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Northern Film School

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Welcome to the Northern Film School

The Northern Film School is one of the best known film and television schools in the UK, making innovative and award winning films for over 25 years. Learning the arts of storytelling, cinematography and creativity under the guidance of industry professionals makes our graduates the filmmakers of the future.

We are currently taking applications for our BA (Hons) Filmmaking and MA Documentary Filmmaking courses. You can also learn how to apply for a PhD in Filmmaking here.

Read more about the Northern Film School here.

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Congratulations to NFS film @readinggaolfilm which will be screening in the S...
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Congratulations to NFS film @readinggaolfilm which will be screening in the Student Etudes Competition of the excellent @Camerimage.festival in Toruń, Poland in November. https://camerimage.pl/en/sklad-konkursu-etiud-studenckich-energacamerimage-2019/ #camerimage2019
Congratulations to NFS film @readinggaolfilm which will be screening in the Student Etudes Competition of the excellent @Camerimage.festival in Toruń, Poland in November. https://camerimage.pl/en/sklad-konkursu-etiud-studenckich-energacamerimage-2019/ #camerimage2019
 
Poster for NFS animation film ‘Commes Des Ocean’ which screened at Extinction...
Poster for NFS animation film ‘Commes Des Ocean’ which screened at Extinction Rebellion street party in Leeds on 21st Sept.
Poster for NFS animation film ‘Commes Des Ocean’ which screened at Extinction Rebellion street party in Leeds on 21st Sept.
 
NFS Documentary ‘We Are Here’ continues its successful festival run with scre...
NFS Documentary ‘We Are Here’ continues its successful festival run with screenings in UK, USA and Germany.
NFS Documentary ‘We Are Here’ continues its successful festival run with screenings in UK, USA and Germany.
 
NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ screens in Programme 7, The Body Politic, screen 2, ...
NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ screens in Programme 7, The Body Politic, screen 2, 1620 today @wo50ff Women Over 50 Film Festival @lewes_depot . It also features on the poster and the homepage: http://wofff.co.uk
NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ screens in Programme 7, The Body Politic, screen 2, 1620 today @wo50ff Women Over 50 Film Festival @lewes_depot . It also features on the poster and the homepage: http://wofff.co.uk
 
At NFS we have 19 camera models. As well as HD, 4K and film cameras this incl...
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At NFS we have 19 camera models. As well as HD, 4K and film cameras this includes the high-end models that are used in major productions such as the Sony F55, the Canon C300ii and the Arri Alexa SXT. Students qualify on different cameras as they progress through the course. These cameras are supported by comprehensive industry standard accessories. Lenses from Zeiss, Sigma, Canon, Nikon and Xeen. Tripods from Manfrotto, Vinten, Ronford and O’Connor. Dollies from GFM, Matthews and Egripment.
At NFS we have 19 camera models. As well as HD, 4K and film cameras this includes the high-end models that are used in major productions such as the Sony F55, the Canon C300ii and the Arri Alexa SXT. Students qualify on different cameras as they progress through the course. These cameras are supported by comprehensive industry standard accessories. Lenses from Zeiss, Sigma, Canon, Nikon and Xeen. Tripods from Manfrotto, Vinten, Ronford and O’Connor. Dollies from GFM, Matthews and Egripment.
 
Coming soon: NFS MFA film ‘Melange’. Shot on location in Vienna, the film’s c...
Coming soon: NFS MFA film ‘Melange’. Shot on location in Vienna, the film’s crew was made up of students from both postgrad and undergrad courses at the Northern Film School.
Coming soon: NFS MFA film ‘Melange’. Shot on location in Vienna, the film’s crew was made up of students from both postgrad and undergrad courses at the Northern Film School.
 
