Dr. Jane Roscoe has been recently appointed as the new Director of The London Film School. She will take over from current Director Ben Gibson in August.
Jane Roscoe comes to The London Film School with over 20 years experience as an academic and broadcaster in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. At the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, she launched the Centre for Screen Studies & Research, and led a number of large-scale industry-focussed research projects. She has been Network Programmer at Australia's Sbs Television, and was responsible for launching Sbs Two. More recently, as the UK-based Head of International Content at Sbs, she acquired world feature films in a wide variety of languages, and brokered an impressive slate of international co-productions. She is a regular industry and academic commentator, and has published extensively on screen audiences, documentary and mock documentary.
Mike Leigh, Chair of Governors, said, “Jane is passionate about film education and innovation, and we are delighted that she is to join us to lead Lfs into our exciting new phase."
Jane Roscoe said, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead Lfs as it approaches its 60th anniversary. The move to the Barbican will further enhance the School's ability to educate for creativity, and stay connected to a fast changing film industry. It's going to be an exciting and challenging journey .”
The London Film School combines its status as a major international conservatoire with its role as one of the two leading British graduate film schools supported by Creative Skillset and the BFI.
At the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, films by Lfs graduates are represented in all the official sections – in Competition, Mr Turner, written and directed by Mike Leigh; In Un Certain Regard, Xenia, directed by Panos H. Koutras and The Salt of the Earth, co-directed by Lfs graduate Juliano Ribeiro Salgado with Wim Wenders; in Shorts Competition, Lfs graduation film Leidi, directed by Simón Mesa Soto, one of only nine films chosen from 3,450 short films to compete for the Short Film Palme d’Or. Newton I. Aduaka is one of fifteen directors selected for the tenth edition of the Cinefondation Atelier co-production showcase, with his latest feature Oil on Water. Lfs graduate Aygul Bakanova, who was a participant on the Cannes Residence programme, is screening in Directors’ Fortnight, with the Nordic Film Factory short film Void, co-directed with Milad Alami.
In December, Lfs announced its first major funding from Creative Skillset towards the development of its plans to transfer its operations from Covent Garden to a new site within the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The move is planned for 2016, when the school will also celebrate its 60th birthday.
The London Film School
Founded in 1956, Lfs is one of the world's longest established graduate filmmaking schools. It is constituted as an international conservatoire with 70% of its Ma Filmmaking students coming from outside the UK. The School offers a core 2-year Ma Filmmaking , a 1-year Ma Screenwriting , a 1-year Ma International Film Business and a PhD Film by Practice with the University of Exeter, plus around 50 Continuous Professional Development courses each year as Lfs Workshops .
Lfs has been selected by Creative Skillset, the UK government agency for audio-visual training, as one of three ‘Film Academies’, accredited as a centre of excellence.
Lfs graduates are established in film and television production in more than eighty countries and include Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Duncan Jones, Tak Fujimoto, Roger Pratt, Ueli Steiger, Iain Smith, Horace Ove, Ho Yim, Danny Huston, Franc Roddam, Brad Anderson, Ann Hui, Marius Holst and Bill Douglas.
In 2013, Lfs films had 232 festival entries across 179 events, winning 43 prizes, nominations or special mentions. The tally breaks Lfs records for global visibility and graduate success. The list covers Toronto, Venice, Tribeca, San Sebastian, Clermont Ferrand, The London Film Festival, San Francisco, the BAFTAs and the Student Academy Awards.
More info at www.lfs.org.uk
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Jane Roscoe comes to The London Film School with over 20 years experience as an academic and broadcaster in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. At the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, she launched the Centre for Screen Studies & Research, and led a number of large-scale industry-focussed research projects. She has been Network Programmer at Australia's Sbs Television, and was responsible for launching Sbs Two. More recently, as the UK-based Head of International Content at Sbs, she acquired world feature films in a wide variety of languages, and brokered an impressive slate of international co-productions. She is a regular industry and academic commentator, and has published extensively on screen audiences, documentary and mock documentary.
Mike Leigh, Chair of Governors, said, “Jane is passionate about film education and innovation, and we are delighted that she is to join us to lead Lfs into our exciting new phase."
Jane Roscoe said, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead Lfs as it approaches its 60th anniversary. The move to the Barbican will further enhance the School's ability to educate for creativity, and stay connected to a fast changing film industry. It's going to be an exciting and challenging journey .”
The London Film School combines its status as a major international conservatoire with its role as one of the two leading British graduate film schools supported by Creative Skillset and the BFI.
