From Alison Sterling @ Brief Encounters: Encounters Short Films Festival presents Encounters Film School: the Final Edit Up your skills levels and get some great insights from top industry professionals (Paddy Considine, Anna Pangborn, Eddie Hamilton) when you sign up for the Encounters Film School. 

LFS Workshops presents: Alexander Mackendrick on Filmmaking with Paul Cronin Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th Jan 2010 This two day workshop is an excellent opportunity for any film-maker who wishes to learn more about film-making from one of the masters of the medium. Alexander Mackendrick's practical approach serves as one of the best introductions to the craft of film-making available to film-ma…

LFS Workshops presents:  Writers' Gym Series with Ellis Freeman, The London Film School, Central London Part-time courses in practical tools for creative screenwriting "I applied because I wanted to be inspired, to think more creatively about my approaches to screenwriting and to improve my knowledge. The Writers' Gym ticked all the boxes for me. It surpassed…

LFS Workshops presents:  Improvisation for Screenwriters in Film & TV with Sean McCann  Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2008, The London Film School, Central London Improvisation can be employed at any stage of the writing process; from the very first ideas to the penultimate draft of the finished screenplay.

From Raindance:  The original pioneer of independent filmmaking in the UK, Raindance courses have inspired a whole generation of filmmakers including Christopher Nolan, Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughan. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is one of the most anticipated releases of the year but he worked hard for his success with the help of Raindance. Chris took Lo-To…

JOHN TRUBY’S 22 STEP STORY STRUCTURE Saturday/Sunday 5/6 April 9.30am – 6pm £250 + VAT University of Westminster, Central London John Truby’s The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller – is the new storytelling Bible not just for screenwriters, but for any writer crafting the perfect story. John Truby’s Raindance courses have been some of…

NPA producer training is legendary. I can credit it with getting the know-how to set-up both Netribution and another (now successful) production outift as limited companies while I was still a student. I also later turned the information on incorporation - from the first class of their intensive producer training - into one of Netribution's most popular articles, How to register a Ltd Com…

"For a country the size of Scotland it would take only 250 students meditating to protect Scotland from its enemies and to bring peace, to stop violence and drug abuse," Lynch said. "That is just a byproduct of the students meditating together." Currently touring British schools and cities to discuss the benefits of Transcendental Meditation (TM), singer Donovan a…

SAVE THE CAT! with BLAKE SNYDER   Whether you’re a screenwriter, producer, director, executive or movie fan, two-time #1 bestselling author Blake Snyder (Save the Cat! and Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies) will show you — from concept to structure to execution of specific scenes — how the magic of story comes alive through tried and true techniques storytellers have known…

Propeller TV, the national channel for new film and television talent is running a first in a series of unique and revealing master classes, supported by Skillset, to help and advise the region's new filmmaking and television talent.

When the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq in August 1990, the cinema industry went into steep decline. New equipment, film stock, and chemicals for film laboratories were forbidden under import rules and no new feature films were made until Mohamed Al Daradji's Oscar nominee Ahlaam in 2004. As producers Human Film prepare to make their second feature in the region, the British…