pequeñas cosas, 1ST AD, RED, 25m, LFS/INICIA FILMS, 2014

Dog Days, CAMERA OPERATOR, Alexa, 22m, LFS,

2010

2014

Txoria (The Bird), WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 22m,

gago.diaz.alvaro@gmail.com www.alvarogago.com

LFS, 2013

20th Minsk International Film Festival, FEST New Directors/New Films International Film Festival (Portugal), In The Palace International Film Festival (Bulgaria), First International Film Festival Xining (China), Bilbao Festival of Contemporary Dance and Theatre (ZineBi)

Chessmates, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa , 90s, ELIA/EU, 2012

Nominated, PRIX Europa Broadcasting Film Festival

Found, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012 Perfect Corpses, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Red In The Water, WRITER/DIRECTOR, RED, 12m, PacoPochCinema, 2010

The Cats on the Roof, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD,

JOHN FEIFER

18m, UPF, 2009

Mecal Barcelona International Film Festival

John was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Since receiving an optical illusions kit as a child, he has been fascinated by the influence of light and reflection on the human eye. He adapted a 1930’s radio play for the stage and directed the production and, while attending McGill University, he joined the McGill Film Society where his interest in film grew.

ALIÉNOR DUPLESSIS Aliénor was born in the Champagne region of France and later moved to Paris. She studied the Japanese language and Civilisation at the Institute of Oriental Languages (INALCO) and earned a Master's degree in American Civilisation from the Sorbonne University, with her dissertation on the representation of Japan in American cinema.

After seeing a bit of the world, including Japan, Argentina and New York, Aliénor moved to London in May 2011 to attend the London Film School. There, she directed three short films including her graduation film I Don't Love You Anymore and developed a deep interest in sound. Having worked as a sound recordist and/or boom operator on many LFS graduation films, Aliénor now works as a freelance sound recordist and continues developing scripts that mix drama and supernatural elements.

Upon receiving his BA, John worked in media communications and later helped develop a communications system, which utilises a visual display technique. In 2011 his short film The Interview received an honourable mention at the LA Script and Film Festival and won at the Honolulu Film Awards. That same year, John was accepted onto the London Film School MA programme.

His graduation film, Brood or Thought, explores the nature of social dynamics in an unconventional family.

Brood or Thought, DIRECTOR/EDITOR, Digital

Primo, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 13m, ASIMETRIC, 2008

SOPHIA GOULANDRIS PAULINE GALTIÉ Pauline Galtié was born in Paris, 1986. After studying Humanities, Art and Film History and working as an assistant curator at Les Arts décoratifs, she decided to pursue her true passion of visual storytelling behind the camera and joined the London Film School in 2011.

Throughout her MA Filmmaking, she put an emphasis on writing, directing and editing. In 2012, she wrote and directed Remain, selected at several festivals internationally.

She is graduating with a concentration in editing and directing.

Based in Paris, she's currently preparing her next short fiction piece as well as freelancing as an AD and editor on various projects.

Format, LFS, 2014

Test, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm, LFS, 2013 The Clearing, EDITOR, 35mm B&W, LFS, 2012 England’s Lourdes, PRODUCER, Digital Format, LFS, 2012

Baer, WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR, 16mm, LFS, 2012 L’Étranger, EDITOR, 16mm B&W, LFS, 2011 It’s Undermoon, DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER,

Muck, SOUND RECORDIST, Alexa, 15m, Deerstalker

The Interview, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Digital, CFS Productions, 2010

L'interruption, EDITOR, Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2013 Remain, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, 15m, LFS, 2012 Step Right Up, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm, LFS An Examined Life, EDITOR, digital, 12m, LFS, 2012 Alteration, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm The Secret of the Egyptians, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2011

Inspired by a background and continuing interest in documentary filmmaking, she is attracted to character-led stories that focus on the dynamics of relationships. She strongly believes in giving the cast and crew the freedom and flexibility to bring their own creativity to the table as a basis for telling stories full of truth and spontaneity.

The Wake, ASSISTANT EDITOR, Sony F5, dir. Oonagh Islands, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 23m, LFS, 2014 Tradition, EDITOR, Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2013 Treasure, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, 14m, LFS, 2012 Talking Dead, EDITOR, Sony EX3, 11m, LFS, 2012 Free Time, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 5m, LFS, 2011 The Just Trial and Error, WRITER, 63m, dir. Alex Gabbay, 2010

Documentary shorts for Maslaha.org, SELFpauline.galtie@gmail.com

SHOOTER, various, The Young Foundation, 2009

MANOS IOANNOU

The Death and Life of Nat Tate,

Awakening, SOUND RECORDIST/SOUND EDITOR, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2014

gurrea.mikel@gmail.com www.mikelgurrea.com

Kearney

Digital, Aouf! Productions, 2011 Films, 2014

Starring Bill Thomas (Syrup; Cutting It) and Clare Thomas (Young Dracula; The Railway Children), Islands is Sophia's third film as a writer/director, but she has also worked in the camera department and as editor on a number of other films. At the London Film School, her script Treasure came first among thirty scripts competing to be put into production.

Special mention of the Jury, Figueres International Film Festival, Girona International Film Festival, HueZinema International Film Festival

WRITER/DIRECTOR, Sony EX3, 17m, Met Film School

johnrobertfeifer@gmail.com

2008

I Don't Love You Anymore, WRITER/DIRECTOR, sophiagoulandris@yahoo.com

Canon C300, 20m, LFS, 2013

Seeing the Funny Side, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Sony EX1, 17m, LFS, 2012

Up Sad Down, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Blow-off, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Manos Ioannou is a London-based writer and director for films, music videos, documentaries and fashion. Originally from Cyprus, he graduated from the London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking. His short documentary Seeing the Funny Side received an official selection in Soho Rushes.

He now works as a freelance writer and director between London, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

ally4778@hotmail.com

His most recent and exciting projects, yet to be released, have been directing fashion films for Vogue Japan and Numero Tokyo. He has also made art films for musicians represented by Warner Bros, Polydor Records and Universal Records.

Manos recently wrote and directed his first short film, Dilip’s Castle. It is a showcase for his predilection for raw characters, visceral storytelling and dark comedy.

IRENE GOMEZ EMILSSON ALVARO GAGO DIAZ Alvaro Gago is a born and raised Galician filmmaker. After graduating with honours in both Audiovisual Communication and Music, he moved to Chicago where he studied theatre at North Park University.

ANTONIO DURAN APARICIO Born in Seville, Spain. Background in events and theatre production with a focus in the production and development of fiction.

In the Young Dark, PRODUCER, HD, 25m, 2013 No Strings Attached, PRODUCTION MANAGER, HD 18m, LFS, 2013

Seams, 1ST AD, HD, LFS, 2013 Closely Watched Rooms, EDITOR, HD,12m, 2013 The Clearing, PRODUCER, 35 mm, 10m, LFS, 2012 Treasure, PRODUCER, 35mm, 13m, LFS, 2012 Txoria (documentary), PRODUCER, HD, 20m, LFS, 2012

Chono Lulu, PRODUCTION MANAGER, 35mm, 18m, LFS, 2012

Ticker, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, 2012 Kairos, WRITER/PRODUCER/ EDITOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

antonio.duran.aparicio@gmail.com

In 2009 he moved to London to further his film education and enrolled in the MA Filmmaking course at The London Film School. As part of his course, Alvaro edited the documentary Skin and the short fiction Lipstick – both films screening and winning awards at many film festivals in Europe and South America.

In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the LFS with the film Curricán. As well as working in London as a freelance editor, Alvaro is writing his next short fiction film and teaching film at the Young for Film School.

Eleven, EDITOR, RED, 30m, Matchbox Productions, 2014

No Strings, EDITOR, Alexa, 25m, LFS, 2014 Dilip’s Castle, EDITOR, BlackMagic, 18m, LFS, 2014 Thieves, EDITOR, Sony F55, 21m, LFS, 2014 Las Pequeñas Cosas, EDITOR, RED, 27m, Inicia Films & LFS, 2014

Curricán, DIRECTOR/EDITOR, 16mm, 16m, GMP & LFS, 2013

Tie Games, EDITOR, 16mm, 9m, LFS, 2013

I was born and raised in Mexico with an Icelandic background. After a BA in Film Studies in Paris, where I acquired critical and analytical skills, I enrolled at the London Film School.

