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Cutting Edge #LSWF by Leilani Holmes
Tim Clague, Alexis Nolant, Julian Gerighty, Andy Walsh and Rhianna Pratchet held a session this morning on writing for games. I think of all

Fuelled by People by Leilani Holmes
Any festival is really only ever as good as it’s people. And screenwriting is about people, it’s about touching people, watching people, learning about

The Final Countdown to the End of the Beginning! By Leilani Holmes
So it’s the final day of the very first London Screenwriters Festival. We’ve kind of witnessed something special starting here, I think. I feel

Hollywood Hook Up with Stephen Gyllenhaal by Leilani Holmes
I followed the long documentary talks up with another Hollywood Hook Up with director and writer Stephen Gyllenhaal (father of Maggie and Jake) and

Considering Documentary by Leilani Holmes
This afternoon began for me with HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A DOCUMENTARY workshop with Chris Atkins, James Collie and Jon Walker. I was keen to

A Festive(al) Morning! By Leilani Holmes
There are so many things going on all over the place at the festival I thought I’d give a flavour of just one mornings

Hollywood Hook Up with John August by Leilani Holmes
It’s unlikely to be a frequent occurance that I get to say I spent Friday evening hooking up with John August! However, by the

Distribution in the UK by Leilani Holmes
The DISTRIBUTION IN THE UK session with Peter Buckingham and Alex Stolz from the UK Film Council was based upon the factual research the UKFC

Kicking off with Serendipity and Conversation by Leilani Holmes
I took a gentle path into the festival today as I wanted to begin by getting my bearings and obtaining a feel for the festival

Being Prepared… Leilani gets ready!
Hello all. I’m Leilani, one of the festival delegates and I shall be live blogging and tweeting (from @momentsoffilm on twitter) this weekend to

Rejection: Get Over It and Get On
I watched a screenwriter talk once on a Youtube video – I forget his name, but he was a bigwig in Hollywood – and he claimed he was “lucky” he had 15 projects out of 45 greenlit and made. You read it right – FIFTEEN OUT OF FORTY FIVE is considered “lucky”.
