The NFTS is delighted to welcome Sandra Hebron - the former director of the BFI London Film Festival - as the new Head of Screen Arts. She will also lead the NEW Film Studies Programming & CurationMasters course, starting in 2016, which will be delivered in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI).
Some of her key achievements at the BFI include transforming the London Film Festival from a national event into a festival of international significance, noted for its curatorial excellence. Since leaving the BFI, Sandra has gained new experience by programming for public and industry audiences internationally, most recently as a selection committee member for the Rome Film Festival. Read more about Sandra Hebron here...
Over 100 of our graduates are involved in 40 films selected for this year's BFI London Film Festival in senior roles, including director Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane, Village At The End Of The World) whose film Suffragette is the Opening Gala film, director Terence Davies whose film Sunset Song is in official competition and Alwin Küchler who is the DoP on the Closing Night Gala film Steve Jobs.
Three NFTS films - Video, Edmond and Manoman - are being screened, and Edmond is in competition for Best Short Film, along with Operator, which is directed and crewed by NFTS alumni.
In total, our graduates worked on 23 features and 14 short films in roles spanning all crafts ranging from directors, producers, writers, editors, sound designers, sound editor and sound recordists, production designers, art directors, VFX supervisors, colourists, compositors, composers and animators.
We still have places available on these courses: Digital Effects MA, Games Design & Production MA, Creative Business for Entrepreneurs & Executives Diploma; Directors’ Series (winter) and many of our television production diploma courses. Find out more about out courses.
Below is the list of NFTS graduate credits in the BFI London Film Festival 2015:
Features:
Suffragette – Opening Gala Film
Director Sarah Gavron; DoP Eduard Grau; Creative Executive [Pathe] Len Rowles; Sound Recordist Danny Hambrook; Graphic Designer Louise Begbie; Boom Operator Caroline Singh; Sound Assistant Helen McGovern; Video Assistant Adnan Hemani; Special Effects Assistant Jennifer Groves; Floor Runner Caroline Houghton; Assistant to the Director Joasia Goldyn
Steve Jobs– Closing Gala film
DoP Alwin Küchler; Boom Operator Ben Greaves
Brooklyn - Mayfair Hotel Gala film
Dialogue Editor Ian Morgan –
The Lady in the Van - Centrepiece Gala film
Foley Editor Dario Swade –
High Rise– Festival Gala film
Executive Producer Anna Higgs
A Bigger Splash- Love Gala film
Set Decorator Tatiana Macdonald (formerly Lund)
The Lobster– Dare Gala film
Development Editor [Film4] Polly Stokes
The Program - Debate Gala film
Editor Valerio Bonelli; Sound Assistants Michael Lee – Taylor & Alex Bryce
Sunset Song–
Writer/Director Terence Davies
3000 Nights -
Foley Artist Tatiana el Dadah
Light Years –
Production Designer Jane Morton
Couple in a Hole–
Producer Zorana Piggott; DoP Sam Care
Departure –
DoP Brian Fawcett; Boom Operator Thomas Markwick
Virgin Mountain
Editor Olivier Bugge Coutté
The Hard Stop–
Writer/Director George Amponsah; DoP Matthias Pilz; Composer Roger Goula; Editors Michael Aaglund & James Devlin; HD Camera Michael Adeyemi; Additional Editors Carmela Iandoli & Josh Levinsky-
Sound Designer/ Supervising Sound Editor Mauricio d’Orey; Boom Operator Victoria Franzan
Burn Burn Burn–
Dialogue Editor Vicente Villaescusa
The Ones Below–
Supervising Sound Editor Paul Davies
The End of the Tour –
DoP Jakob Ihre
Listen to Me Marlon –
Production Designer Kristian Milsted
Elephant Days–
Sound Editor Jay Price; Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor Dario Swade; Foley Editor Rob Szeliga
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes are Not
Brothers -
Supervising Sound Editor/Rerecording Mixer Philippe Ciompi
Remainder -
Art Director Patrick Herzberg; Production Secretary Lawrence Mason
13 Shorts:
Operator– in competition
Writer/Director/Producer Caroline Bartleet; DoP Vanessa Whyte; Editor Yann Heckmann; Designer Isobel Dunhill
Edmond [NFTS film] - in competition
Director/Writer/Animator Nina Gantz; Producer Emilie Jouffroy; Story Consultant Rafael Kapelinski; DoP Ian Forbes; Designer Laura Mickiewicz; Editor Nina Rac; VFX Supervisor Felipe Olid Guerrero; Sound Editor/Rerecording Mixer Rob Turner; Composer Terence Dunn; Online Editor/Grade Jon Pugh; Stop-Motion Animators Adam Watts & Hywel Roberts (current students); 2D Animator Terri Matthews (current student)
Samuel-613–
DoP Paul Ozgur; Editor Michael Aaglund
Video [NFTS film] –
Writer/Director Eva Riley; DoP Ian Forbes; Editor Mark Hammill; Composer Freya Thomsen; Art Director Adriana Isabel Hervas (current student); Sound Mixer Barry Coxhead (current student); Sound Editor Matis Rei; Boom Operator Doug Templeton (current student); Colourist Sara Buxton
The Brain Hack–
DoP Dan Stafford-Clark; Rerecording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor Jake Roberts; Colourist Susumu Asano
Manoman [NFTS film]
Director/Writer/Puppetmaker Simon Cartwright; Producer Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl; Story Consultant Matthew Jankes; DoP Steven Cameron Ferguson; Designer Sara Taddei; Editor Paco Sweetman; SFX Chris Dubock; VFX Supervisor/Animator Rob Rankin; Sound Editor/Rerecording Mixer Dayo James; Composer Terence Dunn; Online Editor/Grade Alex Peters; Production Manager Edward Dilnott-Cooper
Nasty–
DoP Annika Summerson
Madeleine–
Composer Jon Opstad
Jacked–
Production Designer Stephane Collonge
Balcony–
DoP Brian Fawcett; Composer Terence Dunn; Editor Matteo Bini; Sound Designer/Rerecording Mixer Rob Szeliga
Above –
DoP Craig Dean Devine
The Girl in the Dress –
DoP Vanessa Whyte; Sound Recordist Nina Rice
The Red Herring –
Writer/Director Leevi Lemmetty; Editor Miikka Leskinen; Sound Editor/Rerecording Mixer Christopher Wilson
