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The Dulwich Film Festival

The Dulwich Film Festival

This week has seen Dulwich College visit the movies to celebrate Old Alleynians who have contributed to the silver screen, either in front, or behind, the camera. The week started with a screening of Mrs Miniver for which Arthur Wimperis was awarded an Academy Award for screenwriting, the only OA to have received this honour so far. David Thomson OA, film critic, officially launched the festival with the GE Moore lecture entitled ‘Educated by Actors’, followed by a showing of Michael Powell OA and Emeric Pressburger’s cinematic masterpiece ‘A Matter of Life and Death’.

David Thomson OA

Throughout the week free film screenings have taken place in the EAT; open to boys, their parents and the wider community. We have seen the impressive work of Nick Gottschalk, Supervising Art Director, on ‘Darkest Hour’ and enjoyed the writings of Raymond Chandler and C.S. Forester in ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘The African Queen’. On Wednesday we were delighted to welcome back Andrew Morahan OA, Director, who took part in a Q&A session with Clive Bull OA to discuss his varied career – from pop videos to films, and screened his latest feature film ‘Boogie Man’, a story of an Anglo-Indian young man who has to balance his love for the 70s with the traditional beliefs of his family. We would like to thank David, Andrew and Clive for their support of the festival and hope all our audiences enjoyed this showcase of talented, creative Alleynians. 

 Q&A session with Clive Bull OA and Director Andrew Morahan OA

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