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Alumni film screened by NAHEMI at Encounters Film Festival
Wednesday, 24 September, 2014 — Robbie Doran, a 2014 graduate of our BA (Hons) Film programme, has his film ‘Knives’ selected for screening by at the UK’s leading short film and animation festival – watch it now!
<p>Congratulations to alumni Robbie Doran who has had one of his films selected for screening by NAHEMI at Bristol’s annual <a href="http://encounters-festival.org.uk/about-us/">Encounters Film Festival</a>.</p>
<p>A 2014 graduate of our <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-film-screen-arts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BA (Hons) Film programme</a>, Robbie’s film ‘Knives’ (which you can see below) was shown at the UK’s leading short film and animation event – after being selected by national visual image association <a href="http://nahemi.org/">NAHEMI</a>.</p>
<p>Lucy Leake, Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Film, said: “Encounters is the annual meeting place for filmmakers and industry professionals, so for one of our alumni to have a film screened there is a big achievement indeed.</p>
<p>“We always make sure our students have as much professional exposure and industry links as possible – through live briefs and real projects – so it’s great to see this pay off.</p>
<p>“Many congratulations to Robbie and his excellent, and very much deserved, achievement.”</p>
<p>Based in Bristol, Encounters Film Festival runs a six day festival in September, with venues including the Watershed and Arnolfini.</p>
<p>It’s billed as the leading UK gateway to the world’s most prestigious short film and animation awards.</p>
<p>Robbie was one of nine student films selected nationally – so many congratulations to him!</p>
<p>Watch ‘Knives’ below.<br /></p>
<p>- <strong><a href="https://cms.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-illustration/">Find out more about our BA (Hons) Film programme</a></strong>.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-film-screen-arts" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Find out more about our BA (Hons) Film programme</strong>.</a></li></ul>