UPDATE VARNDEAN COLLEGE CARDIAC TESTING FILM STUDIES STUDENT WINS 24 HOUR FILM FOR STUDENTS COMPETITION Varndean College A Level Film Studies student, Jules Stockwell, along with fellow student and assistant crew member Will Palmer, won ‘Make it Short’, a competition held as part of the Lewes Short Film Festival, in association with Film School. Budding filmmakers competed to A POCKETFUL OF create the best short film shot in a 24 DREAMS AT THE hour period, which was launched back TEXTILES STUDENTS on 6 October at Lewes’s new Depot WARREN IN MAY! Cinema. Filmmakers were invited to Varndean BTEC Performing Arts VISIT TO THE V&A shoot and edit a 3 minute film in just students will be taking to the one day on 7 October, using specific On 14 March, Varndean College was the venue for hosting CRY CARDIAC TEXTILES STUDENTS VISITED THE BALENCIAGA EXHIBITION TESTING for young people aged 14-35. stage at the Brighton Fringe for the locations and an allocated prop. thirteenth consecutive year this AT LONDON’S VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM IN DECEMBER. The finished piece of work could be Tragically, and very sadly this only came about as a result of the sudden May. This is a great opportunity for THE EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE WORK OF SPANISH either a drama, documentary or an death of one of our students, Annie Edwards, three years ago as a result of a our Performing Arts students to COUTURIER CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA, WITH OVER 100 experimental piece shot on either the rare heart condition. Until then, Annie had been a fit and healthy young 17 be showing work in a professional PIECES CRAFTED BY ‘THE MASTER’ OF COUTURE, HIS Straight 8 app, or on a camera of the year old with her entire future ahead of her. She was at Varndean studying environment as part of England’s PROTÉGÉES AND CONTEMPORARY FASHION DESIGNERS student’s choice. Each film could have A Levels in English Language, Classical Civilisation and Graphic Design and largest Arts Festival. The plays WORKING IN THE SAME TRADITION. a crew of no more than two people. had planned to go on to study English and Classical Literature at Birmingham that the students are making and The shortlisted films were then University. creating respond to a selection of shown at the All Saints Centre in As a result of Annie’s death, Mike Bonsor, the father of Annie’s very close songs as stimulus, ranging from Bing Lewes on 15 October with the judges friend Ruth, felt compelled to do something to help prevent other families Crosby to Portishead. Come to The being Jerry Rothwell (How To Change going through similar tragic circumstances and in 2016 began raising money Warren for these honest funny and the World, The Town Of Runners, for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). This funding he would then at times provocative, plays exploring Donor Unknown), BAFTA winning use to provide heart screening locally for young people like Annie. In June how we can look to the past with an animation director, Steve Smith, and 2016 Mike made his first sponsored cycling trip, riding over 1000 miles eye on the future. artist filmmaker, Abigail Norris. from Land’s End to John O’Groats and 18 months later is still actively raising A Pocketful of Dreams takes place The winning prize of £100 was money for the charity. on Mon 14 and Tues 15 May at donated by the Brighton Film School. So, thanks to Mike and his family, Varndean was able to offer 100 students 6.45pm at The Warren, St Peter›s the opportunity to take up a place at the Cardiac Testing Day and these were Church North in Brighton. For tickets all snapped up within the first day of becoming available. go to www.otherplacebrighton. If anyone wishes to contribute to Mike’s fundraising page in order help co.uk | 01273 987516 provide funding for further screenings for young people, please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mike-bonsor3

PATHWAYS INTO BUSINESS AND LAW AS PART OF THEIR BTEC DIPLOMA, BUSINESS STUDIES STUDENTS ORGANISED A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON 8 MARCH CALLED ‘PATHWAYS INTO BUSINESS AND LAW’. OPEN TO BOTH BUSINESS AND LAW STUDENTS, A WIDE RANGE OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS WERE ORGANISED WITH 11 EXTERNAL SPEAKERS FROM PLUG IN MEDIA, ACCOUNTING PLUS, NATWEST BANK, WORKING OPTIONS, FRIEND JAMES CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, INSTART, , , , AND . INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY NEWS PARTY TIME

