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Dr Orson Nava

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Filmmaker, lecturer and research academic. Associate professor at Ravensbourne University. Focus on film practice as research, ‘race’ and the creative city and the social impact of emerging technologies.

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Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.

Amazing news! The Building was just selected by Heroes International Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!

11.11.2025 12:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great news! The Building was just selected by Short spotlight film festival via FilmFreeway.com!

25.10.2025 07:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

08.10.2025 14:02 👍 634 🔁 251 💬 6 📌 24
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'The Building' film screening and panel discussion Join us for a screening of 'The Building' and a panel discussion on Ai, 'affective identification' and 'Film Practice as Research.

Really pleased to be screening my short drama ‘The Building’ at Ravensbourne University on the 6th of November. See link for free tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buildi...

30.09.2025 14:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Really pleased to have been able to screen and discuss my film DISTERRA at the Borders in Motion: Critical Conversations on Race, Migration, and Intersectionality conference at King College University today.

16.09.2025 20:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ON GAZA – an ongoing public art project ON GAZA is an impassioned response to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, focusing particularly on the impact of…

Very proud of my brothers Zadoc and Joe and sister in law Mitra Tarbrizian for producing this powerful public art project www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/on-g...

20.07.2025 16:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pleased Your Cinema will be screening my short political thriller A Viable Candidate and interviewing it’s writer/star Steve Toussaint at The Bush Theatre on the 2nd of July

24.06.2025 13:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kristine Froseth & Daniel Zolghadri Are Lovers Under The Influence In First Trailer For ‘Snorkeling’, The Debut Film Of Music Video Director Emil Nava; Release Date Set 'Snorkeling' Marks The Debut Film Of Music Video Director Emil Nava, Known For His Work With Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Post Malone And More.

Very pleased my baby brothers feature film Snorkelling is about to hit the screens. deadline.com/2025/06/kris...

18.06.2025 19:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Father’s Day xx

15.06.2025 18:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

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Inspired25 at The Cube Inspired25 is a community film culture event created by Cables & Cameras. The exciting and mixed format programme is totally dedicated to presenting emerging, cutting edge and legendary filmmakers of ...

My short drama ‘The Building’ screening in Bristol on the 5th of July. See link for tickets

hdfst.uk/e130915

08.06.2025 18:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great open day at Ravensbourne University where prospective students got to check out our creative degrees.

07.06.2025 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Really enjoyed being a judge at the Edinburgh International University Film Festival last weekend. The festival is an amazing opportunity for students to screen their work for an audience and connect with the industry.

06.06.2025 04:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What could go wrong?

Physicists Build a ‘Black Hole Bomb’ in the Laboratory - Scientific American

13.05.2025 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Amazing visit to the Sony Pinewood studio for a demo of their camera and virtual production tech.

08.05.2025 19:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Independent Film & Video Department (Channel 4, 1982–1995) History Project This Research & Knowledge Exchange Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research interest under the heading of: The Independent Film & Video Department (Channel 4, 1982–1995) Histor...

www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...

01.05.2025 16:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A picture shows 32 men arranging themselves into an SOS on the ground of a prison yard. The ground is bare earth. All the men are wearing red or orange prison jumpsuits.

A picture shows 32 men arranging themselves into an SOS on the ground of a prison yard. The ground is bare earth. All the men are wearing red or orange prison jumpsuits.

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a
@reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility.

11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

30.04.2025 18:27 👍 8180 🔁 2813 💬 87 📌 97
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So grateful to Gary Thompson and Ore Ige for this great review of ‘The… | Dr Orson Nava So grateful to Gary Thompson and Ore Ige for this great review of ‘The Building’! Really pleased that the questions we set out to explore are resonating with audiences.

www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-ors...

17.04.2025 09:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Really nice to see our Digital Film Production students winning prizes for their films and getting invaluable experience from working with industry partners Sony and Vidsy on the work based learning module set up by Claudia Merlini at Ravensbourne University.

12.04.2025 20:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s a miracle any non-white, non straight, non-citizen person in America is getting any work done right now—

—While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general.

08.04.2025 17:15 👍 8664 🔁 1570 💬 252 📌 124
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We can surrender to the forces of autocracy, bigotry, xenophobia, and minoritarian rule.

Or we can organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.

We choose to organize: indivisible.org/groups

06.04.2025 18:36 👍 2824 🔁 486 💬 59 📌 25
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Really enjoyed being able to screen my short drama The Building at the Brixton Ritzy as part of the Rapport film festival.

05.04.2025 23:28 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday 4 April 2025 - Rapport Festival Friday 4 April 2025 Doors: 6pm Screening: 7.30pm - 10.30pm (PG) Brixton OvalColdharbour LaneLondonSW2 1JG BOOK NOW Fri 4 AprRandom Shorts Go Sat 5 Apr Kid's Corner Go Sat 5 Apr Docs/Environment Go Sun...

Tickets available here for the screening of my short drama The Building at the Brixton Ritzy Cinema as part of the Rapport film festival rapportfestival.com/friday-4-apr...

03.04.2025 14:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ravensbourne University London lecturer has film ‘The Building’ showcased at New Black Film Collective festival Ravensbourne University London’s short film 'The Building' was recently screened at the New Black Film Collective festival

Really appreciate the Ravensbourne University comms team writing up a piece about my screening of 'The Building' at the TNB XPO2025 film festival last week.

01.04.2025 15:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Here's an intriguing fine detail: @premthakker.bsky.social reports that university officials have discovered that the Trump administration has been revoking not only visas but also the student "status" (based on, e.g., maintaining required course load) that universities usually control

30.03.2025 02:46 👍 2078 🔁 1116 💬 34 📌 49
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An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan.

His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.

#MomSky

30.03.2025 04:12 👍 9970 🔁 4246 💬 282 📌 486
Festival of Film 2025 - Rapport Festival Bringing arts from the African diaspora together - Join us this bank holiday weekend for a feast of African diaspora film. - 29 March - 1 April 2024 @ Whirled Cinema, Brixton

Really pleased my short drama The Building is screening at the Rapport film festival at the Brixton Ritzy Cinema this Friday rapportfestival.com

29.03.2025 09:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ravensbourne University London lecturer has film ‘The Building’ showcased at New Black Film Collective festival Ravensbourne University London’s short film 'The Building' was recently screened at the New Black Film Collective festival

www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/people-and-s...

27.03.2025 13:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Really enjoyed screening my short drama The Building at Rich Mix arts centre last night as part of TNB Expo 2025.

26.03.2025 21:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.

Really pleased! The Building was just selected by Sci-On! via FilmFreeway.com!

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