London Film School

  • BFI London Film Festival

    A Shorts-Centric Preview of London Film Festival 2020

    We take a look at the programme for the 64th edition of the BFI London Film Festival and highlight the short films from S/W alums and the features from directors who started in short film.

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    Documentary Gavin Kelly

    Avatar Days

    What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That's what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.

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    Oscar Short Films 2023: A Voter's Guide

    With nominee voting for the 2023 Academy Awards opening today (Thu 12th Jan), the S/W team highlights the five standout films from each short film category.

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    How long should I make my short film?

    How long should I make my short film? We attempt to answer this question by looking at statistics from short film festivals and our own database.

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    The Importance of Producing with Loran Dunn

    "You have to be the biggest champion of your film" - Loran Dunn looks to help producers become less misunderstood in the first of a new monthly series on S/W

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    Oscars Short Films 2025: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.

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    Fashion Film Roundup Part 2

    We published part 1 of this fashion film roundup to honor the end of New York fashion week and since then London and Milan have had their turn. Now we're in the thick of Fashion Week Paris, the final of the 4 consecutive world fashion weeks, and at last here is part 2.

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