LSFF Talks Week Pass MON 17 –FRI 21 JAN

Book one ticket to attend all or any of the LSFF talks from Mon 17 –Fri 21 Jan.

Mon 17 Jan:

Talk 1: Arts Council England: Funding Your Artist Moving Image

For artists and filmmakers who feel overwhelmed and stumped by securing funding for their work, this talk aims to help you.

Talk 2: Skin Deep x Resolve: Local Storytelling

This session will focus on telling stories and sharing narratives that are built locally.

Tue 18 Jan:

Talk 1: Digital Criticism 

A panel of film creatives working across TikTok, Instagram, Letterboxd, podcasts, video essays, and more.

Talk 2: Class Act: On Breaking Down Barriers in the Industry and Access to Films

A panel discussion covering how class issues interconnect with and compound other axes of oppression and exclusion, and what we can do to challenge this.

Wed 19 Jan:

Talk 1: After the Circuit – Distribution for Short Films 

While feature films have a traditional circuit of release going from production to festivals and then to cinemas, short films have a more fluid life cycle.What happens after the circuit?

Talk 2: Collectively Doing It Differently 

Whether it’s building a DIY digital archive, leading radical debates on othering, or launching a production company, our speakers have built impactful work as a direct response to the need for wider representation and conversation around radical change.

Thu 20 Jan:

Talk 1: Booksmart: From Books to the Big Screen

As two art forms with storytelling at their heart, books and film have long walked hand-in-hand.

Talk 2: Cinesisters 

The Cinesisters talk through their chosen selection of shorts in this year’s programme.

Fri 21 Jan:

Talk 1:  Power Hour: (POC) Film Execs 

This panel assembles and celebrates the work of a group of high-flying POC film executives.

Talk 2:  Sex Education Directors Panel

we sit down with three of the show’s directors (Kate Herron, Runyararo Mapfumo and Ben Taylor) and discuss how Sex Education has served as a stepping stone for their own careers, opening up opportunities for young filmmakers behind the camera, as well as conversations in front.