Activities tailored to your students
Want to watch a film linked to a module or class topic? Reward your group at the end of term with a screening? Want to showcase your group’s own productions, on the big screen? Ask about our private education screenings.
Want to inspire the next generation of filmmakers or spice up a familiar topic, get your students more engaged with a topic? We can hold small filmmaking workshops at your school or activity group with a screening at Depot of the results. Bespoke to your topic and level of skill.
We can offer a combination of any of the above; you choose the topic, the film and we’ll put together an tailor-made event for you.
For any questions, queries or ideas for projects, please contact our education manager, Anthony via email: [email protected]
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Varndean College Film Production Showcase – 2025
Celebrating the creativity, craft and bold storytelling of Film Production students at Varndean College, Brighton.
Wednesday 11 June: 18:00 – 20:00
Ages 12+ (advisory)
Join Varndean College for an evening of hand-picked short films and documentaries produced by Year 1 and Year 2 film production students – powerful, personal and inventive work made right here in Sussex. This is a chance to see what young filmmakers can achieve with vision, skill and a camera; and celebrate the incredible effort that’s gone into these projects.
Students, families and film lovers from outside Varndean College are also invited to come along – especially young people currently studying GCSEs who are curious about what filmmaking looks like at the next level.
All tickets £5.
Student Study Days
Led by a team of expert lecturers and professionals, our study days include a film screening (in our luxurious screen 1), supported with lectures and Q&As designed to support a range of BTEC / A-Level film and media students.
Days start at 10:00 and finish around 15:00.
Tickets cost £10 per student, accompanying staff are free.
This year we’ve had: I Am A Killer (with production team), Get Out + TAPE Collective shorts, Black Panther and Vertigo days. And most recently, in association with the BFI, Production Isn’t Everything Careers Day & Future Film Fetsival: South East Edition.
Study days for this academic year are all over now, but will start up again after Summer in October. Please email me (email below) if you’d like to discuss your school’s or college’s needs, or would like to know whats coming up before it lands on the website.
For any queries or to book places for your school or college, please contact our education manager Anthony via email: [email protected]
The INTO Film festival will be back in November with another selection of free screenings of great films; something for all age groups.
Films screened previously include; Robot Dreams, Copa 71, How To Have Sex, The Wild Robot, The Fall Guy & I Could Never Go Vegan, Kensuke’s Kingdon & Isle Of Dogs.
In the meanwhile don’t forget there are lots of teaching resources available from the INTO Film website.
If you have any queries related to these screenings please contact our education manager Anthony via email: [email protected]
Home Education
Looking for creative activities for your children? We offer courses in filmmaking, photography and animation. Sessions take place in our studio space and are run by experienced teachers and professionals. They usually run on Monday mornings, 10:15 – 12:15, although this can vary from project to project.
If you are after something specific, have your own ideas for projects or have any queries, please email us: [email protected]