At LFS I specialized in cinematography but also thoroughly discovered all aspects of filmmaking and directed my graduation film, Deserts.

I have worked on more than 25 productions in different roles, always learning something new and improving my understanding of what it is to create a film from the premise to the final product. I am always looking out for new ideas and exciting collaborations. Working with skilled filmmakers is always thrilling and fulfilling.

Deserts, DIRECTOR, Alexa, LFS, 2014 Variations on Charlotte’s Afternoon, PRODUCTION MANAGER, Alexa, LFS, 2014 The Way Home, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LFS, 2014 Closely Watched Rooms, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Alexa, LFS, 2014 Exodus, ASSISTANT CAMERA, Canon c300, LFS, 2013

i.palabra@gmail.com www.lumusscriptum.blogspot.co.uk

MIKEL GURREA

Hermes Film, WRITER/DIRECTOR/DOP, Canon 5D, 1m, Numero Magazine Tokyo, 2014

Mikel was born in Donostia-San Sebastian and moved to Barcelona where he graduated with a BA Audiovisual Communications. He worked as an AD and post-production coordinator for commercials at the production company AGOSTO for two years.

He has written and directed award-winning short films and documentaries. His film Red in the Water won 4 awards and was selected at over 30 film festivals world-wide.

Miho Story, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ DOP, Canon 5D, 1m, Numero Magazine Tokyo, 2014 I am Aura, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ DOP, RED Dragon Epic, 5m, Universal Records, 2014 Rose Story, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ DOP, Canon 5D, 1m, Vogue Japan, 2014 Charlotte OC (Promo), WRITER/DIRECTOR/DOP, Canon 5D, 1m, Universal Records, 2014

Dilip’s Castle, WRITER/ DIRECTOR, Black Magic Pocket, 19m, LFS, 2014

I don’t love you anymore, CAMERA OPERATOR, Mikel was awarded with the la Caixa Fellowship award to study at the LFS. During his studies, Mikel wrote and directed the documentary Txoria (The Bird) in collaboration with the Royal Ballet, which has been sold to be broadcasted by EITB. He also wrote Automatic Flesh, with choreography by the Rambert Dance Company, which premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. He was commissioned to write and direct the commercial Chessmates, nominated at the PRIX Europa Broadcasting Festival.

He is graduating from the LFS as a writer/director with the short film Foxes.

Canon C300, 16m, LFS, 2014

Mum’s Room, SOUND RECORDIST, Canon C300, 14m, LFS/Dog Button, 2013

The mentor, 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ARRI ALEXA, 11m, LFS, 2013

Get Clean, 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 35mm, 11m, LFS, 2013

Room for Two, SOUND RECORDIST, Canon C300, 16m, LFS/Dog Button, 2013

Auld Acquaintance, CAMERA OPERATOR, ARRI ALEXA, 11m, LFS, 2012

A Breath in the Wind, DOP, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2012 Seeing the Funny Side, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD colour, 17m, LFS, 2012

Terms of Entrapment, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2012

Foxes, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 21m, LFS/ASKJA FILMS, 2014

Freeze Frame, 1ST AD, Alexa, 15m, Shorts International, 2014

manos@manosioannou.com www.manosioannou.com

December 2014

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MA Filmmaking In 2014, Nick directed a 6-part travel series, Farm to Face, which is currently in post production stages with talks ongoing at Channel 4. He also directed the music video A Thousand Generators for Marshall Teller Records, which received the Staff Pick at Daily Motion.

Anemone, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Red Scarlet, 8m, London Studio Centre, 2014

In The Young Dark, CAMERA OPERATOR, Canon C300, 25m, LFS, 2014

Ice Floe, WRITER/DIRECTOR, RED EPIC, 22m, LFS,

28 Nights and a Poem, ADDITIONAL

2014

PHOTOGRAPHY, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, 120m,

Swallows, PRODUCER, Alexa, 14m, LFS, 2014 Attendant, WRITER/DIRECTOR, C300,15m, GOOD

Akram Zaatari, 2014

He is currently producing the short film Inside, directed by Carolina Petro and writing his first feature film which will be shot in 2015.

The Mentor, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Arri

COMPANIONS, 2013

Alexa, 16m, LFS, 2013

Beth, PRODUCER, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2013 Rosie’s Garden, PRODUCER, Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2013 Scarlett, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 5m, LFS, 2011 Deadlock, WRITER/DIRECTOR, DSLR, 5m, 2011

Txoria, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Sony EX1, 23m, LFS, 2012

Beirut Dance Project, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Inside (pre-production), PRODUCER, Alexa, 2015 Farm to Face, DIRECTOR, C300, 6 part TV series,

Canon EOS 60D, 15m, Beirut Dance Studio, 2011 Gate #5, FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA, Sony HDWF900R / Red One, 84m, Abbout Productions, 2011 Sector Zero, FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA, Canon 5D MKII, 64m, Abbout Productions, 2011 An Unfortunate Tale, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Canon EOS 400D, 14m, ashkal alwan, 2009

Independent, 2015

Circumnavigating Hope, DIRECTOR, C300, LUSH & ZSL, 2014

A Thousand Generators (music video), DIRECTOR/DOP/ EDITOR, Picture Imperfect 2014

57º North (documentary), DIRECTOR/DOP/EDITOR, C300, LFS + Picture Imperfect 2014

Air Guitar World Championships (documentary), AD/SOUND RECORDIST, 2013 And Now For The Wild (music video), DIRECTOR/DOP/EDITOR, Picture Imperfect, 2013

Spinning as We Turn (music video), DIRECTOR/DOP/EDITOR, Picture Imperfect, 2013 Auld Acquaintance, PRODUCER/EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER, LFS, 2012 A Breath in the Wind, WRITER/DIRECTOR, LFS,

TOLULOPE ITEGBOJE

2012

The Boredom Rose (music video),

twenty LFS projects not only as a director but also as a producer and camera operator.

EMRE KAYIS,

maria.loyter@gmail.com

markkhalife@gmail.com www.markkhalife.com

Emre was born and raised in Ankara, Turkey.

After a BA in Law, he started to work within the film industry in various production roles, moving into cinematography and establishing himself as a cinematographer after following the traditional route up through the camera department. Since then he has worked in commercials, promo videos and various short films which have screened and won prizes at international film festivals.

DIRECTOR/EDITOR, Picture Imperfect, 2012

I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria in a family that encouraged creative pursuits. Film had always been a particular passion because through it more than any other medium, I was easily transported to worlds I couldn't otherwise imagine and into the minds of people I wouldn't otherwise meet. For me, the best films have strong, concise stories (with great underlying subtext) and are character driven. The more I am drawn to a character and able to identify with them (without prejudice), the more I am ultimately able to learn about myself in relation to the broader world.

A Thousand Generators (music video), DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER/EDITOR, Picture Imperfect, 2012

Seeing the Funny Side (documentary), EDITOR/SOUND RECORDIST, LFS, 2012 Song of Songs, WRITER/DIRECTOR, LFS, 2011

Lazy Bones (music video), DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITOR, Picture Imperfect, 2012 Who Killed Summer, 3RD AD, Big Balls Film, 2011

nick@pictureimperfect.co.uk www.pictureimperfect.co.uk

Following that he realized his dream of becoming a director and after his acceptance into the London Film School to complete his Masters studies, he moved to London. Since then he has made two shorts which have been screened at festivals around the globe. In September 2014, he received his MA Filmmaking (Distinction) with his graduation film The Translator.

Growing up in Ireland, stories and storytelling have always been present in my life. Knowing I was dyslexic from an early age I was determined to read all the more. When I discovered I didn’t think in the same way as others when it came to creativity my interest in narrative grew.

Currently, he is trying to make The Translator shine on the festival circuit and is writing his first feature. Çevirmen (The Translator), WRITER/DIRECTOR,

I enrolled at the London Film School in 2011 because it was the one place that offered a holistic filmmaking experience. I made some great friends and with the confidence gained from the programme, moved back home to contribute to the creative renaissance in Nigeria's fast growing film industry.

