Abingdon Film Unit

[6][7][8][9][10] The Unit consists of BAFTA winning directors Jonas Mortensen (cinematography) and Colin O'Toole (direction),[11] Mikkel Eriksen and Larry Sider (sound design), Nikolaj Larsen and Arvid Eriksson (editing), Duncan Pickstock and Rebekah Tolley (direction), and animators Joanna Harrison and Geoff Dunbar.

The Unit encourages students to adopt the highest standards, and to develop their ideas through a process of careful research and reflection that seeks to clarify at every stage the aims and intentions of their films.

This also premiered at BFI Southbank before screenings at Raindance and a new festival pioneered by the AFU in collaboration with the Westminster branch of the United Nations Association called 'We The People'.

This film, made by Matthew Copson (director, editor), Tom Bateman (camera) and William McDowell (sound), follows a promising young basketball player in Moldova called Andreii as he struggles to choose between staying in his native country - one of the poorest in Europe - or, like so many of his friends, moving away to pursue his dream of playing basketball professionally in another country.

These take place in the school's Amey Theatre and are open to the public free of charge and are often attended by a number of film industry professionals.