At the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, films by Lfs graduates are represented in all the official sections – in Competition, Mr Turner, written and directed by Mike Leigh; In Un Certain Regard, Xenia, directed by Panos H. Koutras and The Salt of the Earth, co-directed by Lfs graduate Juliano Ribeiro Salgado with Wim Wenders; in Shorts Competition, Lfs graduation film Leidi, directed by Simón Mesa Soto, one of only nine films chosen from 3,450 short films to compete for the Short Film Palme d’Or. Newton I. Aduaka is one of fifteen directors selected for the tenth edition of the Cinefondation Atelier co-production showcase, with his latest feature Oil on Water. Lfs graduate Aygul Bakanova, who was a participant on the Cannes Residence programme, is screening in Directors’ Fortnight, with the Nordic Film Factory short film Void, co-directed with Milad Alami.
In December, Lfs announced its first major funding from Creative Skillset towards the development of its plans to transfer its operations from Covent Garden to a new site within the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The move is planned for 2016, when the school will also celebrate its 60th birthday.
The London Film School
Founded in 1956, Lfs is one of the world's longest established graduate filmmaking schools. It is constituted as an international conservatoire with 70% of its Ma Filmmaking students coming from outside the UK. The School offers a core 2-year Ma Filmmaking , a 1-year Ma Screenwriting , a 1-year Ma International Film Business and a PhD Film by Practice with the University of Exeter, plus around 50 Continuous Professional Development courses each year as Lfs Workshops .
Lfs has been selected by Creative Skillset, the UK government agency for audio-visual training, as one of three ‘Film Academies’, accredited as a centre of excellence.
Lfs graduates are established in film and television production in more than eighty countries and include Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Duncan Jones, Tak Fujimoto, Roger Pratt, Ueli Steiger, Iain Smith, Horace Ove, Ho Yim, Danny Huston, Franc Roddam, Brad Anderson, Ann Hui, Marius Holst and Bill Douglas.
In 2013, Lfs films had 232 festival entries across 179 events, winning 43 prizes, nominations or special mentions. The tally breaks Lfs records for global visibility and graduate success. The list covers Toronto, Venice, Tribeca, San Sebastian, Clermont Ferrand, The London Film Festival, San Francisco, the BAFTAs and the Student Academy Awards.
More info at www.lfs.org.uk
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- 5/3/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
As promised, more details on Nigerian filmmaker Newton I. Aduaka's Oil On Water, which made the cut of 15 projects selected by the 10th edition of the Cannes Film Festival's Cinefondation Atelier - 15 directors from 15 countries whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers, they will be able to meet potential partners, a necessary step to finish their projects and start the making of their films. L’Atelier provides its participants access to international co-productions, thus accelerating the film’s completion. The Cinefondation’s Atelier was created in 2005 to stimulate creative filmmaking and encourage...
- 3/11/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In its first year, Cannes’ Cinéfondation’s Atelier invited projects from relative filmmaker unknowns such as Gerardo Naranjo (I’m Gonna Explode), Lisandro Alonso (Liverpool) and Aida Begic (Snow). Celebrating year number 10, this year’s group of fifteen that will benefit from Croisette meetings and future coin include the likes of Quebecer Guy Édoin (Marécages), Cannes Critics’ Week winner for Aquí y allá in filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza, and 2011 Camera d’Or winner Pablo Giorgelli (pictured above) who broke out with Las Acacias (review).
Invisible (Pablo Giorgelli, Argentina)
Territoria (Nora Martirosyan, Armenia)
Tabija (Igor Drljača, Bosnia)
Saudade (Antonio Méndez Esparza, Brazil)
Ville-Marie (Guy Édoin, Canada)
In the Shade of the Trees (Matías Rojas Valencia, Chile)
Ce sentiment de l’été (Mikhaël Hers, France)
Aliyushka (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan)
The Darkness (Daniel Castro Zimbrón, Mexico)
White Sun (Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal)
To All Naked Men (Bassam Chekhes, Netherlands/Syria)
Oil on Water (Newton I. Aduaka,...
Invisible (Pablo Giorgelli, Argentina)
Territoria (Nora Martirosyan, Armenia)
Tabija (Igor Drljača, Bosnia)
Saudade (Antonio Méndez Esparza, Brazil)
Ville-Marie (Guy Édoin, Canada)
In the Shade of the Trees (Matías Rojas Valencia, Chile)
Ce sentiment de l’été (Mikhaël Hers, France)
Aliyushka (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan)
The Darkness (Daniel Castro Zimbrón, Mexico)
White Sun (Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal)
To All Naked Men (Bassam Chekhes, Netherlands/Syria)
Oil on Water (Newton I. Aduaka,...