EOIN MAHER

KEITH KOPP

Arri Alexa, 23m, LFS, 2014

Lost Gloves, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 16mm, 15m, LFS, 2014

The Couch, DIRECTOR, S16mm, 15m, Punctum Films, 2014

Where’s my Brother, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Arri Alexa, 22m, LFS, 2013

Get Clean, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm, Personal Histories, Collective Memory (documentary), DIRECTOR, DSLR, commissioned by

15m, LFS, 2013

Keith Wilhelm Kopp is a film director originally from the Pacific Northwest of America and currently resides in the UK. He is interested in crafting narrative and documentary films that explore human emotion. Specifically, he is interested in narratives that revolve around trauma during and after conflict.

Fully There, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, HD,

the Nsibidi Institute, LSW, 2014

12m, LFS, 2013

Bowen Excellence Challenge (documentary), DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, DSLR,

The Palm, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012 Hidden, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Red, 28m, Kino

LSW, 2013

Productions, 2011

Dinner and a Movie, PRODUCER, Arri Alexa, 11m,

His films have been screened at festivals in North America, Europe and Asia. He has recently finished a feature film script and is currently looking for avenues of funding and collaboration.

emrkayis@gmail.com

LFS, 2012

Gage, CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR, Red Scarlett, 15m41s,

In Search of Old Shoes, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, HD, 26m, LFS, 2011

LFS, 2014

Elephant in the Room,

Turnaround, DIRECTOR, HD, 10m03s, Elan Standard

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Productions, 2014

Lady in the Water (documentary),

The Here and Now, DIRECTOR, HD, 1m30s, Eland

WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR, 22mins, commissioned by

Standard Productions, 2013

37th State, 2010

Those Who Are Left (documentary),

I studied English Literature and Film Studies at Trinity College, Dublin where I first became interested in filmmaking. I ran the Filmmaking Society, encouraging people to be as interested in filmmaking as I had become.

When I graduated I moved to London to attend the LFS. I found it difficult adjusting to London, which became the subject of my grad film.

No Strings The Interpreter Room For Two Say a Little Prayer Popcorn A Good Friday eoinvmaher@gmail.com www.eoinvmaher.com

DIRECTOR, HD, 25m, LFS, 2013 Samson & Delilah, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m35s, LFS, 2012

REZA JOUZE

My Language Is Not Knowing, DIRECTOR, HD, 5m28s, Elan Standard Productions, 2011

Reza was a stage actor and director in Iran before settling in the UK. He has acted in more than twenty stage plays and has directed five. He has twice won the Best Theatre Actor of the year award in Iran.

Beyond Its Years, DIRECTOR, HD, 5m03s, Elan Standard Productions, 2011

My Dark Side, DIRECTOR, HD & Super 8mm, 6m32s, Elan Standard Productions, 2010

koppkeith@gmail.com www.kwkopp.com

After moving to London he entered the London Film School and graduated with MA Filmmaking. He has edited more than 10 short fiction films and several documentaries.

Reza is currently editing the feature film Utopia, which will be released in cinemas in 2016.

Utopia (post-production), EDITOR, RED, World

NICK JONES Nick Jones is a London based filmmaker. He graduated from the London Film School as a director with the short documentary 57º North. The film has been officially selected at 11 festivals worldwide, with its premiere at American Documentary festival in Palm Springs.

Since graduating, Nick has set up his own production company, Picture Imperfect, establishing strong working relationships with clients such as LUSH, Zoological Society of London, Capish! and Herefordshire Care Homes.

Film Production and Tripswitch Productions, 2016 Home, EDITOR, RED, 24m, Undocument Film, 2014 He Took His Skin Off for Me, EDITOR, Alexa, 10m, LFS, 2014 Love Stuffed, EDITOR, 16 mm, 12m, LFS, 2013 Meridian, EDITOR, Canon 300, 23m, LFS, 2013 Team Judas, EDITOR, Alexa, 17m, LFS, 2013 The Interpreter, EDITOR, RED, 20m, LFS, 2013 Derek vs. Derek, EDITOR, Alexa, 10m, LFS, 2013 Deep Breath, EDITOR, RED, 24m, LFS, 2012 Spoils, PRODUCER, 35mm, 9m, LFS, 2012 Almalain, EDITOR/SOUND RECORDIST, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2012 A Life on The Edge, EDITOR, HD, 12m, LFS, 2011

MANFREDI MANCUSO

MARK KHALIFE Mark Khalife was born in Lebanon in 1986. In 2008 he graduated with a BA in audiovisual from Université Saint Joseph. Since then he's been working as a freelance cinematographer and focus puller. He also worked as a segment director with Future News TV from 2008 to 2010. In 2014, he graduated with an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School. He is currently based in London and works mostly in the UK and Beirut.

In 2014, he graduated from the London Film School after a two-year MA course in Filmmaking. He is currently based in London where he works as independent director and producer.

Deliverance (commercial), PRODUCER, HD, 2m, Independent UK, 2014

Severed Garden, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Sony PMW-

A Woman Holding a Mirror, WRITER/DIRECTOR,

F55, 20m, LFS, 2015

16mm, 2m, LFS, 2011

Islands, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Alexa Plus 4:3, 25m,

The Grey Day, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS,

LFS, 2014

2011

Deserts, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Alexa Plus

The Corner of a Meadow, WRITER/DIRECTOR,

4:3, 24m, LFS, 2014

Sony Z1, 18m, Naqshineh, 2010

Thieves in the Night, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Sony PMW-F55, 24m, LFS, 2014 Dog Days, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Red Epic-

m.jouze@yahoo.co.uk

Manfredi Mancuso is a writer, director and professional film critic – a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). From 2010 to 2014, he has been the film columnist of the Italian Daily Tabloid Giornale di Sicilia. Since 2012, he has collaborated with film festivals all over the world working as film selector, international coordinator or programmer.

X, 23m, LFS, 2014

The Way Home, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Arri SR3, 17m, LFS, 2014

MARIA LOYTER Maria was born in the north Russian town Arkhangelsk. In 2007, she moved to London to study Drama and Theatre Arts at the prestigious Goldsmiths College, University of London. This three-year program helped Maria develop her directing skills.

In 2011, Maria embarked upon an MA Filmmaking course at the London Film School. Maria has worked on more than

Cyclum, PRODUCER, HD, 16m, Independent UK, 2014 Hard To Lose, DIRECTOR, HD Alexa, 23m, LFS, 2014 Waiting, DIRECTOR, 35mm, 9m, LFS, 2012 Chinese New Year's Parade (promo), DIRECTOR, HD, 4m, Chinawest Productions LTD, 2012 A Life On The Edge, CO-DIRECTOR, HD, 12m, LFS, 2012

Casualty Of Love, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 Hole In One, EDITOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011 manfmanc@gmail.com www.manfredimancuso.com

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MA Filmmaking whilst having an appeal to wider audiences.

Laura, DIRECTOR, 2014 Closely Watched Rooms, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, James Edge, 2013

Lipstick, PRODUCER, Carla Simón Pipo, 2013 Jane, DIRECTOR, 2012 Pearl, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Wailing Wang, 2012

Nana, 1ST CAMERA OPERATOR, Bram Vermeij, 2012 The Comb, 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Carla Simón Pipó, 2012

Axiom for Brothers, DIRECTOR, 2011 L.E.H.H., DIRECTOR, 2010 Rita Marley, Malú, Chenoa, Estopa, Soraya, Joaquín Sabina, Rosario Flores, Los Secreto (music videos), ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,

CHRISTINA RULOFF

2008-2011

poesiaenobras@gmail.com

GAELLE MOURRE

CHRISTINA PERGOMET

YIANNIS MANOLOPOULOS

Gaelle grew up in Singapore and London, where she attended the French Lycée, before leaving for College at Skidmore in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Christina is Moscow-born, Frankfurt-bred and grew up travelling the world. She is a filmmaker, graphic, 3D and production designer, a passionate historian and avid videogamer.

Yiannis studied Philosophy and Economics as well as Project Management, before he joined the LFS to study and practice film, specialising in cinematography and taking part in numerous short films as a member of the camera department.

As an undergraduate, she studied Art History and Spanish Literature and took as many film theory classes as she could. It was a combination of these Film Study and Art History classes that fed her curiosity for visual storytelling and led her to the LFS.

Since then he has been involved as a DoP and Steadicam operator in professional productions with his newly founded company Filmstead. The company was founded with the aim to grow as a cinematographer and enable himself and people sharing his passion for cinema to do what they love best and share stories through the creation of cinematic images.

Since then, she has worked on a number of short films both within the school and independently, working mainly as a director, editor and AD. She is graduating with a concentration in Directing and Editing and is now working as a freelancer on a number of exciting projects and preparing her next short fiction piece.