WHAT A LOT OF WASTE! Varndean A Level Chemistry students had a brilliant day out back in November , superbly organised and run by Southern Water. Sally Lambert, Paul Clark and Ritchie took the students and tutors around the Peacehaven Waste Water Treatment Plant and explained the complex treatment of how our waste water is treated and disposed of. INSTITUTE OF MINES MATERIALS AND MINERALS (IOM3) Back in December, the College hosted a tea party for its 71 International students. The tea party was a lovely opportunity for all students in On 14th November, four Chemistry college, not just the International ones, to taste food and tea from different students went with tutor John Luton countries and also to make new friends! The henna tattooing seemed to a Surface Engineering Conference the crowd’s favourite, with many students getting their names written in Grantham, organised by IOM3. in Japanese and Chinese. Some students even decided to play the piano The event consisted of various talks and drums which made the atmosphere even more the merrier! conducted by leading researchers “I even got one of my friends to henna tattoo a Chinese character on my and those closely involved with the arm, best of both worlds!” said Stephanie Anne Rodrigues, a Varndean A field on the application and research ABOVE (LEFT TO RIGHT) ARE: TASH WILCOCK, Level student and International Buddy. of different aspects of surface CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE: JESS SIMPSON, ANYA REHMAN-WOOD AND engineering. For the 18th year, Varndean College’s LOUIE GARNETT. The group left from Brighton ChemSoc ran its annual Chemistry LOVE POETRY CAFE early in the morning and arrived Conference at the University of CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD at the site just on time for the first Brighton on 2nd March. Supported The Voice@varndean Love Poetry This year some 32 students were talk. The speaker, Dr David Rickerby, by the RSC Downland Trust, the Cafe was an event held in February entered for the Chemistry Olympiad contrasted the development timeline conference was attended by all to celebrate love in all its diversity. and we await, with baited breathe, of a mirror against an aerospace of Varndean’s A Level Chemistry Well attended by students and the results. Last year the College component in order to highlight the students and comprised of a series of staff from across the college, gained an impressive 13 bronze and 6 pace of recent developments in the talks. Opened by John Luton, Head of students either read and performed silver medals and we hope to repeat field. While discussing the aerospace Chemistry for Varndean, a welcome their own work or poems written that success again this year. component (jet turbine rotor address was then given by Professor MUSIC FOR by published authors. Some of the blades) he illustrated the degree to Andrew Lloyd, Dean of Science STUDENTS GET ADVICE YOUTH REGIONAL poems can be seen on display in which a materials properties may and Engineering at the University FROM EX-STUDENT FESTIVAL the English corridor and around the be altered through engineering of Brighton, followed by talks on NATASHA WILCOCK college. Money was raised through its surface - with a highly refined ‘Spectroscopy & the origin of the Ex-Varndean student, Natasha Varndean College students participated in the Music for Youth Regional the sales of cakes and poems for the British Heart Foundation. coating, the rotor blades could be elements, molecules and the ‘early Wilcock, who is currently in her Festival in February. Two groups performed - Rose Bullen and Anna We warmly thank all those who exposed to temperatures well above life’ experiments’ by Dr Jonathan third year studying Medicine at Braddick who played “Czardas”, a very demanding showpiece, and the the main material’s melting point Hare, University of Sussex; ‘Dying to UCL, gave a very informative talk to contributed and welcome all to Jazz Ensemble who played “When it Rains” by Brad Meldhau. Musicians upcoming events. while remaining cool and solid. The be Beautiful’ by chemist and author, Varndean students recently. Natasha on this piece were: Isobel Manson, Rose Bullen, Ollie Fabb-Pullen, talk concluded on the importance Dr Kathryn Harkup; ‘Learning from visited the College to give advice on Myles Blair and Philip Carpinteiro Olofsson. The judges were really of designing a product with the the Leaf: Harnessing the Power of the completing UKCAT (medical school impressed with both entries. The technical and emotional aspects of functionality and properties of the Sun’, Dr Steph Pendlebury, Imperial admissions tests) and three of our the performances were particularly noted, as well as the choice of the surface in mind, as opposed to using College London; and ‘How to enjoy Year 1 IB Chemistry students also surface engineering as a means of your job and get away with it’, by visited Natasha at UCL earlier in the jazz piece. The students compared highly with the standards of other fixing issues after the manufacture of Prof. Hal Sosabowski, University of year where she gave them an insight performers. the product. Brighton. into studying Medicine at university.

