Join us on Saturday 20 February 2021 for a free, day-long programme of film screenings, talks and industry insights, curated by local artists, filmmakers and young people.
About the festival
Meet Women in Film SE15, BFI Commissioner Mathieu Ajan, and directors Dionne Edwards and Jade Ang Jackman, who help demystify the film industry and offer insider insights on commissioning, directing and getting your ideas off the ground.
Enjoy a programme of Directors’ Talks with Comfort Arthur and Abdou Cissé, alongside short film screenings selected by the SLG’s Art Assassins, SLG Film School and special guest curators.
Click here to watch the trailer
Convergence is an ongoing series of critical conversations, screenings and written commissions, facilitated by the SLG and curated and hosted by invited guests.
With Art Fund support
Programme schedule
12pm Industry Insights: Commissioning, with Mathieu Ajan
12.15pm Industry Insights: Getting your film off the ground, with Jade Ang Jackman
12.40pm Workshop: Women in Film SE15
1.40pm Director’s Talk: Comfort Arthur (includes a screening of Black Barbie)
2.30pm Industry Insights: Directing, with Dionne Edwards
3pm INTERMISSION Shade podcast: Interview with Small Axe writer Courttia Newland
3.25pm Art Assassins: Selects
4.50pm Director’s Talk: Abdou Cisse
5.30pm Mathieu Ajan: New Wave
5.55pm SLG Film School: There is no healing in silence
Please note
- Some films include the use of expletives.
- The service is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, revise, perform, reproduce, publish, license, deep-link, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or content obtained from the service unless expressly authorised by us.
Access
- All the industry insights, workshops, and director’s talks are subtitled.
- Click here for a transcript of the podcast.
- Watch London Locks (2016) with subtitles here.
- Other short films are not subtitled.
