All events listed below are for pass holders only (first come, first served) and are held at Picturehouse Central.

Thursday 3 April

10.00 - 11.15am
Networking Brunch with BBC Film – Cafe, Restaurant & Members' Bar

11.20am - 1.00pm
Boot Camp Part One (Short Masterclasses) - Screen 1
Speakers:
Pitching with David Pope, Advance Films
Audience Development with Anthony Andrews, We Are Parable
Film Criticism with Fionnuala Halligan, Screen International 
Music Supervision with Phil Canning, Universal Music 
Film Finance with Keith Kehoe, TPC 
Working With Agents with Christina Pickworth, Imagine Talent 

1.30 - 2.30pm
Secrets of Film Producing - Screen 4
Speakers:
Mary Burke, Public Dreams Ltd
Mike Goodridge, Good Chaos
Fiona Lamptey, Juno Studios
Moderator: Wendy Mitchell

1.40 - 2.45pm
Agents' Speed Meetings - Members' Bar
Guests:
Jack Gilchrist, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Hannah Linnen, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Nish Panchal, Curtis Brown Group
Christina Pickworth, Imagine Talent
Nicole Schivardi, United Agents
Emily Smith, The Agency
Jack Thomas, Independent Talent
Talia Tobias, United Agents

3.00 – 6.00pm
Screening + Masterclass: Punch-Drunk Love with Harris Dickinson, moderated by Wendy Mitchell - Screen 1

6.00 - 7.00pm
Happy Hour with BFI Filmmaking Fund & BFI NETWORK - Members' Bar

7.15pm - 10pm
Screening + Masterclass: The Ballad of Wallis Island with James Griffiths, Tom Basden and Tim Key, moderated by Sam Clements - Screen 1

Friday 4 April

10.00-11.15am
Networking Brunch - Cafe, Restaurant & Members' Bar

11.20am-12.15pm
Crossing Over: Branching Out in Film, TV, Theatre and Advertising
Speakers: 
Sarah Brocklehurst, Brock Media
Franki Goodwin, Saatchi & Saatchi
Amrou Al-Kadhi, writer, actor, director, drag performer
Moderator: Felicity Beckett, Picturehouse

11.20-12.50
Boot Camp Part Two (Short Masterclasses)  Screen 4
Speakers:
Legals for Film with Christos Michaels, Lee & Thompson
Sound Design with Johnnie Burn
VR Filmmaking with Eloise Singer, Singer Studios 
Press strategies with Emma McCorkell, Team PR 
Film Festival Strategy with Wendy Mitchell 

1.00-2.30pm
Live Pitching Panel - Screen 1
Judges:
Charlie Kemball, Head Gear Films
Afolabi Kuti, Broedmachine
Ashanti McIntosh, Studiocanal
Katie Metcalfe,  NOWNESS
Alison Thompson, Cornerstone
Alice Vail, Protagonist Pictures
Moderator: Sam Clements, Picturehouse

3.30-6.00pm
Screening + Masterclass: Tornado with John Maclean, moderated by Clare Binns - Screen 1

6.00-7.00pm
Happy Hour, Members' Bar

Saturday 5 April 

10.00-11.15am
Networking Brunch - Cafe, Restaurant

11.20am-1pm
Boot Camp Part Three. Using AI - Screen 2
Speakers: 
Amit Pate, PentoPix 
Christine Hartland, My SMASH Media & Fiona Gillies, My SMASH Media  
Katharina Gellein Viken, Metrotone Media 
Ana Betancourt, Black Goblin Studio 
Simon Ball, filmmaker 

11.30am-12.30pm
My Short Film Journey - Screen 4
Speakers: 
Seemab Gul, filmmaker
Katie Bignell, Festival Formula
Franz Böhm, filmmaker
Moderator: Felicity Beckett, Picturehouse

1.15-4.30pm
Screening + Masterclass: Velvet Goldmine with costume designer Sandy Powell, moderated by Hope Hopkinson - Screen 1 

5.30-8.00pm
Short Film Competition Screening followed by Q&A - Screen 1

8.00-10.30 pm
Closing Drinks - First-Floor Restaurant
Short film jury and audience winners will be announced between 8.30-9.00pm.

Brunch Speakers

Akua Gyamfi, The British Blacklist

Alice Cabanas, BFI NETWORK

Amy Gustin, BIFA

Amy Lotherington, Sky 

Angela Smith, PREMIER

Anna Higgs, Character 7 and BAFTA

Bennett McGhee, Home Team Content

Bobby Allen, MUBI

Emma Turner, ScreenSkills

Cassandra Neal, BAFTA

Cassandra Sigsgaard, Jeva Films

Catherine Ellis, BAFTA Albert

Chi Thai, filmmaker

Christos Michaels, Lee & Thompson

Claire Willats, Rockwood Pictures & Two Magpies

Clare Binns, Picturehouse

Clare Crean, Inside Pictures and NFTS

Claudia Merhej, WFTV

Danny Perkins, Elysian Film Group

David Bartholomew, Altitude

David Freyne, filmmaker

David Kimbangi, Film4

Deena Wallace, BIFA

Denis Barry, Head Gear Films

Denise Parkinson, Allied Global Marketing

Denitsa Yordanova, UK Global Screen Fund

Dominique Green, Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film

Elizabeth Karlsen, Number 9 Films

Eve Gabereau, Vue Lumière

Farah Abushwesha, Rocliffe

Ita O'Brien, Intimacy on Set

Jack Thomas-O'Brien, Sixteen Films

Jake Cunningham, Industria Studios

Janay Carrott, Sky

John Friedberg, Black Bear

Jonathan Gorne, Media Finance Capital

Karina Gechtman, Anton Corp.

Kate Leys, script editor

Katharina G. Viken, Metrotone Media

Katie Sinclair, Riff Raff Entertainment

Kezia Williams, Universal

Kristian Brodie, Curzon CM Fund

Kristina Erdely, writer, director, casting

Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival & BFI Flare

Line Langebek, screenwriter and screenwriting tutor

Liz Warren, BFI Filmmaking Fund

Louisa Skalla, SunnyMarch

Louise Benson, Film & TV Charity

Matimba Kabalika, B-Side Management

Melanie Iredale, Reclaim The Frame

Montana Woodruff, WFTV

Natasha Dack Ojumu, Tigerlily Productions

Nicky Bentham, Neon Films

Oliver Garboe, Media Finance Capital

Paris Zarcilla, filmmaker

Paul Ridd, Edinburgh International Film Festival

Peter Ettedgui, filmmaker, Misfits Entertainment

Peter Spencer, Searchlight Pictures

Rebecca Burrell, Dorothy St Pictures

Rachel Ramsay, filmmaker

Reva Sharma, Netflix

Ruth Sweeney, SunnyMarch

Sabrina Alban Lloyd, BAFTA Albert

Sanj Krishnan, Film London

Sara Frain, Picturehouse

Sarah Mosses, Together Films

Sherie Myers, producer and development consultant

Stephen Parker, Chrome Productions

Susan Chardy, actress

Toby Hill, WestEnd Films

Victoria Thomas, producer, London Film School

Yaw Basoah, Dark Pictures

Thanks to all our supporting partners:

BBC Film, BFI Filmmaking Fund, BFI Network, Birra Moretti, Company 3, Lee & Thompson, The May Fair Hotel, Vista Group, Zealot

All speakers and screenings are subject to change.