Entries for Alumni Interviews

13 February 2020

Five questions with mature student Elaine Mulvaney on her debut short film

Don’t you just hate it when you stumble upon a missed delivery note from a mail carrier despite feeling like you’ve been around all day? …

7 February 2020

Oscars 2020 Preview: Meet four of our graduate nominees

On Sunday 9th February, the 92nd Oscars were held in LA and televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries worldwide. The 2020 Oscars ceremony …

10 January 2020

New voices: Meet Sydonie Calvert, Screenwriter & BA Graduate

For our first blog post of the year, we speak with screenwriter and BA Practical Filmmaking graduate Sydonie Calvert who completed her time at the …

22 November 2019

Chance encounters: BA grad films cross paths at Manchester’s IndieFlicks Film Festival

When our students leave the School, they end up in various corners of the creative industries – from producing to post production. But it’s also …

27 September 2019

Five Questions with…Screenwriter Fran Poletti

Fran Poletti is an award-winning screenwriter, children’s book author, film school graduate and also, the scriptwriting tutor on our newest …

6 September 2019

MetFilm School Success at Locarno Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival is a pretty glorious place to be for a filmmaker, surrounded by the best of Swiss-Italian mountains and lakes, and an …

5 July 2019

Capturing Blockbuster Credits: Meet Jose Nieuwstad, BA Graduate & VFX Specialist

BA Practical Filmmaking graduate, Jose Nieuwstad, graduated in 2013 and has racked up an impressive set of credits since then, working on titles …

26 June 2019

Graduate Makes Award Winning Jazz Documentary on Shoestring Budget

BA Practical Filmmaking graduate Ryan J Smith is just 20 years old, has earnt his degree and is now making a name for himself in the film industry, …

29 May 2019

A Masterclass with… BA and MA Graduate William Alexander Boyd

William Alexander Boyd graduated from our two-year BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking course in 2015, and when on to complete MA Directing here in 2016. …

9 May 2019

MA Cinematography alumni Sebastian Benalcazar on shooting his first feature & career progression

To conclude our series of postgraduate alumni blogs, we speak to MA Cinematography graduate Sebastian Benalcazar about working on his first …