Sebastian and Them, DOP/CAMERA & STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014

Beginning of an End, DOP/CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014

Besides that life is Grand, DOP/CAMERA & STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 22m, LFS, 2014 He Took His Skin Off For Me, DOP/CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 11m, LFS, 2014 Seams, DOP/CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014

Derek vs. Derek, DOP/STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014

Before Spring, CAMERA & STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014

Islands, STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, LFS, 2014 Hard To Lose, STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa,

SIMÓN MESA SOTO Born in Medellin, Colombia, Simón studied Audiovisual Communication at the Universidad de Antioquia, where he also worked as a lecturer in film editing before moving to the UK. In 2014 he finished his studies in Filmmaking at the London Film School. His graduation film Leidi won the short film Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2014, a first for a UK film student.

Leidi, WRITER/DIRECTOR, LFS, 2014 Beth, WRITER/DIRECTOR, LFS, 2013 Back Home, WRITER/DIRECTOR, LFS, 2012 Los Tiempos Muertos (Dead Times),

No Strings, DOP/CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 23m, LFS, 2013

Ana, ART DIRECTOR, Arri Alexa, 15m, LFS 2014 Seams, DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm

Her main interest lies in exploring the relationship between individuals and society.

Her graduation film Variations on Charlotte’s Afternoon asks whether a lower-class girl can challenge fate. Recently she’s been developing a feature – an adaptation of a Howard Barker play.

In August 2014 she directed a short docufiction biopic on Swiss writer Albert Bächtold, starring Andrea Zogg.

Arri Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2014

Beth, ASSISTANT CAMERA, 35mm Arri Alexa, LFS, 2013 Undressed, ART DIRECTOR/DIT/ASSISTANT

In Kiew redt mer Mundaart: Albert Bächtolds phantastische Reise,

EDITOR, ARRI ALEXA, 15M, LFS, 2013 Closely Watched Rooms, CAMERA OPERATOR,

Rulofffilms, 2014

WRITER/DIRECTOR, Red Epic, 30m, Moduleplus and

35mm Arri Alexa, 8m, LFS 2013

Variations on Charlotte's Afternoon,

Daswarstdu! (in pre-production), EDITOR,

Dark Was The Night, GAFFER, 35mm Super

Blackmagic, Lung Editions Ltd, 2014 Deserts, EDITOR, Alexa, 24m, LFS, 2014

America, 10m, LFS 2014

WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 21m, LFS, 2014 The Way Home, CAMERA OPERATOR, 16mm, 20m,

The Clearing, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm

LFS, 2013

I50 Challenge (short videos), EDITOR, Digital, 3m each, Concept 139 Ltd, 2014

Super America, 8m, LFS 2012

13m, LFS, 2013

Music Beyond Borders (trailer), EDITOR,

Get Clean, BOOM OPERATOR, Super America, 10m,

My Son Woke Me Up, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm,

Digital, 4m, Music Beyond Borders LLC, 2014 Awakening, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 20m, LFS & Fat Red Bird, 2014

LFS 1012

11m, LFS, 2012

Chasing Clouds, SOUND RECORDIST, Sony EX3,

Variations on Charlotte's Afternoon,

Faa Iheihe, ART DIRECTOR/SFX ARTIST, Aaton XTR,

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Alexa, 20m, LFS, 2013 Tongues, EDITOR/AD, Alexa, 20m, LFS, 2013 Chasing Clouds, DIRECTOR, DIGITAL, 10m, LFS,

Kairos, CAMERA OPERATOR, Aaton XTR, 4m, LFS 2012 Étranger, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Aaton XTR, 3m, LFS

2012

2012

England's Lourdes, DOP, HD, 11m, LFS, 2012 14 Poems: Poems directed by Howard Barker, DOP, HD, 24m, The Wrestling School, 2012 Stay, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2012 The Touring Test, DOP, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2012 Button Up, CAMERA OPERATOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2011 Ride Into The Night, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 8m,

Susannah, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012 Perfect Corpses, EDITOR,16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

WRITER/DIRECTOR, Universidad de Antioquia, 2009

24m, LFS, 2013

After studying Film, Media Science and Classical Archaeology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and working for an international broadcasting channel, she decided to merge her passions and feed them into her love for visual storytelling.

Christina Ruloff studied History in Zurich.

There she made educational documentaries answering questions such as “How does the cult of martyrs rise?” or “Why do people worship the Virgin Mary?” before rediscovering her old passion: storytelling. At the London Film School she focused on directing as well as cinematography, winning an award for her camerawork on England’s Lourdes, a documentary on Canvey Island.

10m, LFS, 2012 3m, LFS 2012

Closely Watched Rooms, PRODUCER, Alexa,

The European Film College, 2011

christinapergomet@gmail.com www.christinapergomet.com

The Discovery of the Virgin, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 12m, University of Zurich, 2011

Martyrs: History, Cult and Legend,

gaelle.mourre@gmail.com

WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 14m, University of Zurich, 2010

simonmesa@yahoo.com

christina@christinaruloff.com www.christinaruloff.com

L'interruption, DOP/CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 13m, LFS, 2013

Undressed, DOP/CAMERA & STEADICAM OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 17m, LFS, 2013

Say a Little Prayer for Me, CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2013

Love Stuffed, DOP/CAMERA & STEADICAM OPERATOR, 16mm, 11m, LFS, 2012 Remain, DOP, 35mm, 16m, LFS, 2012 ym@filmstead.co.uk www.yiannismanolopoulos.com

ANTIGONE MITSIMPOUNA DAVAKI Antigone was born in Athens, Greece.

Graduated from the School of Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens as a historian, listening to stories.

JULIO MAS ALCARAZ Julio was born in Spain. He holds an BA in Economic and Business Science, a MBA and an MA in Arts. He has more than ten years experience in different management positions at several multinational companies.

Apart from this, he has published five books, one of which was finalist for the National Book Award. He was also the founder and CEO of a software and 3D company, which he sold. He has lived in Chicago, Rio, New York and London as well as several cities in Spain.

In 2011 he decided to study at the London Film School and in 2014, created his own production company. His intention is to create films that treat filmmaking as an art

Graduated from the London Film School, being involved in different stories while figuring out her first ones.

Always trying to find different ways of listening, observing, constructing and deconstructing stories, real, imaginary or both.

FRANCISCO NEFFE Francisco was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1989. He started making films whilst studying a degree in Film & Television at the University Lusofona, Portugal.

He worked for a major production company in Portugal where he had the opportunity to direct commercials and short films. With the need to further develop his skills as a director and screenwriter, he moved to London to study at the London Film School.

Smerdaki, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Alexa, 20m, LFS, 2014 Beth, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2013 Where is my brother?, PRODUCTION DESIGNER,

He is graduating as a writer/director with the short film Rosa.

Alexa, 20m, LFS, 2013

Rosa, DIRECTOR, HD, 14m, LFS Ashore, CAMERA OPERATOR, HD, 14m, LFS Who's the Boss?, DIRECTOR, 35mm, 12m, LFS Oscar, CINEMATOGRAPHER, HD, 20m, LFS Obloquy, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS

Kristin Baybars (documentary), DIRECTOR, Sony EX3/DSLR, 7m, LFS, 2012

Hesper, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012

ANDRES REKSTEN

CARLA SIMÓN

Andreas Reksten was born in the western part of Norway in 1983. He grew up in several places around Norway before starting his studies at the University of Bergen in 2003.

After three years he completed his bachelor studies in Film & TV Production and started working as a promo producer at Norway ́s largest commercial TV company TV 2 Norway. Here he produced, directed and edited promos in sports, news and entertainment for three years until starting the MA Filmmaking course at London Film School in 2010.

Carla Simón was born in a small Catalan village in 1986. Being part of an extensive family that is a bottomless pit of stories, she chose film to portray the complexity of the human condition and family relationships in particular.

He has continued working as a promo producer while studying at LFS. Now, he works as a senior producer and director at TV 2 Norway´s promo department.

Brothers, DIRECTOR, co-producer, Red Epic, 10m40s, LFS, 2014

Bowling for Finchley, PRODUCER, HD video, 14m10s, LFS, 2011

antigoned2@gmail.com francisconeffe@gmail.com

She graduated in Audiovisual Communication in Barcelona after an exchange year at the University of California.

