This year’s London Film Festival Industry Forum will run from the 10th to the 16th October at the Picturehouse Central.
The BFI London Festival has announced the speakers and events at the 2024 edition of the festival which will take place next month.
This year’s BFI London Film Festival Industry Forum is centred around the fundamental proposition facing the UK and international film and screen industries in developing and growing businesses, audiences and talent.
The 2024 forum will feature three headlining Spotlight conversations with international industry leaders as follows:
- Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are co-chairs of Working Title Films, one of the world’s leading film production companies with a slew of commercial and critical hits which have grossed over $8.5 billion worldwide, in conversation with BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts.
- Katie Goodson-Thomas, whohas overseen aprestigious slate of UK and international features as Head of International Production and Development at Searchlight Pictures discusses international production, creativity and talent with journalist and film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell.
- Jay Hunt OBE, Chair of the British Film Institute, the only person to have been creative head of BBC1, Channel 4 and Channel 5, gives an exclusive career interview with broadcaster and writer Claudia Winkleman.
Meanwhile, celebrated Oscar and BAFTA award-winning film sound designer, supervisor and mixer Johnnie Burn (The Zone of Interest, Poor Things, Nope) will also be discussing how sound contributes to immersive cinematic storytelling in conversation with filmmaker and producer Charlotte Matheson.
New Voices in in Documentary Filming will see three filmmakers with backgrounds in documentary filmmaking, photography and fine arts sharing their creative processes and production journeys in bringing their distinctive non-fiction films to screen. Programmed by the LFF in collaboration with Sheffield DocFest, filmmakers Cécile Embleton for Mother Vera and Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter for Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other will be joined in the discussion by Raul Niño Zambrano, Creative Director, Sheffield DocFest.
Meanwhile, Good Stories: Originals, Adaptations and Remakes will see a panel of experts in film finance, remake rights, film production and writing talent sharing their insights into the ways in which scouting stories and dealing with originals, adaptations and remakes whilst assessing risk on new or pre-existing IP; the part played by data and instinct decision-making; and evaluating potential against different platforms and markets.
Other events will include: Navigating the International Markets: Sales Agents in Conversation, A Map to the Stars: Case Studies in Marketing & Promotion of Independent Films as well as Fade In. Emerging Writers in Conversation.
Talking about the news, Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival Director, says: “We’re excited about this year’s line-up of events for our Industry Forum and our heartfelt thanks go to the incredible talent and speakers for generously sharing their knowledge and experience. Working and learning together is increasingly vital in our evolving industry as we look to forge new connections for collaboration and storytelling.”
For more information about this year’s festival visit: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/