The Student Film Festival London 2012


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WEXO are delighted to support the Student Film Festival London

From the 3rd to the 5th of February, SFFLondon 2012 will transform the capital into a hub of global filmmaking talent with an array screenings, workshops and networking film-inspired parties. With over 80 films showing over three days and some of our competition films selected for prestigious awards such as the Grierson (Caring for Calum – winner), BAFTA (Abuelas – nominated) and Academy Awards (The Road Home – longlisted) there is no saying what hidden treasures our international premieres will reveal.

Filmmakers will have their pick with a range of industry events from an interview with Music Video producer director Trudy Bellinger, a masterclass with BAFTA award-winner documentary film-maker Brian Woods and Emmy award winner journalist and film-maker Sorious Samura, a Pinewood Studios’ post-production seminar, a Rushes short films monetizing and distribution class, to a TV and Film award winning writer director Nick Reed’s Acting live workshop and many more.

Finally, from the opening night Shortwave film competition launch and London Short Film Festival’s ‘Student Film Award’screening and party to the closing night Wong Kar Wai themed gala at the Apollo Picadilly with live improvised film scores, as well as Midnight Madness Quizz and drinks, the Friday night fusion film events celebration with the cinematic band Making Tracks and Gorilla Film Magazine’s wild wild games; there will be plenty of cause for merriment and opportunities to network, rekindle a film lover romance or take a walk on the wild side.

THE FESTIVAL

Student Film Festival is London’s first international film festival solely for student films, a platform for young filmmakers to showcase their work and to meet established industry professionals. Founded by enterprising young people for young people, Student Film Festival aims to support aspiring filmmakers, set designers, actors –cast and crew alike, to bring their colours to the future of cinema. SFFLondon 2012 will run for three days, and will be held across the 6 campuses of University of the Arts, London (UAL). The festival will screen feature film nominees and a selection of shorts representing the best student work from both British and world cinema judged by experts such as Simon Pegg, Kevin Loader, Barry Purves, Trudy Bellinger and many more… One of WEXO’s film clients will be offering the Best Director an internship with them.

For more information on the festival visit www.sfflondon.org

WEXO: New year, new gear…


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Happy New Year, One and All. 2012 might well be the Chinese Zodiac Year of The Dragon but (despite protests about a new stamp in China) I am told that the dragon is best known for its abilities to “exorcise evil spirits and offer blessings”. So perhaps we will see the back of Jeremy Clarkson (opinion is divided here as to his appeal) and a host of new employment options?

I wanted to take this opportunity to update you all on a few new things that are going on at WEXO Towers and seek your thoughts on some others. I’ll start by saying that at the end of last year, we welcomed Dominique Edmonds to the team. Dominique was brought up in Surrey before attending the Bristol Institute of Modern Music and will be working as my assistant both on WEXO and the other major project I am involved in – the management of Mano de Dios who release their debut album on 23rd January. Previously, Dom worked as an Events Coordinator at Sportsvision and in true WEXO tradition has also held down a number of other roles ranging from working as a snowboard guide to pulling pints! She will be a valuable member of a team which is set to grow in the next few months. We are hoping to announce the appointment of a Recruitment Director and Business Development Director in the coming weeks and we will likely be taking on a few paid interns once these shoes are comfortably filled…

With that in mind, perhaps the most exciting development last year (as well as hosting Marco Pierre White at one of our WEXO events, visiting No.10 and being asked to work with the Student Film Festival London) was being selected to front the graduate recruitment for Deputy Venue Logistics Managers with UPS at the London 2012 Olympics. Working with STEP, we have helped place 60 candidates but still have another 20-30 positions to fill so do please apply and we can all do our little bit to make 2012 a phenomenal success. There are plenty of other roles on the site which we are continuing to develop as larger opportunities in the recruitment world present themselves. In the meantime, we are helping prepare a paper on the issues surrounding work experience, internships and apprenticeships (together with NDotM / The Creative Society) and would value your feedback. All responses will be considered for a draw for 2 tickets to watch one of the Olympic events.

1. What do you consider to be the key distinctions between internships and apprenticeships?

2. Is it unfair that students are not allowed to collect Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) if doing work experience or unpaid internships?

3. Should the government be doing more to educate the nation about the distinctions between work experience internships and apprenticeships and to encourage or incentivise companies to offer more paid employment for young people?

We look forward to helping make a year of achievement for us all. More importantly though, here’s to a happy and healthy one.

Robin Kennedy, Co-founder and Managing Director