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Harrogate Film Festival 2021

The Northern Film School is the official Education Partner for Harrogate Film Festival, which has announced details of their 2021 programme of events.

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Oliver Stone has top billing

The 2021 Harrogate Film Festival, sponsored by Leeds Beckett University’s Northern Film School, will see an exclusive Q&A with legendary Hollywood director Oliver Stone.

About the Northern Film School

We have been developing and supporting the next generation of filmmaking talent for over 40 years. You will be taught storytelling, technical expertise and creativity by industry professionals who are committed to nurturing talent and excellence in film and to developing you as a filmmaker of the future.

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WHY I CHOSE LEEDS BECKETT

American filmmaking student Ian talks about why he chose to study to study at the Northern Film School

Northern Film School staff

Annabelle Pangborn, Head of Subject

Annabelle trained as a musician and composer at the London College of Music, and as a filmmaker at the Royal College of Art. She has worked extensively in film and television as a composer and sound designer on award winning drama, documentary, dance film and experimental animation.

Alex Ashcroft, Senior Lecturer

Alex Ashcroft is a sound engineer and educator with extensive experience across audio disciplines including; location recording and post-production sound for film & broadcast, live music sound engineering and theatre sound mixing. His research interests centre around developments in immersive sound design.

Contact
A.Ashcroft@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Bowen, Senior Lecturer

Dr Sarah Louisa Bowen is Head of Animation at the Northern Film School, teaching Animation, Experimental Film, research-based filmmaking practices and Moving Image Theory.

Contact
0113 81 29291
S.L.Bowen@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Chris Brooke, Senior Lecturer

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C.J.Brooke@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Mark Carey, Senior Lecturer

Contact
0113 81 28024
M.Carey@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Keith Dando, Course Director

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K.Dando@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Dr Steven Gerrard, Reader

Dr Steven Gerrard is a film historian and a Senior Lecturer at the Northern Film School.

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S.D.Gerrard@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Brian Machin, Senior Lecturer

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B.A.Machin@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Steve Mardy, Senior Lecturer

Steve has worked full-time at the Northern Film School over the past 13 years. He has undertaken postgraduate research into the radio features and TV documentary, taught on the BA programme on trade and industry insight, experiential learning and research.

Contact
0113 81 29276
S.Mardy@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Malcolm Mowbray, Senior Lecturer

Contact
0113 81 28050
M.Mowbray@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Dr Lewis Paul, Senior Lecturer

Contact
0113 81 28010
L.Paul@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Philip Robertson, Senior Lecturer

Philip Robertson is an Internationally renowned Cinematographer who also serves as the Senior Lecturer in Cinematography in the School of Film, Music & Performing Arts. Robertson trained at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VIGIK) and is a graduate of the Northern Film School.

Contact
P.Robertson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Gabrielle Russell, Senior Lecturer

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G.Russell@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Professor Robert Shail, Director of Research

Robert Shail is Professor of Film in the School of Film, Music and Performing Arts where he heads research development for the School.

Contact
0113 8121846.
R.Shail@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

David Smith, Course Director

Contact
0113 81 29279
D.M.Smith@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Laura Taylor, Course Director

Laura is currently Head of Sound and Course Director at the Northern Film School in the Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University and has been a University Teacher Fellow since 2010.

Contact
0113 81 28011
L.Taylor@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Dan Weldon, Senior Lecturer

Contact
0113 81 28021
D.Weldon@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Dr Anna Zaluczkowska, Reader

Anna is an award-winning filmmaker and writer and has had works screened at film festivals throughout the world, on television, in museums and at live events. Her academic interests include screenwriting, transmedia narratives, Northern Irish cinema and film-making practice.

Contact
0113 81 25623
Anna.Zaluczkowska@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

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