Date: Saturday, April 26th
Time: 16:20 (Directly After Session)
Where: Room T011
Filmed: YES
Get intimate face-to-face time in our hugely popular Script Chat roundtable sessions. Ask our speakers the questions you want answered.
Frank and Peter will answer your questions directly following their session, “Beyond Our Reality: Creating Compelling Alternate Worlds with Peter Harness and Frank Spotnitz.”
Talking to Frank and Peter after this session would offer an exciting opportunity to delve deeper into the craft of creating alternate realities that resonate with audiences on an emotional level. With their combined expertise in bending reality through science fiction—whether through parallel universes, alternative histories, or multiverse storytelling—you’ll gain valuable insights into how to balance high-concept ideas with authentic human stories. After hearing about their approaches to building worlds with internal logic and emotional truth, you can ask them specific questions about how to apply these principles to your own work. Whether you’re grappling with multiple timelines, creating complex characters across different realities, or figuring out how to make your alternate universe’s rules serve the story, their advice will help ground your extraordinary ideas in relatable human experience. This session offers the perfect chance to understand how to craft science fiction that goes beyond genre and truly resonates with audiences.
‘Script chat was the best thing at the festival for me. It was such a wonderful opportunity to be able to talk to the speakers in such a personal, comfortable atmosphere.’ – Gemma, Writer
Speakers In This Session
Frank Spotnitz // Writer & Executive Producer
Frank transforms international television through groundbreaking series spanning science fiction, drama, and historical epics, from The X-Files to The Man in the High Castle.
Peter Harness // Television Writer & Screenwriter
Peter Harness creates boundary-pushing television from sci-fi epics to literary adaptations, with credits spanning Doctor Who, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and the psychological space thriller Constellation.
