Fran scoops top film award (From Ealing Times)
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Fran scoops top film award
12:30pm Monday 14th March 2005 in News By Ushma Mistry
New York success: Former student Fran Apprich
A BUDDING director scooped a top award at a New York film festival.
Fran Apprich, 25, made a short film called James as an assignment for her MA in Video Production and Film Studies at Thames Valley University, in Ealing.
The documentary, which is about a young student who sleeps 22 hours per day and still has great expectations of himself received a finalist award at the New York Festivals Film and Video Awards held in January.
She said of her award: "My film was just a student film but it had imagination, which counts for more than knowledge and budget."
Fran was awarded with a walnut wall plaque and a certificate.
She passed her MA with a merit.
