London Film Academy

Inward investment on UK-based film and high-end TV production accounted for 85% of funding in 2025 - a massive £5.8 billion 💷

This highlights the strength of the UK as a landing ground for some of the world's biggest international productions - and, on set employment accordingly 👌

📸 Ron Lach & Minh Tri

MA Filmmaking short 'Talkies' deconstructs the silent era of cinema, as a fading screen star loses her grasp on reality on set during the era's dying days🎙️

Full credits:

Director - Sonya Kanevskaya
Writer - Lucy Williams
First Assistant Director - Alexandra Christodoulaki
Producer - Melanie Luis
Director of Photography - Suyash Chandra
Editors - Udbhavi Upadhyay & Suyash Chandra
Assistant Editor - Krupa Johnson
Colour Grader - Ryan Greene
Production Designer - Gopi Krishnan
Composer - Ryan Hudson
First Assistant Camera - A***n Joglekar
Second Assistant Camera - Vishwa Pathare
Gaffer - Eduardo Serda
Grip + DIT - Noah Wyss Le Broge
Script Supervisor - Shivleela Dange
Assistant Set Director - Tanguy Pichon
Sound Mixer - Ganeish Ratanam
Boom Operator - Abudu Brian Shikhuyu
Sound Designer - Shivleela Dange
Casting Director - David O'Hara
Costume Consultant - Sabiriin Osman
Hair & Makeup - Grace Herring
Associate Producer - Gurjoeth Bassra
Runner - Vladimir Kanevskiy

Our second-year BA students recently screened their Special Project documentary shorts at The Gate Picturehouse 🎞️

Following the screening, each film's director got on stage to take part in a panel discussion with producer Ahmed Peerbux (Grenfell: Uncovered) and joint principal Daisy Gili 🎙️

Read more in our latest blog: https://shorturl.at/vgOm4

Film Cert 234 grad pics 📸

LFA's longest running course is still going strong, with several dates lined up across the summer and towards the end of the year 🎬

Interested? Check out the course here: https://shorturl.at/nH8se

Picturehouse Create 2026 🎟️

LFA students returned to Picturehouse Create this year for another great lineup of industry panels, special screenings, and networking events. Highlights included a masterclass with Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker and a conversation between the producers of Pillion, My Father's Shadow, and 28 Years Later 🎬

Thanks to Picturehouse for an exciting few days, we look forward to returning next year ⏳

New Blog 📝

'Pearls' director Alastair Train and cinematographer Giovanni Compagnoni spoke to LFA students recently about the behind-the-scenes on their horror short 🦪

Read more here: https://shorturl.at/zTbIO

It was lovely to see all our second-year BA (Hons) Filmmaking students' Special Project documentaries recently, screened at The Gate Picturehouse 🎞️

Our students put an immense amount of effort into each cut of each documentary, and we loved hearing them chat about the process onstage with 'Grenfell: Uncovered' producer Ahmed Peerbux 👏

We're less than six months away from our next Annual Showcase at the BFI 🤩

Has us reminiscing on last October, when we celebrated the amazing work of our outgoing BA and MA students 🏆