School of Film, Media and Performing Arts. UCA, Farnham

Head of FMPA Agnieszka Piotrowska working with some of our students on a cross cultural collaborative project with Edinburgh University.

A few clips from yesterday's shoot . Professor Piotrowska Agnieszka Piotrowska Head of FMPA filming with students on a collaborative project.

Professor Piotrowska Head of FMPA working with some of our students on a cross cultural collaborative project with Edinburgh University.

Behind the scenes photos from Year 3 students creating their end-of-degree films in the FMC building. Images captured between April-June 2021.

BA (hons) Television Production year 2 ‘As Live’ Studio Unit. Students designed, recorded and live streamed their own original multi-camera TV show in the professional broadcast facility @ The Maidstone Studios

Congratulations to one of our students Youngdae Josh Lee whose graduation film from UCA Film Production 3rd year has been selected for Cannes prestigious industry forum, Short Film Corner.

Director: Youngdae (Josh) Lee

Fish to the Lake (2021. 9')

Synopsis:

Rita learns that her father has passed away. She listens to the funeral prayer the phone from her little brother who is attending the funeral. She sees the plastic wrapped fish she bought and suddenly Rita starts walking towards the lake with the fish in her hand...

At the Book Launch of “The Sublime in Everyday Life”, Head of Film, Media and Performing Arts school, Prof Agnieszka Piotrowska talking about her chapter- The Sublime and the Feminine Jouissance – A Fantastic Woman, The Untamed and St Teresa.

The film that sparked my passion | University for the Creative Arts

https://www.uca.ac.uk/Blogs/The-film-that-sparked-my-passion/

The film that sparked my passion | University for the Creative Arts We spoke to members of UCA's new MA Experimental Film course to discover what movies sparked their passion for the industry and the art of filmmaking.

An exclusive event for UCA, Wednesday 12th May at 5pm - live from California

Please register here ahead of time:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-19th-annual-animation-show-of-shows-at-university-for-the-creative-arts-tickets-153595617627

TV students get boost from production boom | University for the Creative Arts

UCA leads the way in TV production boom

https://www.uca.ac.uk/Blogs/TV-students-get-boost-from-production-boom/

TV students get boost from production boom | University for the Creative Arts UCA’s TV production students are right at the heart of a mini TV boom thanks to their base at Maidstone Studios. These are a hub for TV production in the south-east and home to a slew of new primetime programming, including the new series of This Time with Alan Partridge (above) which returns to ...

John David Washington To Lead Gareth Edwards' True Love

John David Washington To Lead Gareth Edwards' True Love

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/john-david-washington-gareth-edwards-true-love/

John David Washington To Lead Gareth Edwards' True Love John David Washington will lead the cast of Gareth Edwards' next film, True Love. Read the full story at Empire.

Cha (2020) - IMDb

Our newest member of the animation team has just won an award at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) -one of the worlds leading animation festivals – congratulations to Gagandeep Kalirai!!!!

Fantastic Award – Award for the best animation talent, with a cash prize of 1,000 €, sponsored by the FANtastic jury, the most faithful fans of ITFS

Cha
UK 2020, 8:20 Min
Director: Gagandeep Kalirai
Producer: James Bowsher
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12153922/

Jury statement:
“Sometimes a smell is enough to reactivate memories. Like in our winning film ‘Cha’ by Gagandeep Kalirai, where a cardamom capsule evokes the Sikh massacre in Delhi in 1984. The unagitated yet haunting narrative style convinced us just as much as the elegant lines, the flowing transitions, the interweaving of then and now, animations and photos and, last but not least, the conciliatory ending. At a time when conflicts between different groups of people are fought out with all vehemence, this personal memoir is a reminder to finally overcome these rifts. “

Congratulations!!!

Cha (2020) - IMDb Directed by Gagandeep Kalirai. With Neelam Bakshi, Manpreet Bambra, Jitendra Shah. Bibi is plagued by memories of the past, and her granddaughter Simran is starting to notice. In resolving to teach Simran how to make Cha, they are pulled into the past, to Bibi's memories of one fateful day in Delhi,...

Film production camera workshop at

Behind-the-scenes at Maidstone Studios, where you can study in the UK’s largest independent TV studio facility.

Make it Here

Simon Aeppli, Senior Lecturer Film Production. He has made award winning short documentary work that has been screened at festivals in Britain and abroad and broadcast on Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV London. He recently received an AHRC technē scholarship for part-time PhD study at the University of Brighton for a project called ‘Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape of 1970's Northern Ireland’.

James Caddick is the study leader on MA Filmmaking, he has directed and produced award winning films across documentary, short fiction, music videos and commercials. His work has been shown internationally at festivals, galleries and on broadcast television including BFI London, Cannes and Milan film festivals and broadcast by channel 4, BBC and canal Plus.

Professor Agnieszka Piotrowska, Phd, the Head of FMPA, is an award winning filmmaker and theorist best known for her internationally acclaimed experimental broadcast documentary Married to the Eiffel Tower and more recently for her collaborative drama work in Zimbabwe called ‘ground-breaking’ by African media.

Dr Stephen Connolly, Senior Lecturer Film Production; multi -award winning artist filmmaker and researcher, showing his work at international film festivals and conventions; here shooting Machine Space (2018) Detroit, Michigan, USA 2016.

Dr Roz Mortimer, Senior Lecturer Film Production, is an artist and filmmaker whose award-winning and interdisciplinary work centres on hybrid documentary forms and the cinema of trauma. Here a still from her award-winning film Deathless Woman.