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The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a
film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at
Beaconsfield Studios
Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. B ...
in
Beaconsfield
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, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''
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'' of the top 15 International film schools.
Its community of students makes around a hundred and fifty films a year on courses that are over 90% practical and unlike courses offered at other UK film schools. As of 2021 it had over 500 students and about a fifteen hundred a year on its short courses delivered in Beaconsfield and at its hubs in Glasgow, Leeds and Cardiff. Beaconsfield Studios consists of film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and four dubbing theatres. The school completed an expansion and modernisation programme in early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a third cinema and a new 4K Television Studio.
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stated that the NFTS was the "leading centre of excellence for education in film and television programme making", and noted that it was "relevant to the industry's present and future needs." British Film Magazine once described the NFTS as being one of the few schools to come "very, very close" to guaranteeing a job in the film industry, and named its leader (Powell) a "maverick"; Filmmaking.net named it one of two films schools outside the US which had such a high international reputation.
NFTS student films have been nominated for an Oscar three times in the last six years. Additionally, in 2017 NFTS graduation film, ''A Love Story'', directed and co-written by Anushka Naanayakkara, won the British Short Animation BAFTA at the EE British Academy Film Awards, making it the fourth year in a row that NFTS students have picked up this accolade. This is the second consecutive year that two of NFTS students' graduation films competed for the same prize, with ''A Love Story'' up against ''The Alan Dimension'' directed and co-written by Jac Clinch. NFTS student films are regularly selected for the top film festivals around the world. In 2016–17 highlights included selections at
Cannes
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and
Annecy Animation Festival
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and top prizes in nearly all the
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
categories for which they are eligible.
In 2018, the school was the recipient of the ''"
BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award"'' at the
71st British Academy Film Awards
The 71st British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 18 February 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2017. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Telev ...
.
History
The National Film School opened in 1971, the work of four years of planning to create an institution to train personnel for the British film industry.
Department of Education and Science
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had in 1967 recommended the creation of a national film school for the UK, and in 1969 an inquiry led by Lord Lloyd of Hampstead began to develop plans.
Colin Young
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Biography
In the mid-1960s, Young came to England for a holiday with his father and decided to stay. He was a former ...
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
became the founding director in 1971, a post he held for more than 2 decades, at a time when the school produced alumni including
Bill Forsyth
William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946). known as Bill Forsyth, is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films '' Gregory's Girl'' (1981), '' Local Hero'' (1983) and '' Comfort and Joy'' (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Ma ...
,
Terence Davies
Terence Davies (born 10 November 1945) is an English screenwriter, film director, and novelist, seen by many critics as one of the greatest British filmmakers of his times. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films ...
,
Julien Temple,
Beeban Kidron
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Kidron is Chair of 5Rights Foundation, a charity that delivers children's rights for young people online, ...
, and
Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is a British animator who created ''Wallace and Gromit'', ''Creature Comforts'', ''Chicken Run'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', and '' Early Man''. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of ...
.
In 2016, the NFTS announced it had received funding to increase the capacity of its site in Beaconsfield including a '4K Digital Content Production Training Studio' (a refit of the 1960s TV studio) and the addition of a number of new MA and diploma courses including Directing & Producing Natural History & Science; Production Technology; Marketing for Film, TV & Games; Graphics & Titles for Television & Film and Creative Business for Entrepreneurs & Executives. In April 2017, it was announced that Nik Powell was to step down as Director of the school, with Jon Wardle succeeding him in the role.
The NFTS holds yearly graduation shows at the
Picturehouse Central in Soho, and they were previously held at the
BFI Southbank
BFI Southbank (from 1951 to 2007, known as the National Film Theatre) is the leading repertory cinema in the UK, specialising in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films. It is operated by the British Film Institute.
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(formerly known as the National Film Theatre). These are highly selective and invite-only events which showcase the students' projects to scouts and industry professionals, ensuring that the students receive maximum exposure.
Awards and nominations
Alumni of the National Film and Television School have gone on to win
Oscars
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
,
BAFTAs
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
and
Emmys
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as well as film festival prizes from around the world. In the last 6 years student films ''The Confession'' (2011), ''
Head Over Heels'' (2013), ''
The Bigger Picture'' (2015) have gone on to be nominated for three
Oscars
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, and the graduation film ''A Love Story'' won the 2017
BAFTA for
Best Short Animation, the fourth year in a row an NFTS animation has won the category.
In 2013 the NFTS graduation film "Miss Todd" won the
Student Academy Award
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Description
The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first ...
for Best Foreign Film presented by
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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. This marked the sixth time the NFTS had won in this category, more than any other Film School outside of the United States. In 2016, The National Film and Television School once again affirmed its place as the number one international film school by winning accolades in all three categories in the CILECT Prize, the global film school awards. The NFTS won "Best Documentary" for ''The Archipelago'', "Best Animation" for ''Edmond'' and was awarded second prize in the "Fiction" category for ''Patriot''.
Facilities
The school's facilities were expanded in 2008 with the addition of new teaching spaces, public spaces and a new cinema, designed by Glenn Howells Architects. Upon its completion in 2008, the strikingly modern three-story building (see photo above) won a coveted
RIBA
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prize. In June 2009 it was formally named The Oswald Morris Building in honour of veteran cinematographer
Ossie Morris.
Two new buildings and one refurbished building opened in January 2017. This included the refurbishment of the 4K Digital Content Production Training Studio, located in the original 1960s TV studio which was completely refurbished with state-of-the-art equipment. In July 2017 this building was named the ''"Sky Studios at the NFTS"'' building,
with the Production Galleries named ''"The
Sony
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Gallery"''. This studio is primarily used by the ''Camera, Sound & Vision Mixing for Television Production'' diploma course and the ''Directing and Producing Television Entertainment'' MA course.
Inside the ''"
Channel 4
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Rose Building"'',
there are new facilities for the ''Games Design and Development'' and ''Digital Effects'' MA courses, as well as an extra cinema, café and incubation space to enable graduates to start new businesses and accommodate new ground-breaking courses, enhancing the NFTS' already diverse programme.
A new teaching block on the north of the site houses a new studio, edit suites, dedicated suites for the ''Sound Design'' MA and ''Graphics and Titles for Film and Television'' diploma courses, as well as multi-purpose teaching spaces.
There are four dedicated stages on site:
* Stage 1 (Main Stage) – (approx.) – traditional wooden floor
film stage with permanent scenic cloth
* Studio 2 (TV Studio) – (approx.) – concrete resin floor
television studio
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* Stage 3 (Rehearsal Stage) – (approx.) – traditional wooden floor film stage
* Stage 4 (Teaching Block Stage) – (approx.) – resin floor multi-purpose stage
There are also a number of dedicated spaces for animation and music recording.
Funding
Until its repeal in 1986, the school was funded partly through a tax on cinema ticket sales known as the
Eady Levy
The Eady Levy was a tax on box-office receipts in the United Kingdom, intended to support the British film industry. It was introduced in 1950 as a voluntary levy as part of the Eady plan, named after Sir Wilfred Eady, a Treasury official. The lev ...
, named after then
UK Treasury
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official Sir Wilfred Eady. The NFTS has since been funded by the UK Government, via (today) the
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, and the television and film industries.
Key Partner Sponsors include the Film Distributors' Association and the UK Cinema Association in addition to the main UK
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