She then enrolled in a MA TV Fiction course and directed the final pilot episode. Awarded with a la Caixa scholarship, she enrolled at the London Film School where she directed Born Positive and Lipstick, which both screened at numerous international film festivals. Las Pequeñas Cosas (Those Little Things) is her graduation film for which she received a Distinction. It was developed at the European Short Pitch and funded by the Catalan Institute ICEC.

andreas@rekstenfilm.no www.rekstenfilm.no

Carla is currently writing Summer 1993, her first feature film produced by Inicia Films, whilst also working as an assistant director and film teacher.

December 2014

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MA Filmmaking Las Pequeñas Cosas, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD,

Heroics, PRODUCTION DESIGNER/EDITOR, tape,

DIRECTOR, Alexa, Degeto Film, 2010

27m, LFS & Inicia Films, 2014

LFS, 2014

Making of Nanga Parbat (documentary),

11m, LFS, 2014

Lipstick, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, LFS, 2013 Born Positive, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 18m, LFS,

Severed Garden, PRODUCER/

DIRECTOR, 21m, Perathon Film und Fernsehproduktions

Rosie's Garden, FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,

GmbH, 2009

Alexa, 12m, LFS, 2013

UWE vs Bristol University (documentary),

Sacred River, PRODUCTION DESIGNER/SOUND

2012

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Sony F55, LFS, 2014 Matter Patterns, EDITOR, Sony F55, 10m, LFS, 2014 Trivia, PRODUCER/EDITOR, Alexa, 18m, LFS, 2013 Get Clean, PRODUCTION DESIGNER/EDITOR,

Women, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, University of

35mm, 10m, LFS, 2013

California, 2011

Psychics, PRODUCER/EDITOR, Sony EX3, 16m, LFS,

2013

La Clínica, DIRECTOR, HD, Televisió de Catalunya,

2013

carlasimonpipo@gmail.com www.carla-simon.com

Could Be Worse II, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2012 Could Be Worse, DIRECTOR, 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2012

Matter Patterns, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Sony F-55,

DIRECTOR/EDITOR/CAMERA, 10m, University of the

RECORDIST, Alexa, 13m, LFS, 2013

West of England, 2007

Dark Was The Night, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35MM,

Herr der Wüste (feature), SUPPORTING ACTRESS, 35mm, Colonia Media, 2003 Bear on the Run (feature), LEAD ACTRESS,

12m, LFS, 2013 LFS, 2012

35mm, Senator Film, 2000

When the Past Was Present,

Marlene (feature), SUPPORTING ACTRESS, 35mm,

WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, LFS, 2012 Mime Von Mime, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 16mm,

Perathon Film und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, 2000

lauraspini1@gmail.com

Those Who Are Left, PRODUCER, Canon C300,

LFS, 2012

janinavilsmaier@hotmail.com olgayakimenko@gmail.com

TARA VERMA Tara Verma is a BAFTA nominated producer/editor who has worked on a number of award-winning short films, music videos, corporate videos and commercials.

She has an extensive international network and her work has been showcased at a number of international festivals.

ANDI SINKOVICS I am a Hungarian filmmaker from Subotica (Serbia). I attended the University of East London's (UEL) Media, Film and Culture Studies course and received a BA honours degree in Media and Creative Industries. I then went on to work in the film industry as Producer’s Assistant and later Head of Development at Ant Media production company. On my first film project at Ant, What the Mind Forgets, I was an Associate Producer.

In 2010, I joined the London Film School where I directed three fiction short films, one of which, Kyoto Rain, was screened at Palm Beach and Arizona Film Festivals. I also produced a few other shorts including a documentary for which I was co-director as well.

In October 2014, I completed my graduation film at LFS titled A Lovely Life. I am currently developing a feature film based on my graduation short.

ALYSSA STRATTON Alyssa was born in Southern California in 1987. She received her BA in Film Studies and Theatre Production from the University of California, Irvine with one quarter completed abroad at Cambridge University, UK. There, she became deeply interested in British films, leading her straight to the London Film School for her Masters. She currently resides outside San Francisco, CA.

She is currently working between the UK and India and is cutting her first feature film in 2015. She has a unique style that represents a mix of the East and West and is interested in pursuing projects that have a strong cultural voice.

Loyal, PRODUCER, 35mm, 15m, 2013 Undressed, PRODUCER, HD, Alexa, 17m, 2013 Room for Two, EDITOR, HD, C-300, 16m, Dog Button, 2012

Say a Little Prayer, PRODUCER/EDITOR, HD, Alexa, 20m, 2012

Popcorn, PRODUCER, 16mm, 13m, 2012 Easy As It Seems, PRODUCER, HD, 5D, South Korea, Choi-Films, 2012

Waiting, PRODUCER, 14m, 35mm, 2012 Shadow Walker, EDITOR, 24m, 16mm, 2012 Happy Birthday Mom, EDITOR, 14m, 35 mm, 2011

The Idea of Growing Old, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Cannon C300,16m53s, LFS, 2013

adititaraverma@gmail.com www.adititaraverma.com

alyssa.k.stratton@gmail.com www.alyssastratton.com

WEILIN WANG Weilin Wang was born in China in 1987. She studied Economics before moving to the UK to start her film experience at the London Film School.

In 2014, she finished her graduation film The Way Home. Since then she has been working as director’s assistant and postproduction supervisor on a feature film Nezha , which was nominated by the Busan International Film Festival’s New Currents Competition 2014. She’s currently working as assistant director in pre-production of the next feature film, to be shot in 2015.

Nezha, DIRECTOR'S ASSISTANT/POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR, Arri Alexa Studio, 98m, Beijing BHBD Culture Diffusion Co., Ltd. 2014 Deserts, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, Arri Alexa Plus, 24m, LFS 2014

A Lovely Life, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/COWRITER/EDITOR, HD Sony F700, 21m, LFS, 2014 Dear Mr Wind, PRODUCER, HD Alexa, 13m, LFS,

DANIEL ZAFER Daniel Zafer was born and raised in London.

His father was a photographer and he developed a fascination with capturing images of any description from a young age.

His professional career started at ITV Productions as a runner where he progressed quickly to the camera department, shooting a variety of factual programmes. He then moved to the BBC where he shot documentaries for many years. Eventually going freelance, he continued to shoot for broadcast television whilst also filming a variety of corporate and live event work.

Variations on Charlotte’s Afternoon,

2013

EDITOR/SOUND RECORDIST, Arri Alexa/Canon FX-100,

Taxidermessen: the Making of Love Stuffed (documentary), DIRECTOR, HD Canon 7D, 13m,

21m, LFS, 2013

Habib Habib, 2012

LFS 2013

Kyoto Rain, DIRECTOR, HD Alexa, 14m, LFS, 2012 The Career Comedian, PRODUCER, 35mm B&W,

The Mentor, PRODUCTION DESIGNER/SOUND

14m, LFS, 2012

My Son Woke Me Up, DIRECTOR OF

In 2011 he decided to change the focus of his camerawork by enrolling at the London Film School. Graduating in 2014 with an MA (Distinction) in Cinematography he now shoots a range of commercial and short film projects and is looking forward to shooting features in the near future.

A Life on the Edge (documentary),

PHOTOGRAPHY/ EDITOR, 35mm Moviecam Super America, 11m, LFS 2012 Lipstick, SOUND RECORDIST, 35mm Moviecam Super

Legosch is Daniel's graduation film, directed

by Janina Vilsmaier.

The Way Home, DIRECTOR, 16mm Arri SR3, 16m,

RECORDIST, Arri Alexa, 16m, LFS 2013

PRODUCER/CO-DIRECTOR, HD Sony EX-3, 11m, LFS, 2011

Playground, DIRECTOR, 16mm colour, 4m, LFS, 2011

America, LFS 2012

andi@sinkovics.eu

Born Positive, EDITOR/SOUND RECORDIST, Sony

Heckler, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Arri Amira,

EX3, LFS 2012

7m, Independent, 2014

As Light As a Feather, DIRECTOR, 16mm Aaton XTR, 3m, LFS 2012

10K, CAMERA OPERATOR, Red Epic, 18m, LFS, 2014 Virilità, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Sony F5, 5m,

xz8203@163.com

5 Stages of a Disease, DIRECTOR OF

Independent, 2014

SANDRA TABET

JANINA VILSMAIER

Born in Lebanon in 1985, Sandra Tabet earned a BA Audio Visual Arts from the SaintJoseph University of Beirut (2007). She then worked as a freelancer with DB Studios in Beirut on a number of feature films, mostly in production and sound post-production.

