Written by Julia Kajdi – Student Writer I know that everybody says and thinks that your Uni years are gonna be the best ones in your life. And if you decide to study abroad that is just even better. Finally getting totally independent, meeting new people, experiencing more modern or open minded educational systems and […]
Written by Anouska Levart – Senior Features Editor Amelia Hartley went bald to raise money for both CALM, dedicated to preventing male suicide, and Student Minds, a student mental health charity. For her, “If I can lay my head bare, then I can lay my emotions bare too,”. Depression and anxiety have affected Amelia’s school […]
Written by Anouska Levart – Senior Features Editor What’s your favourite season, someone would ask. It would be a toss-up between summer and winter: sun and sea or snow and Santa. Now, the decision is not even questionable. That arctic breeze hits you mid-November and by the time its January you’re used to being permanently […]
Written by James Reilly – Student Pages Entertainment Journalist/Film Critic Film Rating: ★★★ I had high hopes for this film. I went to the midnight showing, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dir. Abrams, 2016) preceding and leading up to the main event itself. It was nice seeing The Force Awakens in cinemas again, such a big […]
Written by Karel Aubun – Student Writer Student Pages caught up with Gary Sinyor, Director of the new psychological thriller The Unseen for an exclusive on his new film! You both wrote and directed the film, what inspired you to come up with the concept of The Unseen? The original idea came about because I wanted to do something […]
Written by Josh Lambie – Student Pages Student Writer Upon entry to the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, on a cold Scottish winter night, the venue was filled with smoke that permeated through the pounding dub reggae playing over the stereo system. On the screen behind the stage only one word could be seen in dark […]
Written by Joseph Panayiotou – Student Pages Student Writer In May 2014, following the critical success of Mac DeMarco’s commercial debut, 2, the online music publication, Pitchfork released a short film entitled Pepperoni Playboy. Predominantly self-shot, it depicted the indie songsmith’s tour of China and Australia as well as the Brooklyn-based mastering sessions for his then-upcoming […]
A film made by graduates of the BA Film Production course has scooped an international prize. A Place for Everything won Best Student Film at The Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2017 (CPIFF). The festival shows only the highest quality independent films, so the award is a stamp of recognition for the film, by four […]
Josh Lambie (Student Pages Entertainment Journalist) caught up with Jasmine Hyde to discuss the thrilling upcoming “The Unseen” film: Firstly, how did you first come across the film (The Unseen) and what attracted you to the role? Well, I had worked with Gary (Sinyor, the director) before on a theatre project and he showed me the […]
A film about a son’s experience of his father’s depression has won the student prize at the Cornwall Film Festival Short Film Competition. The film, Bulldoze, uses puppets to explore what it feels like to be leaving home and leaving behind a parent who is suffering with the illness. Student filmmaker, Jake Earwaker, is in his third […]