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May - SAS graduate wins Frank Deasy Award

Screen Academy PG Cert Screenwriting graduate Kirstie Swain was one of the winners of The Frank Deasy Award 2012-13. The initiative aims to develop television writing talent in Scotland in conjunction with BBC Scotland, BBC Writersroom and Creative Scotland. Kirstie won the award along with scriptwriter Katie Douglas.

Congratulations Kirstie and Katie!
June 17 - DEADLINE to APPLY to BAFTA & new Prince William Scholarships

At the official opening of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden last week, BAFTA's new Prince William Scholarships were announced by HRH The Duke of Cambridge the new President of BAFTA. The Prince William Scholarships are already open for application via the BAFTA Scholarships Programme.
Apr 2013 - ScreenNETS Runner launched!

Hit the Ground Running & Screen NETS: Runner 2013

Screen Academy Scotland, a Creative Skillset Film and Media Academy, is pleased to announce a new opportunity for new entrants to film & TV drama productions throughout Scotland.
Mar 2013 - Screen Academy Scotland celebrates BAFTA success Graduate films scoop New Talent Awards

TWO films made by Screen Academy Scotland graduates have scooped awards at the BAFTA in Scotland New Talent Awards 2013.

Ahora, no, created by Elia Ballesteros, Gloria Bartolomé and Kate Campbell, who all studied BA Film & TV with Screen Academy Scotland at Edinburgh College of Art (eca), picked up ‘Best Fiction’.
Mar 2013 - Graduation Films nominated for BAFTA New Talent Awards

We are delighted that four Screen Academy Scotland graduation films have been nominated for this year’s BAFTA New Talent Awards.
Mar 2013 - SDI selects Bridging the Gap projects

The Scottish Documentary Institute has announced the four exciting short film projects chosen for the next round of Bridging the Gap. Directors Maurice O’Brien, Genevieve Bicknell, Felipe Bustos Sierra, and Valerie Mellon have all been chosen to have their films commissioned through SDI/BTG.
Mar 2013 - Scottish Shorts 2012/13 – Five Short Film commissions announced

Five teams of emerging filmmakers have been commissioned through the Scottish Shorts 2012/13 programme.

Directors Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson, Ian Waugh, Cara Connolly and Martin Clark, Rory Alexander Stewart and Martin Smith will make their films with producers Cameron Fraser, Richard Warden and Jim Webster, Phoebe Grigor, Paul Ryan and Sarah Drummond.
Feb 2013 - Music and Sound Production Success!

Alumnus Garry Boyle who is currently enjoying Pixar's Oscar win with Brave for best animated feature film to add to it's BAFTA and Golden Globe awards. Garry graduated from the BA Popular Music programme at Edinburgh Napier University focusing on Sound Production and was the recording engineer for the vocal tracks sung by Julie Fowlis in Castlesound Studios.
Feb 2013 - Eleven Filmmakers shortlisted for Bridging the Gap

Eleven filmmakers, including two Screen Academy Graduates have been shortlisted for Bridging the Gap, the the documentary new talent initiatives for cinema and broadcast in the UK run by Scottish Documentary Institute.

Short-listed filmmakers:

Feb 2013 - The Making of Longbird wins BAFTA

Feb 2013 - Graduation films shortlisted for Celtic Media Festival 2013

Betrayal, Zak Hanif

Feb 2013 - Student film nominated for Screenwriting Award at Watersprite Film Festival

Feb 2013 - ENGAGE Alumni take Berlinale by storm

Film success for development scheme graduates
ENGAGE alumni show work at prestigious film festival

Feb 2013 - SAS welcomes new Screen NETS Advance Trainees

We are happy to announce that we have recruited five new Screen NETS Advance Trainees:

Jan 2013 - MFA Graduate screens feature at Berlinale 2013

Three Screen Academy graduates will take part at Berlinale 2013.

Jan 2013 - Pablo's Winter premieres at MOMA, New York City and Glasgow Film Fest

Jan 2013 - STV and Edinburgh Napier launch new TV station

STV has been awarded the licence to launch Edinburgh’s first local TV station in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University.

Known as ETV, the new channel is the first of a new generation of local broadcasting services to be awarded in Scotland by media regulator Ofcom.

Jan 2013 - Graduates' films to screen at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2013

Jan 2013 - Graduates' films screen at London Short Film Festival

Screen Acaemy graduate Eva Riley's (Edinburgh Napier BA Photography & Film) short film Sweetheart which was commissioned as a Scottish Short by Digicult 2011 will be screening at London Short Film Festival on Tuesday 8 Jan 2013.

Dec 2012 - Graduate's film wins at Lekeitio Zine Bilera Film Festival

Ben Sharrock's (MA Film) graduation film The Zealot has won First Prize for Best Narrative Film at Lekeitio Zine Bilera 2012 (a Basque Film Festival)

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