The Department is delighted to be welcoming back Rachel Wood (Class of 2010) as the Alumni Speaker at Graduation this coming Monday 17th July! Rachel is currently working as a Senior Producer at Sky News and will be sharing her experiences as a Warwick Graduate at the ceremony!

The Department of Film and Television Studies notes with great sadness that the co-founder of the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick, Professor V.F.Perkins, has passed away.

Victor made an immeasurable contribution to the development of Film Studies in the UK and the English speaking world and will be remembered by generations of students, scholars and colleagues for his compassionate and insightful wisdom, critical insight, and generous spirit of intellectual enquiry.

For all of us who fell under the spell of his work, he helped us to see and think more clearly.

Alastair Phillips

The Guardian University Guide 2017 has ranked us second in the UK in the category of 'Media and Film Studies'. Find out more about the Guardian university league tables HERE

Jake Benson, currently in the third year of his Film Studies BA here at Warwick, recently played the character Joe in Ian Townsend's new play The Lonely Walk Home, alongside CJ de Mooi as Lawrence. The Lonely Walk Home ran from 01 February 2016 to 12 February 2016 at the Taurus in Manchester.

Read a review of the play from Manchester Theatre Awards here

'Disconnection', a short film by current undergraduate student Ben Meads, has been included in the official selection for the National Student Film Festival in London. Screentest: The National Student Film Festival will take place 17th March - Saturday 19th March, closing with an awards ceremony on the Saturday night in Greenwich.

Find out more about the National Student Film Festival here: http://www.screentestfest.org.uk/

And more about Ben Meads' work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0pRCzfp9sw

And see Ben's entry below: