"NORWAY OF LIFE" BY JENS LIEN WINS AWARD AT ROUEN

Jens Lien (C. 112) won Young European Jury Award at Festival of Cinema Nordique, Rouen, France - beginning March 2007 for his film "NORWAY OF LIFE".

KEMAL AKHTAR'S 4TH TERM FILM ZOHRA WINS BEST FILM

KEMAL AKHTAR'S C.154, 4th Term film ZOHRA, about his Mothers early memories of her arrival in Britain in the 60's, has won BEST FILM at TONGUES ON FIRE FILM FESTIVAL, held in London, 9-31st March 2007.

The judges for the final were Dr Mike Allen, Lecturer in Film at Birkbeck College, Pratibha Parmar, film-maker and producer of "Nina's Heavenly Delights" and Josic Cadoret,
New Talent Co-ordinator at Film London. The judges final decision was as follows:

Best Film - "ZOHRA" by Kemal Akhtar
1st Runner Up - "Flower Girl" by Rajan Khosa
2nd Runner Up - "Those Were the Days" by Mandeep Singh Jutla

NEWTON ADUAKA' S SECOND FEATURE WINS TOP PRIZE AT FESTIVAL

Newton Aduaka C. 104 has won the top prize at FESPACO - the Pan-African Film Festival with his second feature "EZRA". "Ezra" tells of the experiences of one child soldier in an unnamed African conflict of the 1990s and is unwavering in its depiction of the brutality and perversions of war in Africa. Newton says "I don't shy away from violence. That's dishonest". "EZRA" will be screened in London later this year.

PAZ FABREGA'S FILM TEMPORAL WINS AWARDS

PAZ FABREGA C. 151 graduation film TEMPORAL has just won Best Fiction Film and Best Actress in the Costa Rica Film Festival.

GIACOMO CIMINI WINS 1ST IN BRIEF FOR KODAK

Giacomo Cimini C. 161, currently in 2nd term, has won 1st in Brief for his commercial "Here's Looking at You" at the Kodak Student Commercial Awards.