Janina was born and raised in Munich, Germany. She attended the Bavarian International School before studying Cultural and Media Studies with Spanish in Bristol.

After her studies, Janina worked on several feature films as a 2nd AD and post production manager. Furthermore, she completed an internship at Perathon Film to gain experience in distribution and management of film rights.

Her directing credits include Performing Infinite Sadness (2007), All We Have Is Now (2012), The Mentor (2013) and Thieves in the Night (2014), with which she graduated with an MA Filmmaking from the London Film School. She is currently based in London.

Performg Infinite Sadness, DIRECTOR, Panasonic DVX100, 20m, IESAV, 2007

Sector Zero, PRODUCTION MANAGER, Canon 5D MKII, 64m, Abbout Productions, 2011

All We Have Is Now, DIRECTOR, AATON XTR

LAURA SPINI Laura Spini was born in Bergamo, Italy. After completing a degree in Film Studies at the University of Siena, she started working in the Milanese publishing industry as a journalist and as a translator. She specialized as a Director and Editor at the London Film School, where she completed her MA Filmmaking with distinction in the summer of 2014 with a project titled You Are Whole. She has an inclination towards comedic projects.

You Are Whole, DIRECTOR, Alexa, 16m03s, LFS, 2014

PHOTOGRAPHY, Arri Alexa, 6m, Independent, 2014

Osmonde, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Canon C300, 18m, LFS, 2014

Legosch, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Red Epic, 21m, LFS, 2014

Team Judas, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Arri Alexa, 16m, LFS, 2013

Laundry, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CANON C300, 5M, 4Q FILMS, 2013

Hellfire, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Canon C300, 12m, Independent, 2013

Dinner and a Movie, CAMERA OPERATOR, Arri Alexa, 15m, LFS, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Whales, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Moviecam

In 2010, she organised the German Film Festival in Santiago, Chile on behalf of the Goethe Institute. Janina undertook her Master’s degree in Filmmaking at the London Film School in 2011. Whilst at LFS she was involved in several short films as director, producer, editor and production designer, graduating with Distinction as a director/producer in 2014.

35mm, 12m, LFS, 2012

Rickshaw Nights, DIRECTOR, Aaton XTR 16mm, 18m, LFS, 2011

Celluloid, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Aaton XTR 16mm, 4m, LFS, 2011

Watcher, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Aaton XTR 16mm, 5m, LFS, 2011

Rainy Day Moustache Company, DIRECTOR

(16mm), 04m08, LFS, 2011

Txoria, SOUND DESIGNER, Sony EX1, 23m, LFS, 2012 The Special One, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, 35mm, 15m, LFS, 2012

The Mentor, DIRECTOR, Arri Alexa, 16m, LFS, 2013 Deserts, CAMERA OPERATOR, Alexa Plus 4:3, 24m, LFS, 2014

Thieves in the Night, DIRECTOR, Sony PMW-F55, 24m, LFS, 2014

Legosch, WRITER/DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER, Red Epic, 21m, London Film School, 2014 Derek vs. Derek, LINE PRODUCER, Alexa, 9m, London Film School, 2013

Dinner and a Movie, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, tabet.sandra@gmail.com

OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Aaton XTR 16mm, 3m, LFS, 2011

Janina is currently working at HanWay Films, assisting the general manager of the company.

Alexa, 18m, LFS, 18m, 2012

Almaleinchen, PRODUCER, 35mm, 16m, LFS, 2012 Skin (documentary), DIRECTOR, 20m, LFSl, 2011 Russisch Roulett (feature), 2ND ASSISTANT

OLGA YAKIMENKO Olga was born in 1987 near Kharkov, Ukraine and grew up in Cyprus. After a few years in the field of graphic design, spread across Vienna, Moscow and London, Olga gradually made her way into film. At the London Film School she discovered her passion for science-related and educational documentary filmmaking.

mail@zafercam.com www.zafercam.com

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MA Screenwriting Level sparked my interest in a career in film. A degree in Video Production followed, alongside work experience in Sheffield with OxyFire Media and in London with RSA Films.

My first tastes of both screenwriting and the world of film left me determined to give screenwriting my best shot.

The Masters in Screenwriting at the London Film School is an intensive one year programme with the focus on developing the writer’s voice in the context of a world class film school where we make over 170 films each year. Screenwriting students work alongside directors, actors, editors and producers developing their script editing as well as screenwriting skills and gaining a practical understanding of the course philosophy that screenwriting is filmmaking, through collaboration with LFS filmmaking students. Several MAS grads themselves go on to direct their own short films and features.

A BAFTA Scholarship awarded me the opportunity to study at The London Film School, where my skills were enhanced but more importantly, I developed the belief that a career in screenwriting is very much achievable.

As we know it takes time, tenacity and talent to develop a career as a screenwriter. This is the ninth year of the MA Screenwriting programme at LFS and many graduates are now working professionally across the industry in development, production and on their own projects in companies as diverse as Tiger Aspect, Matador, Kudos, Lionsgate and the Bureau.

Currently, MAS graduate David Hendrichs is in post on his micro-budget feature titled IN VAIN, Pepin Weerijn won the Utrecht edition of the 48 Hour project. Selim Gungor’s transmedia drama is being produced by Wiedemann and Berg with ZDF for German television. Kurt Mcleod has recently optioned his feature screenplay Police Station to Palmstar Media in Los Angeles, with Jonah Loop attached to direct, Despina Ladi is working with Tony Grisoni on Paolo Sorrentino’s new TV series project in Rome, where Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli has been invited to screen his first feature as writer/director LAST SUMMER – an Italian-Japanese co-production on which fellow MAS grad Lawrie Doran was script consultant.

PAULINE BUELENS After graduating from the University of Leuven with a Media degree, Pauline came to study at the London Film School. A short course allowed her to figure out that it was screenwriting she was meant to study.

GEORGEALEXANDER ACAVALOS

buelens.pauline@gmail.com

Other than writing and developing his own shorts and feature film, the course gave him the chance to work on two short films from the filmmaking course as a script editor.

MARTI DOLS

PLAYBACK, Alexa, Working Title, 2014

ELIE CHOUFANY Elie Choufany graduated from the MA Screenwriting course at the London Film School in September 2014. He received his BA Filmmaking from the Holy Spirit University in Kaslik, Lebanon and then attended several workshops both in Lebanon and Los Angeles including Directing for Film, Cinematography, and Writing for Film and TV at The New York Film Academy.

Besides working as a cinematographer, his passion for film and TV landed him several other jobs that explore the different aspects of filmmaking, including directing commercials, editing TV shows, filming documentaries and working on music videos.

5th term MA Filmmaking project SILVER WATERS involved collaboration with MA Screenwriters Cheyney Knox (Co-writer) and Allison Solano (Script Editor).

Brian Dunnigan Head of Screenwriting MA Course Leader

azatibz@hotmail.com

Born and raised in Greece, George moved to England at the age of seventeen to study Media at the University of Surrey. Following that he did several short courses to focus on his ambitions. The screenwriting course at the London Film School was a fitting match.

Swallows, SCRIPT EDITOR, Alexa, LFS, 2014 Ashore, SCRIPT EDITOR, Alexa, LFS, 2013

We are showcasing the work of the 2014 graduating year with a selection of rehearsed readings from their feature projects, directed by Jonas Grimås and introduced by Olivia Hetreed, with story worlds ranging from the US Mexican border to the backstreets of Barcelona, from the Congolese jungle to the wild west. There’s gritty social realism, gothic thrills, revenge and fantasy, sci-fi and romance, all shaped around classic themes of love and betrayal, sexual and social politics, coming of age and self-discovery.

Lean On Me, WRITER, LFS, 2014 Behaviourist, WRITER, LFS, 2014

At this moment, Pauline is developing a television series based on the Roman gods and the current political situation in Belgium.