UPWARDS SPORT AT VARNDEAN THROUGH VARNDEAN COLLEGE Varndean College boys’ football has three in the league. STUDENTS WIN JOURNEY had a successful season working The College has continued to BUSINESS & LAW in partnership with the Russell enjoy competing in rugby, netball, AWARDS OF A LIFETIME (JOLT). Martin Academy. The College 1st basketball and cross country this Our Business Studies and Law Varndean College students They are both positive and team has won the Sussex 1st XI year and has a growing enthusiasm students were presented with one Chantelle Nye-Smith and Rebecca enthusiastic members of the League, undefeated throughout the for sports participation amongst the of Varndean College’s ‘Upwards Williamson have won a life- Varndean community and were LEARNING THE competition, and will be playing off student body. We look forward to Through Business & Law’ awards in changing trip to Peru after being nominated because they’ve both for the league cup at Lancing County providing opportunities for tennis and FRENCH WAY January. These awards are decided nominated by the College for thrived in the face of additional ground after Easter. Varndean are cricket this summer and are excited Our French A level and IB students by the Business and Law tutors, as a Journey of a Lifetime (JOLT). barriers. Chantelle is deaf and also looking strong in the regional about the development of a girls’ spent a week with host families well as the Principal, and given out Rebecca and Chantelle will be comes from a strong deaf family. league and if they can win their football academy for September each term to those students on the travelling on a funded one-month She is studying Chemistry, Biology in the lovely southern town games in hand could finish in the top 2018. Business and Law courses to recognise expedition across Peru, Ecuador and and Psychology and hopes to study of Montpellier, France back in their marked improvement in an the Galapagos this summer. Veterinary Nursing at University. November. Whilst there, they aspect of their performance. This Every 2 years, the JoLt Trust takes Rebecca has a complex and often attended lessons at a language could be engagement in lessons, 18 young people on an empowering difficult emotional and social life school each morning for four hours outstanding progress, attendance journey to celebrate remarkable and is commended for her family and all received certificates at or quality of course work. These young people who have overcome caring responsibilities. She is the end of the week. They also latest awards were presented by the adversity. For many, the journey is currently studying Law, Philosophy explored nearby towns, such as Sète Principal, Phil Harland, on 23 January. a life-transforming event, “jolting” and Psychology and hopes to study and Nimes, as well as taking part Congratulations went to: them out of their old lives, helping Criminology at university. in fun workshops and tasting real them to grow in confidence and self- These students are shining southern French cuisine. The trip BUSINESS esteem and giving them the ability to examples of resilience, determination was a great success! Maxiemilian Meidali, Lewis O’Connell, take control of their future. and hard work, and their progress Danny Woolven, Phoebe Belgrove, Hundreds of young people at Varndean College has been Seb Crawford, Joshua Bauckham, across the UK were nominated and exemplary. They have bright futures Leyla Ndiaye, Daniella Wilby, Cameron from these, only 64 people were of ahead of them. We raise our glass Byer, Milo Brookes, Laszlo Dancs, shortlisted for interview. Both of sparkling water to Chantelle and Katelyn Brown, Liam Wright, Thomas Chantelle and Rebecca performed Rebecca and wish them all the luck Ford, James Tree, Abigail Cosham, exceptionally at their interview and and happiness on this life changing Renee Ambler, Nadya Jagroo, Ben deserve heartfelt congratulations. adventure. VARNDEAN Stoner, Wiktor Wawrzyniak, Hetty COLLEGE STUDENT Lucas, Rose Fossey, VARNDEAN STAFF SUCCESSES IN UK Hannah Chapman, RAISE FUNDS MATHS CHALLENGE Toby Farrington FOR PROSTATE Students at Varndean College LAW CANCER UK achieved 5 golds, 15 silvers and 8 Hannah Davies, Molly Staff at Varndean College have helped bronzes in this year’s UKMT Senior Perry, Mollie Street, raise a magnificent £750 for Prostate Maths Challenge. Over 82,000 pupils Yasmin Lopex, Renee Cancer UK. Initiated by Dave Smith, from across the UK entered with the Ambler, Liam Wright, the College’s Reprographics and top 10% receiving a gold certificate, Ethan Adison, Shannon Student Shop Manager, who himself the next 20% silver and the next Crookes, Harvey has recently undergone treatment for 30% bronze. Dodds-Cridland, prostate cancer, money has been raised Approximately 7,000 of the top Matthew Crees, Connor Crees, Lingyi Alf Mohns, Robin Gough, by a Reprographics sweet fund and a students are invited to sit one of the Zhang and Eddy Stevens were also Daniella Wilby, Harry Buse, bake a cake morning in celebration of follow-on competitions, the British selected to take part in the Senior Wefag Idris, Georgia Read Dave’s 60th Birthday. Mathematical Olympiad (BMO1) Team Maths Challenge. The STMC The money will go towards research or the Senior Kangaroo (SKANG). tests mathematical, communication Special mention goes to Liam into developing a prostate-specific MRI Congratulations to Emily Kowalczyk, and teamwork skills. The students Wright, Renee Ambler and scan which will vastly reduce the need Liushai Nie, Francesca Parrotta and had an enjoyable and challenging day Daniella Wilby who achieved for highly intrusive biopsies and avoid Elsa Polo Laube who were selected to competing against other teams at awards for both Business NAOMI CRISP exposing healthy men to unnecessary take part in the SKANG. Bexhill 6th Form College. and Law. SAM HUKIN surgery.

