Image – ‘The Trolley Man’ by Demetrio Fancisco Marquez

This has been another outstanding year for the Documentary Film course and our students have won another cabinet full of prizes. At the 2009 Ffresh awards we scooped Best Documentary, Best TV programme, Best Drama, Best Short film and the Audience Award. Halb by Rabea Gorny also won the 2009 Royal Television Society award (Wales). Our students and graduates continue to have their films screened at festivals and competitions throughout the world and crucially, continue to break into the British television industry with exciting and innovative work. A graduation film from 2008, ‘Jukebox Juniors,’ received its network premiere on BBC1 in March this year. Some of the 2009 graduating students have been working closely for the last year with veteran documentary filmmaker Paul Watson on a documentary project in London; he described the Documentary Film & Television course as, “the healthiest in the country”.

Every other Tuesday, Milgi’s famous yurt is transformed into a cinema. With a 42inch screen and surround sound, this is a unique viewing experience. Hosted by Andrew Anderson, film boffin extraordinaire, the program is designed for silver screen lovers with a passion for thought provoking movies. Screenings start at 7pm, but be sure to get here early to guarantee a comfy seat in the world’s only yurt cinema.

Previous movies have included Manhattan, 2 Days in Paris, Touching the Void, Das Experiment, 12 Angry Men, A Room for Romeo Brass , Before Sunrise, The Host and Man Bites Dog.

Have you got a short film you want to share?
We are currently looking for short film submissions to be screened before the main picture. Contact us here

every other Tuesday – 7pm in the yurt

26th May: Little Children
9th June: The General
23rd June: Rashamon
7th July: Dead Man Walking
21st July: The Cabinet of Dr Caligarhi
4th Aug: Rear Window
18th Aug: Of Time and the City
1st Sept: In Bruges
15th Sept: The Mist
29th Sept: Tzamati