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FTV alumni take part in online jobs/employability event

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:33:37 GMT

On Friday 6 March, Julie Lobalzo Wright (Director of Student Experience and Progression) hosted four alumni for an illuminating online event for current Film and Television Studies students.

Film and TV Alumnus Kat Sadler wins the Emerging Talent: Fiction BAFTA for Such Brave Girls at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards 2024

Mon, 20 May 2024 11:31:47 GMT

Congrulations to Kat from the department of Film and Television Studies!

Film and Literature graduate Nathan Newman Publishes First Novel

Tue, 14 May 2024 10:24:16 GMT

The novel is already garnering excellent reviews. The TV rights to the adaption have already been aquired, following a competitive auction for the rights to the novel.

Warwick Film and TV Nominated in Several Categories at the BAFTSS Publication Awards

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:22:06 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the following students, staff and alumni have been nominated in the BAFTSS 2024 publication awards, a prestigious award in film and television studies.

Yue Su (current PhD student) has been nominated for best published essay by a doctoral student, for 'Liquidity and Stillness: The Sea and Shore and the Furo in Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cinema', Somatechnics, 13:2.

Jamie Zhao (PhD alumnus) has been nominated for 'Best Edited Collection' for Queer TV China: Televisual and Fannish Imaginaries of Gender, Sexuality, and Chineseness (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2023).

Catherine Lester (PhD alumnus) has been nominated for Watership Down: Perspectives on and Beyond Animated Violence (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). The collection features articles writted by PhD and MA alumis Leanne Weston and Joshua Schulze, respectively.

We wish all nominees the best of luck.

Warwick FTV alumnus Kat Sadler (class of 2015) is the creator and star of the new BBC sitcom, ‘Such Brave Girls’.

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:33:00 GMT

The show is available to watch now on the BBC iPlayer.

No stopping Film and Lit Graduate Nosa

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:40:00 GMT

Named as one of Powerful Media's 2022/23 Future Leaders and a semi-finalist in targetjobs Black Heritage Undergraduate of the Year Awards, Nosa Charles-Novia (BA Film and Literature, 2022) is studying for an MA in Writing and working as a film-critic intern. Here she tells us about her Warwick experience so far and why that little voice in your head is your most powerful weapon.

Why Choose Warwick for your Film and Lit Degree? Q&A with Graduate Kaya Patel

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:43:00 GMT

Growing up in northwest London, Kaya Patel (BA Film and LiteratureLink opens in a new window, 2020) considered universities around the UK. But she chose to move to the Midlands for her undergraduate experience because she trusted her intuition.

The sky’s the limit for Film and Lit alumnus Armani

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:41:50 GMT

Before Warwick, alumna Armani Chante Samuel-Carthy (BA Film and Literature, 2022) found work experience with support from a charity, who help students from underprivileged backgrounds into the creative industry. Fast forward to now, she’s the proud owner of a first-class degree, her own production start-up, a role with Netflix, and even more determination to write her own shows. It’s no wonder she’s been featured on Powerful Media’s Future Leaders 2022/3 list, which recognises 150 of Britain’s most outstanding Black university students.

A Change of Direction: Lee Kemp's on Going back to University as a Mature Student

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:20:00 GMT

Lee Kemp (BA Film with Television Studies, 2007) decided to take his career in a different direction by going back to university as a mature student. He now runs his own digital film production company.

Warwick Alumnus Daniel Kelly-Mulhern Screenwriter of New British Horror Film 'Doctor Jekyll' - Watch the Trailer

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:22:00 GMT

Daniel Kelly-Mulhern (who studied Film and Television Studies at Warwick from 2011-14) has written the screenplay for new British horror film 'Dr Jekyll'. The film is due for release in cinemas on October 27th and will be the first in a new line of pictures from Hammer Horror. The film stars Eddie izzard in the title role and had its premiere in Leicester Square this week. View the trailer online at the Empire Cinema website.