Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media, University of York

03/10/2025

🎥The Art of Directing: Making Magic in Film and Television 🎥

Last week, we were delighted to host The Art of Directing: Making Magic in Film and Television in our Scenic Stage Theatre — a masterclass curated by UoY academic, Tim Leandro for our students.

Guests included Jon East (Killing Eve), Tim Holloway (Casualty), Ace Bhatti (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Onyekachi Wambu (Ebony), who shared invaluable insights into the art and craft of directing. A fantastic session that left students inspired and better informed about the art of directing.

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26/09/2025

🎉PGT/PGR Welcome Mixer 🎉

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new Postgraduate Taught (PGT) and Postgraduate Research (PGR) students to the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at our Welcome Mixer.

It was a great opportunity to connect, share experiences, and set the tone for the year ahead. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Here’s to a successful and inspiring year for all our postgraduates. 🎓

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25/07/2025

22/07/2025

🎓 Today’s the day!

�A huge congratulations to all our students graduating from the School of Arts and Creative Technologies! We’re so proud of everything you’ve achieved.

Can’t make it to the ceremony in person? Don’t worry — you can watch all the celebrations live on YouTube.

📺 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/live/m54Tdlwpmmk?si=xtZw_FWv36qf2qpc �
ℹ️ More info: york.ac.uk/graduation

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18/07/2025

Earlier in the month, Film and Television Production students visited ITV Yorkshire, where they toured the Emmerdale sets and other parts of the studios. It was a great day out, giving students the chance to speak with some of the incredibly helpful ITV staff and to see just how closely the technologies used at ITV align with those on our BSc Film and Television Production programmes!

The trip was organised by Matt Brannan (Head of Film & TV) working closely with ITV Academy's Bethan Wilkin and Allison Piggott who were incredibly helpful in supporting the day - thanks to them!

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17/07/2025

🚨We’re excited to announce that the School of Arts and Creative Technologies is now on Facebook and Instagram! Follow us for a closer look at the creative work, research, events and collaborations happening across the School. 🎉

Follow on:
- Facebook: School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- Instagram:
- Linked In: School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- Bluesky: -of-act.bsky.social‬
- YouTube:

Welcome to the official Facebook account of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York! 🎉

Here, we will share highlights from across our creative disciplines – from student and staff work to research, events, and industry partnerships. 🤝

Follow us to see creativity, innovation and collaboration in action.

📹 https://youtu.be/O3hrZOE-cMg
🌐 https://www.york.ac.uk/arts-creative-technologies/

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09/07/2025

✨ Limelight Festival Lookback ✨

Third year Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance students organised a fantastic theatre festival this year which included a range of performances, events, workshops and panels over a 5 day period.

Shows included

Congratulations to all of the students involved in the festival. We are looking forward to next year already! 🎉

27/06/2025

⏮️🎭 Political Theatre Throwback!

Congratulations to our second year Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance students who completed their Political Theatre Performance Project last month!

The students performed three 30 minute performances exploring the theme of ‘hope’ through a political lense.

This module considers different ways of approaching ‘the political’ on the stage and offers students the opportunity to craft their own productions, usually on a specific political issue or theme.

To find more about our courses follow the link in our bio to the School of Arts and Creative Technologies website!

📸 : Arya Hastings

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18/06/2025

‘But if you want my research, I'll be your perfect postdoc till the day the mosquitoes all die..’ 👩‍🔬🎶✨

If you are like us we are still singing the lyrics to the adapted songs for Bioscience: The Musical! 🎵 Thank you to everyone who came to watch the performance. We hope you were entertained, but also educated in the research that is happening in the Biology department and Hull York Medical School. As the project was a pilot run, we hope to adapt the concept for other areas of research from the uniofyork, and watch this space - Bioscience The Musical! may be back soon!

Thank you to the cast + crew: Ellen Julian-Page, Alex Lees, Sid Wood, Emily Wilson, Skye Pickford, Dylan Day, Jack Stuart, Ines Hahn, Emily Holmes, Arlo Haigh, Ciara Loughrey and Emma Boneham.

Thank you to the York Festival of Ideas for supporting the project! 🌟

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30/05/2025

It’s time to learn about Science! 🔬✨👩‍🔬🌳

The first week of workshops has finished for Bioscience: The Musical! The directors, musicians and performers have closely worked with the researchers to learn more about their research projects and to get to know them personally. They have now chosen final songs ready to adapt! 🤩 🎶

Come along and learn more about the innovative bioscience research being carried out in our city as you watch a concert-style musical.

Tickets have currently sold out, but please join the waiting list if you are interested in attending the event.

🗓 Thursday 5 June
⏰ 6:00PM
📍Large Rehearsal Room TFTV/011 - School of Arts and Creative Technologies - Campus East

20/05/2025

🎬 University of York alumnus recognised for key role in Oscar-winning production

University of York's Film and Television Production graduate Máté Ternyik — colourist on The Brutalist, winner of Best Cinematography at The Academy — returned to campus this May to speak with current students.

In a Q&A, Máté shared insights into his role in post-production, the creative process behind The Brutalist, and his journey from York to international recognition.

Matt Brannan, Head of Film and Television at York, praised the alumnus’s achievement:

“We are delighted to hear of Máté’s success. He was always such a talented creative and technical student, with meticulous attention to detail and a strong work ethic. It’s wonderful to see how his dedication has paid off so early in his career. I predict this to be the first of many successes for him in what I’m sure will be a long and distinguished journey in the industry and we’re all really proud to have been able to play some part in his early development at York.”

An inspiring and valuable session that highlighted the career pathways open to our students — and the power of storytelling behind the scenes.

13/05/2025

🚀 Earlier in the month, students on the Digital Life and Objects module of UoY’s MA in Digital Media Culture captured live satellite images 🛰️ from NOAA 18/19 during a workshop led by Dr Richard Carter.

Each session involved using simple equipment to receive radio transmissions 📡 from an orbiting weather satellite as it passed from horizon to horizon. The satellite (NOAA 18 or 19, in this case) gradually builds a picture of the weather below and transmits a signal that can be decoded on the ground. Students heard this transmission as a distinct "ringing" noise, which was recorded and transformed into a surprisingly clear image of Earth’s surface—from Greenland and Iceland to Europe and North Africa.

Beyond being a lot of fun, the workshop gave students hands-on insight into some of the technologies behind our networked world, including satellites, radios, and signal processing software.

🌎The images produced have been submitted to the Year of Weather research project, which invites participants worldwide to share their own satellite recordings throughout 2025—building a global, volunteer-driven picture of our changing weather: https://open-weather.community/year-of-weather/