Great to hear that NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ is to screen #WOFFF19⁣ ⁣ Women Ov...
Great to hear that NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ is to screen #WOFFF19⁣ ⁣ Women Over 50 Film Festival at Lewes Depot between 20-22 Sept 2019. Also seems very appropriate as it was this film festival where Director Alif Sankey first heard about the Northern Film School
Great to hear that NFS film ‘Woman of Life’ is to screen #WOFFF19⁣ ⁣ Women Over 50 Film Festival at Lewes Depot between 20-22 Sept 2019. Also seems very appropriate as it was this film festival where Director Alif Sankey first heard about the Northern Film School
 
Northern Film School graduate Fabian Wagner ASC BSC, cinematographer on Game ...
Northern Film School graduate Fabian Wagner ASC BSC, cinematographer on Game of Thrones & Sherlock, featured in Yorkshire Evening Post article: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/entertainment/how-game-of-thrones-cinematographer-fabian-wagner-learnt-his-trade-in-leeds-1-9860741
Northern Film School graduate Fabian Wagner ASC BSC, cinematographer on Game of Thrones & Sherlock, featured in Yorkshire Evening Post article: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/entertainment/how-game-of-thrones-cinematographer-fabian-wagner-learnt-his-trade-in-leeds-1-9860741
 
Poster for BA Filmmaking 3rd year drama ‘Paper Planes’. One of 26 films scree...
Poster for BA Filmmaking 3rd year drama ‘Paper Planes’. One of 26 films screened at this year’s BA graduation screenings @hydeparkph . Other genres screened included #documentary, #animation & #experimentalfilm . Our next open day at the #NorthernFilmSchool at Leeds Beckett University is on Friday 5th July 2019. https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/undergraduate/open-days/
Poster for BA Filmmaking 3rd year drama ‘Paper Planes’. One of 26 films screened at this year’s BA graduation screenings @hydeparkph . Other genres screened included #documentary, #animation & #experimentalfilm . Our next open day at the #NorthernFilmSchool at Leeds Beckett University is on Friday 5th July 2019. https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/undergraduate/open-days/
 
It’s been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait! A major update to ou...
It’s been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait! A major update to our graduate credits montage poster reveals lots more brilliant projects #NorthernFilmSchool grads have worked on. 128 posters in this edition. If you are a NFS grad let us know your credits for the next version coming later this year. If this has piqued your interest in studying at the Northern Film School come visit on our 5th July open day: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/undergraduate/open-days/ #filmschool #university #filmmaker
It’s been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait! A major update to our graduate credits montage poster reveals lots more brilliant projects #NorthernFilmSchool grads have worked on. 128 posters in this edition. If you are a NFS grad let us know your credits for the next version coming later this year. If this has piqued your interest in studying at the Northern Film School come visit on our 5th July open day: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/undergraduate/open-days/ #filmschool #university #filmmaker
 
NFS film ‘Melange’ @melangefilm has just wrapped shooting in Vienna, Austria....
NFS film ‘Melange’ @melangefilm has just wrapped shooting in Vienna, Austria. ‘Melange’ is a postgraduate MFA project with a crew that also includes BA Filmmaking 2nd & 3rd year students. @kianaltmann @niklasspringer @alexanderstagg @phot.oliver @darleenklug
NFS film ‘Melange’ @melangefilm has just wrapped shooting in Vienna, Austria. ‘Melange’ is a postgraduate MFA project with a crew that also includes BA Filmmaking 2nd & 3rd year students. @kianaltmann @niklasspringer @alexanderstagg @phot.oliver @darleenklug
 
A small collection of NFS posters. Several of the films depicted are currentl...
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A small collection of NFS posters. Several of the films depicted are currently on the festival circuit. Updates on where you might catch one are posted to the NFS Twitter account. We are also going to be putting a collection of films who have completed their festival run online shortly.
A small collection of NFS posters. Several of the films depicted are currently on the festival circuit. Updates on where you might catch one are posted to the NFS Twitter account. We are also going to be putting a collection of films who have completed their festival run online shortly.
 
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Latest News from the Northern Film School

Alumni success at RTS Industry Awards

Northern Film School graduate, Harry Lock, won the coveted 'One To Watch' award at the RTS Industry Awards on Friday 14 June.

NFS Film Festival Update March 2019

The latest round up of festival news from the Northern Film School.

NFS Film Festival Update February 2019

The latest round up of festival news from the Northern Film School.

Our Events

Oct 23

Inside Out - Anat Ben David

Anat Ben-David is an artist-musician who will discuss the creative process and the relationship between the artist and the tools they use.

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Oct 30

Inside Out - Professor Anna Abraham

Anna Abraham is the author of The Neuroscience of Creativity (Cambridge University Press) and is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University. She will be talking about the the relationship between cognition and creativity.

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Mark Firth
Northern Film School
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Mark Firth
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Dr Lewis Paul
Northern Film School
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