CLASSICAL CIVILISATION STUDENTS VISIT GREECE

Classical Civilisation students enjoyed a fabulous four days in Greece packed with thousands of years of 1000 CRANES history. Arriving first at Cape Sounion to wonder at the Temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the Six Japanese students voluntarily run an Origami club open to all sea, we then drove to our hotel in Tolo located in the Peloponnese region where a few brave students students and staff on Friday lunchtimes. It is believed that Origami helps swam in the sea. At the Theatre of Epidaurus built in the 4th century BC, we recited poetry to the 17,000 to develop coordination, sequencing and attention skills and problem seats! On the third day we had our own Olympic race which was won by Will Morrell followed closely by solving. It is also very calming and fun! Harry Stoner and Phoebe Ralph. On the last day we enjoyed one of the most famous sights in the world, The group has been making as many cranes as it can (the crane is a symbol the Parthenon and the Acropolis. Finally we made our way back to the airport having worn ourselves out of peace in Japan) to contribute towards the making of the 1000 cranes with so much culture, civilisation from the last 15,000 years and lots of fun. by our Japanese sister school, Kyoto Gakuen High School. All schools in Japan send 1000 cranes to help with the decoration of the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima in the name of worldwide peace. Our Japanese students will take the cranes back with them when they return A LEVEL COMPUTER SCIENCE to Japan in June. STUDENT WINS TRIP TO GOOGLE HQ IN CALIFORNIA! VARNDEAN STUDENTS IN EXCITING Jude Birch, a Year One A Level Computer Science student at YOUTH FILM PROGRAMMING PROJECT Varndean College was one of the winners in Google’s annual Three Varndean Students are meetings every week at the Depot Code-In competition and has won a trip to San Francisco and thrilled to be participating in The Cinema in Lewes for a whole Google’s Headquarters at Mountain View, California! BTEC PERFORMING ARTS Depot’s Young Programmers academic year. They are working An overall total of 3555 students from 78 countries took part STUDENTS VISIT WILTON’S initiative in Lewes. Eden Dams, with education officer, Lisa Wardle, BRIGHTON ROCK in the competition, with 16468 tasks being completed with MUSIC HALL Carlos Almonacid and Phoebe and students from BHASVIC 25 open source organisations. Jude chose to participate Last October BTEC Performing Arts students went Ralph all volunteered to learn and Sussex Downs College to As part of a collaboration with with Catrobat, a company which produces free educational to visit the glorious, faded grandeur that is the about programming a year long programme and promote their own Brighton University, nine Varndean apps for teenagers and children, and his task was Wilton’s Music Hall, venue in the City of London, film season aimed at young people. monthly screenings at independent College A Level English Literature to complete various assignments and create the oldest grand music hall in the world. The Young Programmers attend cinema The Depot. students took part in an activity based an educational game using Pocket Code. They went to see a revival of ‘Les Enfants Terribles’, around Graham Greene’s 1947 novel Out of several hundred entrants aged self-titled, ground-breaking and highly influential PICTURED ARE TWO OF THE STUDENTS, ‘Brighton Rock’ in the Autumn. They PHOEBE RALPH AND CARLOS ALMONACID. between 13-17 years, there were just show ‘Terrible Infants’. A masterclass in Total were recorded quoting short extracts five finalists and two winners. Jude’s Theatre; mixing storytelling, song, puppetry and from the novel directly onto a vinyl entry has now won him and a parent a physical theatre. The show has inspired many record (the act of making a vinyl trip to California next summer. companies to produce similar work in the ten record in a booth is also significant Jude, a former student of Priory School years since its creation. The students themselves to the plot). Their voices were then in Lewes, is currently studying A Levels got to have an exclusive Q&A session with the featured with live music and stills at Varndean in Computer Science, cast and creators after the show. They have been from the movie, as a montage Maths and Physics, as well as a BTEC inspired in the subsequent weeks to apply some performance prior to the showing Subsidiary Diploma in Computer of the energy and ideas into their own storytelling of the movie at the Duke of York’s Games Development. He hopes performance work that they then performed Cinema in November as part of the to follow a career in computer during the Varndean College Open Evenings in CINECITY Brighton Film Festival. programming. November.

