Planners with a Movie Camera, the MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies (RUPS) film competition, was held on 20 March 2018 and revealed real talent amongst our students. These films are part of research for the course GY454 Urban Policy and Planning, which looks at London neighbourhoods and analyses urban policy making and planning. Five London Plan Opportunity Areas were depicted: Royal Docs, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, Elephant & Castle and Old Kent Road.
Through these films, students were able to share their analysis and passion for urban studies providing a glimpse of these fascinating areas:
A selected panel of judges, listed below, awarded 3 prizes: Best Overall Film, Best Narrative and Judges’ Choice
Prof. Fran Tonkiss (LSE Sociology): President of the Panel
Laura Belinky – Gaiarsa (Director, Editor, Film and video technical advisor at Goldsmiths)
Arch. Nicola Carnevali (Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners)
Dr. Michele De Laurentiis (Anthropologist and film maker – Spectacle Production)
Adele Tulli (Film Director; Phd Candidate in Media, Culture and Language Department, University of Roehampton)
Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann (Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts & Humanities,University of Plymouth)
WINNER – BEST OVERALL FILM
Isle of Dogs – Nicolas Garland, Anais Geslin, Anna Leggett, Whitney Leung, Xingrui Zhou
WINNER – BEST NARRATIVE
Chrisp Street Market (Poplar)– Alastair Chang, Blandine Rambaud, Eleonora Rugiero, Marjolaine Tiller, Julie Vanderhaeghen
WINNER – JUDGES’ CHOICE
Old Kent Road B– Catalina Duarte-Sanchez, Lorena Guerrero-Arias, Judith Lienhard, Louise Ribet, Sadiyah Sabree-Marshall, Valentine Quinio
We would like to commend all of our students who participated in this exercise.
Elephant and Castle– Louise Cormier, Rebecca Slocum, Xiyuan Liang, Yoichiro Saito, Yuan Xu
Euston – Ninon Beillard, Sorin Floti, Jong Oh Kim, Eden Munro, Heloise Thibault
Old Kent Road A – Juliette Guichardet, Yumi Kiguchi, Eric Solomon, Chloe Vergues, Arielle Vetro, Dimitris Voulgaris
Royal Docks– Lina Quinones-Sanchez, Koen Rutten, Peiao Tan, Fergus Wong, Lane Zorich
