Updates and News
Listen to RadioLSF show, October 8th on catch up…
So it happened, and it was CRAZY! One of solid gold mayhem form the produciton office of the London Screenwriters’ Festival. Chris Jones www.LondonSWF.com
Christopher McQuarrie Tweets #McQandA
From time to time, Oscar winner, writer, director Christopher McQuarrie takes to Twitter to answer questions from his fans and followers. Under the hashtag
RadioLSF Returns! Join the LSF Team on Thursday Night at 7:00pm!
Thursday October 8th at 7:00pm UK time, Ealing Studios, RadioLSF will return for a pre LondonSWF show to answer ALL your questions live. In
Screenwriters’ Talent Campus 2015 Feedback from Amazing Delegates
Here is a sample of some things the writers on the Talent Campus said about the opening weekend. ‘What an inspiring opening weekend to
The Great British Pitchfest Prep in 20 Easy Steps
by Bob Schultz If you plan to attend the Great British PitchFest at this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival, the time to begin preparing yourself
London Screenwriters Festival Talent Campus: What Really Went On At Ealing Studios This Weekend… By KT Parker
If you saw #TalentCampus trending on Twitter and photographs of people walking on broken glass posted on Facebook, you could be forgiven for wondering
How to get the MOST from the LSF… For this writer it led to the world premiere of his first feature film at the Austin Film Festival this month
From LSF to a U.S. World Premiere of a debut feature! At the London Screenwriters’ Festival in 2011, screenwriter Tom Kerevan and director Alex
The Explosive FIRST EVER Screenwriters’ Talent Campus by Mark MacNicol
My first Talent Campus experience was also my introduction to Airbnb. The night before we started I met the three men I would be
First thoughts from the Screenwriters Talent Campus 2015
I am on a high after #Skillset #TalentCampus 2015! Three amazing days. First, huge thanks to Chris and Garlen for organising and bringing together
Why All Screenwriters Should Write a Short Film
Short films encapsulate many elements of the art, craft, and business of cinema as we know it, but one truth is predominant among them
Three lessons for screenwriters from the troubled production of JAWS
Carl Gottleib was hired as an actor on JAWS before Spielberg plucked him from the cast and asked him to do a rewrite
JAWS: Script to Screen LIVE and London Screenwriters Festival… Yes we are going to need a bigger boat!
We are delirious to announce that Screenwriter of JAWS Carl Gottlieb will join us for a sensational Script To Screen LIVE. This is an
The Actors Table Read – The Do’s The Don’ts and Managing Expectations
The Actors Table Read at the Festival is huge fun as well and enormously educational. I was asked about the Do’s and Don’ts by
The London Screenwriters’ Talent Campus: A Look in the spec pile by Lucy V
Supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, which is funded by the BFI with National Lottery funds, through Skills Investment Funds. Every time LondonSWF
Preparing Yourself for the PitchFest
By Bob Schultz I say “Pitching,” and writers groan. I’m no different. As a writer myself, my instinct is to say, “If I could
Six Things I Learned as a screenwriter from Christopher McQuarrie
By Bob Schultz For the last 20 years, Christopher McQuarrie has brought dynamic and innovative stories to the screen, building a resume that would
Writer of ‘The Usual Suspects’ and ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ at LondonSWF
We have begun announcing our headline speakers for LondonSWF and our first is Christopher McQuarrie who will be interviewed by editor Eddie Hamilton at
‘The Gamechangers’ screens on BBC ahead of LondonSWF session with writer James Wood
Watch it when? Tuesday 15 September, 9.00pm-10.30pm, BBC TWO then in iPlayer. DYK? James Wood, BAFTA-winning screenwriter of The Gamechangers, will be at LondonSWF
The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture with Armando Iannrcci from the 2015 Edinburgh TV Festival
Each year at The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival there is a landmark lecture from an industry heavyweight, discussing the state of TV. In
Why one delegate is coming back to LondonSWF this year and why you should too
I am neck deep in prep for this years biggest ever London Screenwriters’ Festival and just received this email from past LondonSWF delegate Leon
Why finding your LSF family is so important
By Ian Eadon-Davies Wales. What do you think of? Barrel-chested male voice choirs, blasting out “Bread of Heaven”? Nervous sheep? Having to pay to
Feedback from ‘Writing TV Masterclass’ with Pilar Alessandra
Feedback from delegates at the WritingTV masterclass this weekend. ‘Pilar has done it again! Kind and constructive, energetic and knowledgeable, she gives you the
Welcome To Festival Week at the LondonSWF: 3 Days Of World Class Masterclasses
Get THREE days of additional, worldclass and practical training in Festival Week (Oct 20/21/22) at the LondonSWF. The emphasis of these three days is
How To Be A Successful Screenwriter: Patterns, strategies and tactics for a lifelong career
Meet Robert and Amma, both overnight successes… It only took ten years! What defines a successful screenwriter and how do you keep going? A
Breaking Into Script Reading Feedback Huge Success: Read the feedback
Last weekend we ran our hugely successful Breaking Into Script Reading with Lucy V Hay. It was so successful that we have already set
7 Reasons why you should be writing TV for Netflix (Amazon, Hulu… and the other net based companies who will follow)
Post by Judy Goldberg Netflix are massively disrupting the television production landscape, and for creative people, especially writers, their new model and attitude is
Sex, Frocks and Shock and Awe – Why UK Period Drama TV can travel abroad so well and why YOU should write it
Post by Vanessa Bailey, Team LSF ‘Wolf Hall’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘The Tudors’… even ‘Game Of Thrones’ ALL play well both at home and abroad.
Robert McKee on the principles of Writing For Television
Last year we asked Robert McKee to share his thoughts on Writing for TV with the LSF community, the article being printed in the
People like me don’t go to events like LSF
Guest post by Elkie Yates LSF is a professional event, full of professional writers and the like. People getting paid actual money for scripts,
The first LSF Meetup Table Read is a huge success!
I love writing, I love actors and I love facilitating learning so setting up the first LSF Meetup Table Read was like creating the
Television Trendsetter: Transparent By Steve La Rue
In Television, timing is everything. No series exemplifies this idiom more astonishingly than Transparent from Amazon Studios and it’s not even on-air. It’s online. In
Originality vs Creativity vs Commercialism: Part 3
As a continuation from his talk at this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival, development executive Steve La Rue brings us us one of his regular
Create 50… Which idea do you think we should do?
So we are VERY close to launching the next Create 50 after the success of ‘50 Kisses’ and I wanted to ask for your
Hollywood or Bust
Guest post by Jane Evans I am sitting in London wrapped upon dressing gown and slippers sipping tea and writing. It’s my favourite thing
Listen to the filmmakers and screenwriters ‘chat track’ for ‘50 Kisses’ and find out how they did it
We released ’50 Kisses’ online last week and today we are releasing the official DVD chat track for the movie today. On this version
LondonSWF First Feature Film ’50 Kisses’ Released online
50 Kisses was released online on Christmas day 2014, for viewing online and download for viewing on your own device. It’s been a LONG road to this day, with great highs and challenging lows. Like every movie, 50 Kisses wasn’t just made, it feels like it was birthed, with all the mess, unexpected challenges, joys and sleepless nights that come with it. It all began with a simple idea, to get screenwriters scripts produced and filmmakers work seen.
