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Insider Knowledge From Our Jurors; Latoya Austin
We're very pleased to be building our expertise through our Jurors. They come from all sectors of the industry and it's why we're really happy to be working with Latoya Austin, who works in the important critique sector of filmmaking. Latoya Austin is a London based...
Inside Knowledge From Our Jurors; Kadambari Chauhan
Part of our values are to help to improve the career prospects of filmmakers. We also want to contribute to the upskilling of filmmaking techniques. Some of how we do this is through our Awards. To this end, we've added a new Award Category this year and it's, Best...
Meet Our Jurors
Bhavini Goyate Bhavini is a dedicated arts professional with over a decade of experience in arts administration. Since 2014, Bhavini has worked with prominent UK theatre companies and venues, including the Young Vic Theatre, Paines Plough, tiata fahodzi, and the...
Meet Our Pre-Selectors
Our panel of Pre-Selectors are dedicated to upholding the values and ethos of our festival and contribute to ensuring the best of our submissions programme.
Vertical dramas; are they really new?
Riding on the adage that there’s ‘nothing new under the sun’, let’s delve into formats before because this ‘new’ genre has a lot in common with stories we’ve seen before. In the scrabble to find the next, big, money-making shiny thing, the film industry is turning...
Danielle Scott-Haughton Remembered
2026 doesn't seem like it's gonna pull any punches - such is it's crazy, crazy start, politically and otherwise. Already, we're loosing people who mean so much to us and who were making indelible marks in the entertainment industry. It's with deep sadness that I...
Sister Nancy, Jamaican dancehall icon behind ‘Bam Bam’, set for London screening
‘Bam Bam’ featured on Sister Nancy’s debut album, ‘One, Two’. It wasn’t until she moved from Jamaica to the US in 1996 that she realised the impact it had made outside of her home country. (Alison Duke's) documentary tells the story of her fight to finally claim the...
Women Of The Lens and the Power Of Representation
black filmmaker magazine's Floyd Webb speaks with our Founder, Jennifer G. Robinson. Join us this November as we spotlight the creativity and resilience of storytelling from Black women in the film industry. Discover films that resonate with personal stories and...
Meet the creative behind the company that brings seasoned Caribbean flavours to film sets
It's a real pleasure to introduce you to Kesi Steven. This multihyphenate, is blasting her way through filmmaking, screenwriting and running a business. An enterepreneur at heart, Kesi told us about her passions for film, writing and of course...food!At my core, I’m a...
Finally, an Accounting App That Speaks Creative, Marcus Bishop Associates in partnership with SansDrama Brings A Game Changer
SansDrama: Where Creativity Meets Clarity For dancers, actors, musicians, entertainers, and shapers of culture, the spotlight belongs on the stage – not on spreadsheets. That’s why Marcus Bishop Associates proudly promotes the SansDrama App, a smart, intuitive tool...
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We accept all genres of media in our programming: romance, science fiction, action adventure, thrillers, drama, film noir, animation, mixed media and web series. This means that our audiences can enjoy a rich selection of stories.