| Where: | Drama Department |
| When: | Wednesday afternoons, 2.30 pm – 5.00 pm throughout the year, and at other times as required (e.g. some Saturdays) |
| Who: | 3-U6 |
| i/c: | JHT |
The Abingdon Film Unit was formed in 2003. Since then its members have produced over 100 short films, a number of which have won awards and been screened at the National Film Theatre in London, and at festivals in France, Sweden, Hong Kong and throughout the UK. The Unit enables students to make their own films under the guidance of industry professionals. Membership is offered to boys in Third Year and above after a process of applications and interviews that take place during the summer term for entry in September.
Once accepted, students become members of the Film Unit for the whole year. Films are researched and planned in the first part of the Michaelmas term; shooting usually begins around October; editing occupies much of the Lent term. The finished films are screened in May.
Members of the Unit can also be invited to make films for others, whether within the school or the wider community. They can also undertake special film projects abroad. AFU members have made films in Cambodia, Moldova, China and Hong Kong, for example.
Trips may also be organized to cinemas, exhibitions or film studios.