National Student Film Association
The National Student Film Association is a charity based in the United Kingdom that supports and promotes student filmmaking through various networking and educational programmes. The organisation was founded in 2009 by a group of film students from five different Universities, looking to connect students studying film courses from various institutions across the country. In 2015 it became a charity, promoting cooperation and collaboration between student film societies, festivals and filmmakers at a national level.
History
On 16 June 2009, students from five Universities formed the National Student Film Association with the sole purpose of connecting student filmmakers.Later that year the organisation formed a partnership with Screentest, the largest student film festival in the UK, holding its first annual general meeting during the event on 28 February 2010. The festival has held a number of competitions in association with BAFTA and the BFI as well as sponsoring student festivals including the No Limits Film Festival.
Following a short interval period, filmmakers Rowan M. Ashe, Rebecca Graffy and original founding member Franzi Florack, revived the NSFA with the mission to establish it as a national charity and it was awarded charitable status by the Charity Commission on 12 November 2015.