New studio opens in Brighton

The Brighton Film School have announced a move to larger premises and the formation of Brighton & Hove Film Studios, created so that their students can operate studios for Brighton.
The five-year old film school has been expanding considerably during its short life, and now attracts students from all over the world - Australia, Spain, Egypt, Denmark, Latvia and even the USA - in addition to running courses for local people. By specialising in motion picture production and not video it receives the support of the British film industry, and students have gone on to direct, produce and edit after receiving this vocational training.
The Brighton Film School is also the only one to offer part-time courses, making it particularly attractive to those who cannot afford the high fees charged by the full-time film schools. From January 2004 courses will be run from their new premises at the Brighton Business Centre in Ditchling Road, and this move to the 'BBC' will enable them to run a professional studio too. Many production companies come to film in Brighton, but they just shoot and go home as there is no base for them while here.
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