- 3/10/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The tenth edition of the co-production showcase at the Cannes Film Festival includes new projects from Brazil’s Antonio Méndez Esparza and Mexico’s Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s [link...
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s [link...
- 3/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of the co-production showcase at the Cannes Film Festival includes new projects from Brazil’s Antonio Méndez Esparza and Mexico’s Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s [link...
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s [link...
- 3/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The tenth edition of the talent showcase includes new projects from Brazil’s Antonio Méndez Esparza and Mexico’s Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s Pablo Giorgelli will bring Invisible, his second...
The Cinéfondation’s Atelier hosts its tenth edition this year and will invite 15 directors and their projects to the Cannes Film Festival.
Together with their producers, they will be given the opportunity to meet potential partners in a bid to finish their projects and start the making their films.
From May 16-22, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Project Book and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April at www.cinefondation.com.
The project line-up includes Saudade, Brazilian director Antonio Méndez Esparza’s follow up to Aqui y Alla, which won Cannes’ Critics Week in 2012. The new film, set in Spain, focusses on immigration through a mother-son story.
Argentina’s Pablo Giorgelli will bring Invisible, his second...
- 3/10/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Writers on the films Amazing Grace, Freedom Writers and Venus along with scribes on a trio of medical-themed TV series -- NBC's Scrubs and ER and Fox's House -- are among the finalists for the 33rd annual Humanitas Prize.
The prize, which rewards film and TV writers whose work "honestly explores the complexities of the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life," is handed out in eight categories, each of which carries a monetary prize of varying amounts. Twenty-eight writers were named finalists this year.
In the feature-film category, which bestows a $25,000 prize, the finalists are Steven Knight for Samuel Goldwyn Films/Roadside Attractions' Amazing Grace; Richard LaGravenese, who wrote the screenplay for Paramount Pictures' Freedom Writers; and Hanif Kureishi for Miramax Films' Venus.
Finalists in the Sundance feature-film category, which offers a $10,000 prize, are Newton I. Aduaka & Alain-Michel Blanc (writers) and Newton I. Aduaka (story) for Ezra, Adrienne Shelly for Fox Searchlight Pictures' Waitress and Salvatore Stabile for Where God Left His Shoes.
The TV finalists in the 30-minute category, which carries a $10,000 prize, are Scrubs writer Bill Callahan, who will compete with Jennifer Crittenden, who wrote the Oh God, Yes episode of CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Rob Lotterstein, who wrote the Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore episode of Fox's The War at Home.
Cited in the 60-minute TV category, which bestows a $15,000 prize, were "ER" writers R.
The prize, which rewards film and TV writers whose work "honestly explores the complexities of the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life," is handed out in eight categories, each of which carries a monetary prize of varying amounts. Twenty-eight writers were named finalists this year.
In the feature-film category, which bestows a $25,000 prize, the finalists are Steven Knight for Samuel Goldwyn Films/Roadside Attractions' Amazing Grace; Richard LaGravenese, who wrote the screenplay for Paramount Pictures' Freedom Writers; and Hanif Kureishi for Miramax Films' Venus.
Finalists in the Sundance feature-film category, which offers a $10,000 prize, are Newton I. Aduaka & Alain-Michel Blanc (writers) and Newton I. Aduaka (story) for Ezra, Adrienne Shelly for Fox Searchlight Pictures' Waitress and Salvatore Stabile for Where God Left His Shoes.
The TV finalists in the 30-minute category, which carries a $10,000 prize, are Scrubs writer Bill Callahan, who will compete with Jennifer Crittenden, who wrote the Oh God, Yes episode of CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Rob Lotterstein, who wrote the Kenny Doesn't Live Here Anymore episode of Fox's The War at Home.
Cited in the 60-minute TV category, which bestows a $15,000 prize, were "ER" writers R.
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premieres: Dramatic Comp: Docu Comp: World Docu Comp: Spectrum: Park City at Midnight: New Frontier: Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); Blame It On Fidel (France), directed and written by Julie Gavras, which takes the point of view of a 9-year-old girl whose parents become political radicals in early '70s Paris. Drained (Brazil), directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Marcal Aquino and Dhalia, about the life change of a devious pawnbroker.Driving With My Wife's Lover (South Korea), directed by Kim Tai-sik and written by Kim Joen-han and Kim, which describes the long taxi journey of a man and the cab driver he's learned is having an affair with his wife.Eagle Vs. Shark (New Zealand), directed and written by Taika Waititi, a portrait of two social misfits who try to find love. A Miramax release in its world premiere.
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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