NFTS
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| Motto | Our Credits Tell The Story |
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| Type | Flagship |
| Established | 1971 |
| President | Richard Attenborough (Deceased) |
| Director | Nik Powell |
| Postgraduates | 208 |
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Other students
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36 |
| Location |
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom 51°36′19″N 0°38′15″W / 51.6054°N 0.6374°WCoordinates: 51°36′19″N 0°38′15″W / 51.6054°N 0.6374°W |
| Campus | Beaconsfield Film Studios |
| Affiliations | CILECT |
| Website | www.nfts.co.uk |
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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 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. It is featured in the 2016 ranking by The Hollywood Reporter of the top 15 International film schools.[1]
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 2016 it had over 400 students and about a thousand a year on its short courses. Beaconsfield Studios comprises state-of-the art facilities including film and television stages; animation and production design studios; edit suites; sound post-production facilities; a music recording studio and three dubbing theatres, all furnished with current digital equipment comparable to that used in the film and television industry. The school is undergoing expansion for early 2017 with new teaching facilities, a second cinema and it is to open a new 4K Digital Content Production Training Studio that will be one of the most advanced dedicated training facilities in the UK and will have the ability to shoot, record and stream live content in high definition 4k.
The BBC 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."[2] 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";[3] Filmmaking.net named it one of two films schools outside the US which had such a high international reputation.[4]
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 & co-written by Jac Clinch. NFTS student films are regularly selected for the top film festivals around the world. This year’s highlights include selections at Cannes and Annecy Animation Festival and top prizes in nearly all the Royal Television Society categories for which they are eligible.
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