Life In Modern Britain: migration, identity & democracy.

A new cross-curricular study day aimed at KS3 and KS4, exploring themes of migration, democracy, rights, and identity in modern Britain through archive film.
Fri 10 Oct: 10:00 – 14:30
Ages 12+ (advisory)

The event is primarily aimed at pupils of KS3 & KS4 History and Citizenship but will also be suitable for those studying Politics, PSHE and Sociology. 

From political propaganda to more personal accounts of the times, the morning session will take students on a journey through modern Britain from WWII to the 1980s looking at a range of archive films from the BFI National Archive that offer the perspectives of people who shaped modern Britain, spotlighting a range of experiences and voices. Archive films from this period will be discussed through guided learning activities, and in the context of cross-curricular topics of migration, identity, democracy, and media. 

For the afternoon session we will be looking closer to home. Starting with an archive film (courtesy of Screen Archive South East) on the Pestalozzi Project, started in Sedlescombe, East Sussex. We are also delighted to have an early student of the original project, William Eiduks, join us for this and share his experiences.

To discuss current immigration issues we have; Lilian Simonsson, a filmmaker who has worked with young refugees for many years and is the co-founder of the Enthum Foundation, helping young people seeking asylum in the UK, and Alison Bell who works for local charity, Lewes Refugee Support Group.

All tickets are £3 for students and free for accompanying staff. To reserve spaces for your school or group please email: [email protected]

And if you have any questions at all please email me, Anthony Gates:
[email protected]

NEXT STEPS FILM FEST!

A brand new student film festival and careers advice day aimed at year 10 and 11 students interested in a film or media pathway.
Thu 13 Nov: 10:00 – 14:30
Ages 12+ (advisory)
Ticket price: £6

This event has been created to give young, school age, local filmmakers the opportunity to see their work on a big screen and hear advice about next steps available to them for studying film and media at college and university. This event is open to schools as well as home educated children and their parents.

The day will contain two short film programs, a panel of speakers and a lecture on filmmaking.

The first short film programme will showcase video work from high school students – years 8 – 11. The second will be a preselected program of films made at college and university, to give students an idea about what they can expect to be making at these levels. The panel of speakers will include representatives from local colleges and universities as well as recently graduated students. 

To enter a film simply complete the festival entry form below, make sure you have read the entry requirements document beforehand. Teachers / parents / carers / guardians: you can use the same form to enter films on behalf of a student. It is free to submit your film! 

Please get in touch if you are a teacher and would like to submit work as a group.

This is the entry form link / Google Form to submit a film.

Click here to view the entry requirements for submitting a film.

And if you have any questions at all please email me, Anthony Gates:
[email protected] / [email protected]

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]

A new, vibrant, thought-provoking, documentary hand-picked for students of film and filmmaking.

Filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross film their DIY investigation to uncover the woman behind the face of ‘Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing’, an educational software programme developed in the 1980s.

Retailers in the 80s were convinced a software programme featuring a dark-skinned Black woman wouldn’t sell, but it ended up becoming one of the most successful and lucrative educational products of all time. What became of the influential cover model who vanished decades ago? Their sleuthing uncovers a shocking revelation. What follows leads Jones and Ross to question, in the age of AI and technological omnipresence, who does our image really belong to?

We are lucky enough to have Cristina Garcia, from TAPE Collective, the film’s UK distributor, joining us to introduce the film and the hard work that TAPE Collective do to champion a wider range of voices in film making.

“This maximalist convergence of images raises important questions about the relationship between race and technology, and the treatment of Black women in a field dominated by white men.”
The Guardian 

All tickets are £5. You can buy seats for this screening direct from our website here or at our box office, in person or by phone. Please email me if you’d prefer to pay for a group via invoice: [email protected]