BTEC PERFORMING LAW STUDENTS GAIN ARTS STUDENTS EXPLORE ARTIFICIAL WORK EXPERIENCE AT INTELLIGENCE AND PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRM CREATORS In November BTEC Performing Arts DENTONS students took part in a workshop Academic excellence, aspiration and from a state school, it’s not often that lead by Sara Clifford exploring resilience saw three Varndean A Level I get to participate in opportunities Artificial Intelligence and Creators. HUMAN RIGHTS AND PHILOSOPHY IN Law students succeed in a rigorous like this one, and so it was fantastic Sara is in the process of writing AMSTERDAM AND THE HAGUE STUDENTS AT application process for a place at to work with such a prestigious and a play based on the story of Law, Philosophy and IB TOK students seen through the eyes of Anne Frank Dentons, the largest international law renowned law firm. My experience Frankenstein, funded by the Arts relished exploring four key themes and the memorials in the cemetery VARNDEAN firm in the world. The three students, was tremendously insightful, Council England, and has selected on a study tour to Amsterdam at Tyne Cot and the Menin Gate at COLLEGE HELP Louisa Cameron, Xander Gowler and giving me the chance to talk to, Varndean college students to work and The Hague in February. To Ypres; where over 50,000 soldiers are SAVE THE LIVES OF Natalia Miernik had to fight off huge not only solicitors from the firm, in partnership to develop material support their study programmes remembered as they have no known competition by submitting a lengthy but also trainees and apprentices for the project. students considered what are rights? grave. Their final theme delved into PEOPLE SUFFERING application form, as well as engage in who provided me with a real Sara is a Writer in Residence The lawyers put this in context, the question ‘what is the value of WITH BLOOD a two hour interview by telephone. understanding of the kind of steps at the University of Brighton and questioning whether our ‘rights’ can art?’ Students compared art of the CANCER Dentons starts its recruitment an aspiring lawyer has to take when Writer On Attachment at Chichester ever be fully protected in law. They c16th with Van Gogh and a Marxist process in the A Level year and starting up their career. The highlight Festival Theatre; she is also a explored this concept at The Peace philosophical art movement of the Through its weekly Core Studies applications are always received from of this experience was certainly visiting lecturer in Applied Theatre, Palace in The Hague, home to the 1950’s, COBRA. Despite snow, sub- lessons, Varndean College has hundreds of hopeful students each the ‘mock interviews’ whereby Dramaturgy and Creative Writing at International Court of Human Rights. zero temperatures and biting wind - been helping to raise awareness year, all desperate to get their foot in members of Dentons asked us few Central School of Speech and The question of a ‘just’ war was all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. of the Anthony Nolan charity, an the door. The day’s work experience questions that we may get asked Drama and Goldsmiths College. organisation set up in 1974 to help offers interview techniques and team in an interview. They then gave us In the workshop the students match individuals willing to donate building exercises preparing students constructive feedback on what went discussed their thoughts and their blood stem cells or bone marrow for the next stage of the application well and what we could improve feelings about Artificial intelligence to people suffering with blood cancer process. The Company take 4 law on which was extremely valuable. I and how it might impact on and blood disorders. apprentices each year - paying for definitely feel as though I was able to their lives; they workshopped Back in January, Anthony Nolan’s them through their degree and onto come home with a newly developed their ideas in performance and team of volunteers visited the College full solicitor qualification. skill that I can now continue to performed sections of the current and talked to students about the Natalia said of the day “Coming advance on and use in the future.” script for the writer to see how it charity and students were invited to might be interpreted by actors for join the charity’s stem cell register and performance. become a donor. Students completed Next year is the 200 year questionnaires and provided cheek centenary of the novel Frankenstein swabs in the hope that one day they by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. We may just save someone’s life. The very much valued the opportunity GRAPHICS STUDENTS charity helps three people each day to participate in Sara’s project find that lifesaving match. and look forward to working in FIND INSPIRATION Will Guest from Anthony Nolan partnership following the project said “It is fantastic that there was and the potential for students to IN LONDON so much interest amongst students perform as part of the company. As part of the newly started Breaking designed to advertise the advantages from Varndean College. The recent Boundaries project, in November of travelling by rail over the last activities were a huge success and it all Year 1 Graphic students went on 100 years. The Breaking Boundaries is wonderful that so many students a trip to London to visit the Victoria project is a collaboration between wanted to find out about the charity, & Albert Museum’s performance the Varndean Dance Department and with 53 students joining the register. gallery. Here they encountered the Varndean Graphics Department To everyone at Varndean College, many artefacts that could be used with all Graphics students designing I’d like to say a huge thank you for as research for the project. They posters and brochures for the show all your support. It has been lovely then went to the London Transport which takes place at Brighton’s Sallis returning to the College for the second Museum to view the Poster Girls Benny Theatre in May. The chosen year running and we look forward exhibition which displayed many design is produced on all publicity for to developing our partnership in the excellent examples of posters the show. coming years.”