The Two Faces of January, ASSISTANT TO

Stand-up comedian and now dramatist Mike Wozniak has been commissioned by Sky Arts to write a half-hour silent comedy, which is being produced by King Berg productions and shooting in the spring. Robert Macmillan is developing a psychological thriller with Berlin based indie producer Beth Sanders and her company Crowfoot Films and is an official finalist in the Hollywood Screenplay Contest - a launch pad for several screenwriting careers. Sami El-Hadi is developing a feature with Agile Films that has reached the final stage of the London Microwave scheme, while playwright and screenwriter Kefi Chadwick is writing a new play for the Nottingham Playhouse and a TV series with Greenacre Films and Noho TV. Chris Andrews is working with Cannes award winning director Gaelle Denis on a 3D project and has Creative England support for the feature he is developing with LFS script tutor and filmmaker Roger Hyams. Meanwhile, Charlotte Colberg has written the new feature by Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose) and is developing a quirky coming of age comedy for Fly Films and the BFI - with Harry Wootliff attached as director.

Now with the MA complete, my determination to succeed is at an all time high as I work on building a strong slate of ideas. With any luck, an agent won't be too far away.

In addition, Elie spent the last two years learning Japanese because of his incredible interest in the culture and immersed himself in cultural events that would spread awareness throughout Lebanon.

He is currently working on several feature films between the US, Dubai and Lebanon and is developing a television serial in Beirut.

I was born in Barcelona. From an early age I have always showed a lot of interest in writing and cinema. I've lived in Spain, Italy and England and I've learned that travelling is my second, if not my greatest passion. During the last three years I've been working as a book reporter for several Spanish publishing companies, as well as writing for some projects, including an animation movie and comic book.

In 2014, I graduated with Distinction for my feature script at LFS and after that, took the LFS Directing Summer course with Udayan Prasad. Right now I'm established in London and trying to start my career as a filmmaker. I am also involved in the production of POL, a short film written by me that will be shot in May in Spain, co-directed by myself and a friend from LFS. Pol, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 2014 Bcn: The series, WRITER, 2013 BadBeat, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 2010 martidols@hotmail.com

Soumaya, WRITER, Alexa, 12m, self-produced, 2014 Existentialis, EDITOR/SOUND DESIGNER, 14m, selfproduced, 2013

To Baalbeck, EDITOR/SOUND EDITOR, 15m, selfproduced, 2013

Omar, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, 14m, self-produced, 2012

The last delivery girl, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 5D, 8m, self-produced, 2012

Ramzi, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 5D, 13m, self-produced, 2011

Meadows of Heaven, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 5D,

KATHARINE BENVENUTO

16m, self-produced, 2011

Paradise Realm, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 5D, 15m, selfproduced, 2011

Katharine Benvenuto's love of writing encouraged her to study Media and English as an undergraduate. Before achieving her Masters in Screenwriting from The London Film School, she had several internships in both film and television, all of which encouraged creativity and supported her love of film and writing.

echoufany@gmail.com

SIDDHANT GOSWAMI Siddhant Goswami is a writer-director from Mumbai, India. Before completing the MA Screenwriting from LFS, he wrote and directed a few short films and won awards at various film festivals around India. He then completed an 8-week filmmaking workshop at the New York Film Academy.

Since finishing her graduate degree, she has worked as a production coordinator, whilst collaborating with fellow graduates on both screenplays and television projects

A director first, Siddhant studied screenwriting to strengthen his storytelling basics in order to better understand and sharpen his craft. Siddhant is currently getting his first feature film off the ground as a writerdirector.

Ana, SCRIPT EDITOR, 35mm, 2014 Loud Like Love, SCRIPT EDITOR, 35mm, 2014 Poppy, SCRIPT EDITOR, 35mm, 2014 k.benvenu@gmail.com

AARON DIEBELIUS I am a 23-year-old screenwriter from Colchester, Essex. After realising my love of writing from a young age, studying Media at A

Monsoon, SCRIPT EDITOR Azaadi, SCRIPT EDITOR Tehran 1998, SCRIPT EDITOR siddhant.goswami@lfs-students.org.uk

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MA Screenwriting Meat Grinder, WRITER, LFS MA Feature Screenplay, 2014

Folded Dreams, SCRIPT EDITOR/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, digital, Good Times Films (in production),

Interim, WRITER, Short Screenplay, 2014 Chiaroscuro, SCRIPT EDITOR, Fiction, 35mm, 10m,

Silver Waters, SCRIPT EDITOR, 35mm, 15m11s, LFS,

LFS, 2014

2014

2014

The Final Moments of Poe and Nina, SCRIPT

The Unusual Client, SCRIPT CONSULTANT, 35mm,

EDITOR, Fiction, 35mm, 10m, LFS, 2014 Offline 2050, SCRIPT EDITOR, Fiction, HD, 15m, LFS,

10m23s, LFS, 2013

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Films, 2013

gkellock@hotmail.co.uk

allison.m.solano@gmail.com

In the Noose, WRITER/DIRECTOR, digital, Many Hats

AFONSO KOL ALMEIDA ALLISON SOLANO

Afonso Kol de Almeida is a 22-year-old screenwriter from Lisbon, Portugal. He studied Business Administration and Film Studies in Paris before moving to London to attend film school. He has worked as a script editor and writer for two short films. Currently he is working on three feature film projects, one television series and a short film.

In 2012, after graduating cum laude from UC Santa Cruz in Creative Writing, Allison wrote the YA novel Alexandria at the End - a girl genetically modified to feel no emotions has them restored the day she is scheduled to die; and screenplay Cherie & the Wolf - a woman is locked in a basement with a man who may be a werewolf.

Severed Garden, SCRIPT EDITOR, 20m, LFS, 2014

KELLY HERMANMEADOWS Born in sunny California, Kelly and her fair skin have come to greatly appreciate London’s famous grey skies. An admirer of both history and comedy, her work is often a quirky blend of the two in which she counts writer/directors Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers and the Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall as influences.

In addition to her MA at LFS, Kelly holds degrees in Musical Theatre Writing and Dramatic Writing from New York University and San Francisco State University. Her thesis musical DIZZY: The Fantastical Musical Tale of Benjamin Disraeli was one of two musical scripts selected for production at the Tisch School of the Arts’ Summer Musical Theatre Festival in New York City.

Now a resident of the UK, Kelly is currently developing projects for television and radio.

Latter-Day-Land, WRITER, MA Feature Screenplay, LFS, 2014

CHEYNEY KNOX I used to perceive film and television as the hardest industry to walk into, but now I would find it impossible to walk away from.

SAMUEL JEFFERSON Prior to attending the London Film School, Samuel worked as a medical doctor for several years after graduating from Newcastle University Medical School in 2011.

During his university years, Samuel was heavily involved with The Newcastle University Theatre Society as an actor, director and writer.

The Constituency, WRITER, Short, LFS, 2013 hermon.meadows@gmail.com

Samuel wrote several plays during that time and won the Best Writing and Best Play awards at the Newcastle New Writing Festival several years running. He also won the People's Choice Award at the Durham International Drama Festival with his play Dust.

Being half Chinese, half British, I was fortunate enough to live and study in both Penang (Malaysia) and London. Now, having finished my education with an MA from the London Film School, I feel assured that the course has instilled in me the right confidence and work ethic to continue learning in the industry.

I am a screenwriter, story developer and aspiring writer-producer now seeking the opportunity to work in TV and feature film – more specifically, traditional drama – and that is simply because nothing motivates me more than a great story put to screen.

Silver Waters, CO-WRITER, LFS, 2014 The Inner Life of Veronika, SCRIPT CONSULTANT, LFS, 2014

cknox44@hotmail.co.uk

Samuel's one act play Cannes was taken to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it received glowing reviews praising Samuel's writing in particular. After making a decision to leave full time medicine, Samuel is focused towards developing a career as a screenwriter and currently has several TV series and a feature film in development with a number of production companies.

Samuel.Jefferson@outlook.com

JOE RYAN LAIA Joseph Ryan Laia was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to a PhD scientist and an artist.

The environment fused together intellect, desolation, art, history and culture. His exposure to Spanish and indigenous culture eventually manifested itself in his work, both on the screen and off.

REBECCA HOBBS

Ryan obtained a degree in Latin American History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He combined his passion for history and cinema, writing his thesis on a series of films and a novella by Sergio Giral, making the correlation that the narratives regarding slavery in Cuba were reflecting race relations within post-revolutionary Cuba.

Rebecca initially trained as a lawyer, before leaving to study acting at the NZ Drama School. From there, she worked as a an actress and writer in New Zealand and Australia and directed a short film TICK, which premiered at the New York Film Festival, before moving to London where she found herself lured into the murky world of development.

