Entries for Film Festival Diary

14 July 2022

Berlinale Revisited: Afterwater with MetFilm School Berlin tutor Dane Komljen

Back in February of this year, Experimental Filmmaking tutor Dane Komljen brought his second feature film, Afterwater, to Berlinale, where it played …

24 June 2022

MetFilm Sales premiering four films at Sheffield DocFest 2022

Sheffield Documentary Festival (otherwise known as DocFest) is an international celebration of documentaries held annually in June – and at …

23 May 2022

MA Graduate Tabish Habib on history-making Cannes Premiere of Joyland

A lot can change in the space of three years. When we last caught up with Tabish Habib, he had just completed his graduation film, May I have this …

23 March 2022

MA graduation project Itch hits a nerve on the horror festival circuit 

There are plenty of horror films set in convents, but none of them are quite like Itch, the debut film and graduation project from MA Directing …

18 February 2022

MetFilm School goes to Berlinale 2022!

This year marked the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, and MetFilm School were excited to see films by both our students and our tutors …

1 July 2021

Sandra Hebron on How to Navigate the Film Festival Circuit

Film curator, events host, critic, NFTS course leader, and former Artistic Director of the BFI London Film Festival, Sandra Hebron, shares her advice …

26 February 2021

Berlin In Focus: Meet UK Filmmaker & MA alumni, Martha Treves

Cinema doors continue to be closed for a little longer yet, but this hasn’t stopped our favourite film festivals from celebrating exciting new …

22 January 2021

BA Practical Filmmaking student wins People’s Choice Award at Ealing Film Festival

From our iconic home of Ealing Studios to the Classic Cinema Club to a forthcoming eight-screen Picturehouse cinema due to open later this year: …

20 October 2020

MA alumni Mickey Lai on the festival success of her graduation film, The Cloud is Still There

Director, writer, editor Mickey Lai had a successful career working back in her home country of Malaysia, However, like any developing creative, she …

9 October 2020

BA alumni Maya Armon’s graduation film Bechora, at BFI London Film Festival

To the delight of many film fans around the country, the BFI London Film Festival returned this week with a socially-distant savvy programme of both …