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National Film and Television School to Open Hub in Leeds

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NFTS Grad Film Reaches 2019 Student Academy Awards Semi-Finals!

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Five Nominations for NFTS Alumni at 2019 Emmys!

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge delights students in Fleabag and Killing Eve Masterclass

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04 Jun 2019

StoryFutures Academy Partners with Maze Theory to Train Writers to Write for VR Including Opportunity to Work on Peaky Blinders VR Experience

StoryFutures Academy, the National Centre for Immersive Storytelling jointly run by the National Film and Television School (NFTS) and Royal Holloway, University of London, announces a partnership with innovative VR studio, Maze Theory to train writers in the art of writing for VR and to provide an opportunity for one writer to work with them on their upcoming Peaky Blinders VR experience, which is due for release in 2020.
04 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “Studying at the NFTS could not have prepared me more for my career”

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Steven graduated from the NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA in February 2019 and is already working in the industry as Curation Officer for film educational charity, Into Film.
04 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “It was through the contacts I made at NFTS that I got my first job.”

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Katherine Hannaford graduated from the NFTS Directing and Producing Science and Natural History MA in 2019 and has already secured a job at Bristol based production company, Plimsoll Productions working on a landmark wildlife series.
04 Jun 2019

NFTS Named as Top Five Animation School in the World in 2019 Animation Career Review

The NFTS has been named as one of the top five animation schools in the world in this year’s Animation Career Review 2019 School Rankings list. Both our Directing Animation MA and our new Model Making for Animation Diploma courses are highlighted in the list and the School is named number four in the world and number two in Europe.
04 Jun 2019

#NFTS Stories: “Being at the NFTS gave me confidence and helped me understand what area of TV I was most interested in and good at.”

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Becky Casey graduated from the Directing and Producing Television Entertainment MA in 2011 and is now a documentary producer and director and was recently nominated for a BAFTA.
31 May 2019

Assistant Directors Run Tough Mudder to Raise Funds for NFTS Scotland Low Income Bursary Scheme

A group of Assistant Directors and industry colleagues have got together to run a Tough Mudder to raise funds for a brand new bursary scheme project, which will raise money to enable people from low income backgrounds to study at NFTS Scotland.
30 May 2019

Four Nominations for NFTS Grads in the 2019 RTS Student Television Awards

Once again, NFTS has more nominations than any other institution in this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Television Awards with nominations in the ‘Postgraduate Drama’, ‘Postgraduate Factual’, ‘Postgraduate Short Form and ‘Postgraduate Comedy & Entertainment’ categories.
29 May 2019

Six Edinburgh Film Festival 2019 Selections for NFTS Students

An incredible six NFTS graduation films have been selected for this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, which takes place between the 19th and 30th June. NFTS graduation animations, Almost There directed by Nelly Michenaud, Heatwave, directed by Fokion Xenos and One Liner, directed by Ian Plinth will compete for the ‘Mclaren Award for Best New Animation’.
28 May 2019

#NFTSStories: NFTS Writing the TV Pilot Short Course Alumna Secures Two Option Agreements

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Grace Link completed the Writing the TV Pilot short course in 2018 and has since secured option agreements for her pilots with Silver Reel Productions and All3Media.
28 May 2019

#NFTSStories: NFTS Creative Business Grad Discusses How the Course Helped Him Set Up a Creative Agency for Startups

Welcome to our latest NFTS story, a series of blogs featuring our alumni talking about where they were before they came to the School and where they are now (follow the series by using the #NFTSStories hashtag across Twitter and Instagram). Nick Horowitz graduated from the Creative Business for Entrepreneurs and Executives course in 2015 and has since co-founded a creative agency for startups, The Clerkenwell Brothers, which has just celebrated its third birthday.
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