CAROLINE LUCAS AND A ‘BOOM IN THE ROOM’ AT VARNDEAN COLLEGE

Friday 26 January saw the official performance provided by Chemistry opening of a much-needed new tutor, John Luton, and assistant Science lab in Varndean College’s Madeleine Buck. Hutchins Wing. With 86.77sqm of Heaving with excited students, the workspace, it is the first new Science lab was given not only the traditional lab for the College in 25 years and red ribbon cutting ceremony by accommodates 24 students, as well Caroline, but was blessed with a as providing a wheelchair accessible ‘Whoosh Bottle’ explosion of alcohol bench for students with disabilities. and air being ignited and combusting As part of her visit to the College in a large polycarbonate bottle and to speak to students at the weekly two ‘Ethanol Rockets’ being fired Politics Society, the lab was across the room. officially opened by local Green The lab is going to serve both Party MP, Caroline Lucas, followed Biology and Chemistry A Level GCSE Science. Brian Marriott, by an explosive ‘boom in the room’ students, as well as those studying Assistant Head of School for Science said, “We are really proud to have had Caroline Lucas open our new lab today. Recently we have had a large increase in student numbers and this lab will help meet that demand. Here at Varndean College we are dedicated to producing scientists of the future and these new facilities will enable us BRITISH FILMMAKERS to do that.” REVEAL THE TRICKS OF THEIR TRADE AT CINECITY BRIGHTON

Cosmat, the Sussex wide event for no for an answer if you are turned script-to-screen discussion with 16-19 year olds took place back on down at the pitching for a film stage. students led by film educator 24th November at Duke of York’s In the second part of the morning, and organiser, Julian Bowker, Picture House Cinema, Brighton. the 260 A level and BTEC students from Varndean College. After the Supported by The Brighton Film and their teachers were treated screening there was a further

School, the event started with a to the award-winning acclaimed Q & A session giving everyone Print and design: Captiv8 www.captiv8uk.co.uk 01892 611500 Q&A between film educator, Mark British documentary feature film the chance to ask questions and Ramey, from Collyer’s Sixth Form ‘20,000 Days on Earth’ (2014). They offer opinions. Students from College, interviewing film director, were able to enjoy the aesthetically BHASVIC, BACA, PACA, Bellerbys, Ben Wheatley about his journey filmed Brighton settings that inspire Collyer’s, DV8, Sussex Downs, into film-making and his film local musician Nick Cave and how he and Varndean ‘Sightseers’ (2012). Several clips draws inspiration from his creative College all participated in the from the film shown illustrated muses, including Kylie Minogue and event and as Jules Stockwell, Ben’s unique brand of quirky low Susie, his wife. from Varndean College budget black comedy. Ben was Before and after the screening described it: “I was blown generous with his answers and its directors, Iain Forsyth and away by 20,000 Days; such an advised young aspirants not to take Jane Pollard, took part in a inspiring film for creative artists.”

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