Having spent several years as Director of Development for the Disney Channels, Rebecca decided to return to writing, and attended the London Film School as a way of hothousing herself back into writing practice.

She intends to direct again, and is currently working on her writing portfolio.

Play the Game (in development), feature film developed at LFS

Old Bastards (in development), feature film developed with funding from the NZ Film Commission Homesick (in development), short Peg (in development), feature film Tick, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, 7m, Screenworks, 2001

rebhobbs@gmail.com

GEORGE KELLOCK I was born, bred and still remain in London.

Following a BA in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield (and some extensive travelling) I decided to pursue my passion for screenwriting. I'm currently working on expanding my portfolio; writing two features and two TV series treatments as well as developing several shorts with the aim of shooting them in 2014-15.

Meeting some great people during the course has also led to several ongoing writing collaborations on short film projects with former LFS colleagues (both from MA Filmmaking and MA Screenwriting).

While pursuing his degree, Ryan spent his summers studying at New York University, University of Southern California and San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking building a core curriculum of film classes, focusing on screenwriting, cinematography and 16mm filmmaking.

At the London Film School Ryan collaborated on over a dozen short films.

1st November, WRITER, 35mm, 15m, 2013 Straight From The Still, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, 18m, 2013

Going To Town With A Clown, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm Reversal, 3m, 2012

jrlaia7@gmail.com

In 2013, she attended Clarion West where she studied fiction under Neil Gaiman and others. That fall, she attended the London Film School and wrote the screenplay Ianto Paints the Sky, where the immortal who paints the world's colors falls in love with a misanthropic New Yorker.

After graduation in 2014, Allison has been studying graphic novels and writing a comic book, Burn - a girl discovers her sexuality is linked to the frost emerging from her lips. In 2015, she will move to LA to pursue a career in TV writing.

EWA STEC Ewa comes from Poland and is a published novelist. After many years of writing fiction she decided to take up a new challenge and learn the craft of screenwriting. She currently lives in Warsaw.

Poppy, SCRIPT EDITOR, LFS, 2014 stecewa@aol.com

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HONORARY ASSOCIATES LFS has a long tradition of honouring individuals who have made significant

contributions to the film industry, going back to 1956 when previous incarnation, The London School of Film Technique, was founded.

Such luminaries as Akira Kurasawa, Alfred

Hitchcock, François Truffaut, John Huston, Joseph Losey and Luchino Visconti were Honorary Associates of the school.

Richard Linklater, Ralph Fiennes and Kate Kinninmont, became LFS Honorary Associates in 2014.

Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay, Richard Lester, Pawel Pawlikowski, Mike Figgis, Abbas Kiarostami, Jack Gold and Amma Asante, producers Rebecca O’Brien, Christopher Hird, Jeremy Thomas, Tessa Ross and Christine Langan, actors Gillian Anderson, Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Rita Tushingham and Philip Davis, film critic Philip French, as well as previous LFS faculty members Chrissy Bright, Cedric James, Rodney Newton, Roy Pointer, Colin Tucker, Hayden Griffin, Margaret Glover and Ben Gibson.

A TRIBUTE TO PHIL MOTTRAM

by Moshe Nitzani Phil Mottram passed away on 28 May 2014. He was 82 years old. In 1959, after a career in the RAF as a navigator, Phil became a student of The London School of Film Technique in Brixton. Later on he became a lecturer, course tutor, and in the mid 80's the administrator of what was by then the London International Film School.

evacuated to the area, and fell in love with Ilam.

Phil is survived by Laura Mottram his wife for 60 years, his daughters Helen, Kate, Esther and his son Simon. Phil's family has set up a Phil Mottram Tribute Fund raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

If you would like to make a contribution, you can do so at w w w. j u s t g i v i n g . c o m / P h i l i p Mottram

Phil was a very special man and a natural born teacher. He loved to share his knowledge about cinematography, music, history and geology. He had a wonderful sense of humour, which sometimes baffled overseas students who had never heard of The Goon Show.

Moshe Nitzani, LFS IT Manager and graduate.

Phil Mottram Memorial Award Phil’s family have made a very generous £10,000 donation to The London Film School to establish The Phil Mottram Memorial Award. The Award will be used to support students who experience financial hardship whilst undertaking graduate studies at the school. Phil’s daughter Kate Snow said, “We would like to support LFS students, particularly those new to London, in honour of Dad's commitment to the students and their welfare”.

During his reign as an administrator, Phil continued to teach Cinematography classes.

For many years he steered the film school, sometimes through rather choppy waters, dedicated to its mission to educate filmmakers from all corners of the globe.

This year we are delighted to award Honorary

Associateships to director Richard Linklater (BOYHOOD, BEFORE SUNRISE, FAST FOOD NATION), actor and director

Phil was a tireless person, full of enthusiasm and lived his life to the full. After his retirement, he put all of his energies into the restoration of a monument in Ilam village, Derbyshire. As a child, Phil was

Richard Linklater

He became a close and special friend. I admired him very much and, reading the tributes that have poured in from graduates and colleagues, I know I am not the only one.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS The London Film School is a Creative Skillset Film Academy

Magic of Persia Ralph Fiennes

© Rankin

Ralph Fiennes (THE ENGLISH PATIENT, SCHINDLER’S LIST, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, CORIOLANUS) and Kate Kinninmont MBE, Chief Executive of Women in Film and TV and award-winning TV producer and director.

They join a group of Honorary Associates, which includes directors William Friedkin,

Kate Kinninmont MBE

BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS A key goal is to ensure good access for the current generation of talented filmmakers, targetting groups currently underrepresented in the film industry. A range of bursaries and scholarships help to address this mission including; CREATIVE SKILLSET BURSARIES Annual bursaries for UK qualifying MA Filmmaking students, representing almost 80% of the tuition fees.

Since the LFS-Creative Skillset bursary scheme began in 2005, there have been 63 MA Filmmaking bursary students.

MAGIC OF PERSIA SCHOLARSHIPS Awards to students from Iran, funded by cultural organisation The Magic of Persia Foundation.

LEVERHULME SCHOLARSHIPS Awards supported by the Leverhulme Trust Foundation.

BBFC AWARDS Support towards the second year of the MA Filmmaking course from the British Board of Film Classification.

ADAM SEDGWICK AWARD Funded by Lady Henrietta Burridge, the widow of LFS alumnus Adam Sedgwick, who died in tragic circumstances in 1984. £5,000 awarded annually to graduating students.

2D Design Act IV Avid Apple | Covent Garden ARRI Arts Council England Barbican Berlinale Talents BFI London Film Festival British Council Buzzacott Cirro Lite Clear Cut Pictures Creative Skillset Danish Film School DeJonghe Labs dffb ENO ESCAC Essex Insurance Brokers European Commission FAVA Film4 Fisher Goodman Derrick LLP Halo Post Production Hampshire Street Studios Harbottle and Lewis Image Systems Institut Francais

Kodak Korean Cultural Centre La fémis Lee & Thompson Les Arcs European Film Festival London Metropolitan University MOME Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation Nicholas Hare Architects Onsight Panalux Panavision PEC Pinewood Studios Group Pinsent Masons RADA Ronford Royal College of Music Scuola Holden SFZE Shorts International The Digital Orchard The Leverhulme Trust The National Gallery TimeOut Transilvanian International Film Festival UNATC University of Exeter Visual Impact

Honorary Appeal Chairs

Patrons

Gillian Anderson Danny Boyle Jim Broadbent Sir Michael Caine Ken Loach

Alan Yentob Anthony Smith CBE Charlie Parsons Christopher Hird Franc Roddam Hanif Kureishi

PHIL MOTTRAM MEMORIAL AWARD Hardship award in honour of graduate and staff member Phil Mottram, who died in 2014(see below) CHARLES CREIGHTON / CHARLES COOPER / ROY POINTER / TIM HORROCKS SCHOLARSHIPS A range of scholarships awarded by LFS in honour of distinguished figures associated with the school.

We are very grateful to the organisations and individuals who have given so generously to enable students to benefit from the school's special culture and its very full learning programme.

Michael Mann Sir Paul McCartney Sam Mendes CBE Dame Helen Mirren

Iain Smith OBE Jeremy Thomas CBE John Hurt CBE Roger Graef OBE Tilda Swinton Tony Elliott

LFS 2014 Annual Show in association with Pinewood Supported by