Events (W.C. 18 June)
1.RTS Futures – Anatomy of a Hit: The Tinder Swindler
Join us for an exclusive panel session with the team behind The Tinder Swindler – the RTS and BAFTA winning series that took the streaming world by storm, smashing records to become the most-watched documentary in Netflix history.
Step into a world of deception and intrigue as Director Felicity Morris, Producer, Bernadette Higgins and Editor Julian Hart share their insights and the trade secrets behind the making of this gripping true crime sensation. Also joining the panel, Cecilie Fjellhøy, one of the key contributors in the film, whose relationship with swindler Simon Leviev sparked a global hit.
Discover how they crafted every detail, unravelling the twists and turns of the case, to bring it to life on screen. Gain unique insights into the filmmaking process, from development to production to the edit, and hear about the challenges they faced along the way.
Featuring clips and an audience Q&A.
Hosted by Yinka Bokinni – Broadcaster.
Panel
Felicity Morris, Director
Bernadette Higgins, Producer
Julian Hart, Editor
Cecilie Fjellhøy – Contributor
Event Details
Date: Thursday 13 July
Location: British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG
Time: 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
Booking Details
Tickets for RTS members are free but must be booked in advance (please input your membership number when booking). If you do not know your membership number, please email membership@rts.org.uk.
Tickets for non-members are £15.
Tickets are non-refundable.
2. RTS Cambridge Convention 2023
The RTS Cambridge Convention 2023 is now open for bookings.The biennial Cambridge Convention will take place on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 September 2023 at King’s College, Cambridge.
The agenda-setting programme, titled Too Much to Watch, will bring together influential thought leaders and prominent executives to debate the opportunities and impact of changing consumption habits reshaping global television. The Principal Sponsor for this year’s RTS Cambridge Convention is Channel 4.
Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4 and Convention Chair, said: “I’m delighted Channel 4 is this year’s RTS headline partner. The brilliant Advisory Committee and I look forward to welcoming an outstanding line-up of international speakers.”
Speakers
The initial line-up of industry leaders who will speak at the two-day convention includes:
Mike Fries, CEO and Vice Chairman, Liberty Global
Shay Segev, CEO, DAZN
Bryan Lourd, Co-Chairman, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Linda Yaccarino
Debbie Weinstein, VP & MD, Google UK & Ireland
Evan Shapiro, Media Cartographer
Ajaz Ahmed, CEO, AKQA
Jordan Schwarzenberger, Co-Founder, Arcade Media, The Sidemen
Returning speakers include:
Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC
Carolyn McCall, CEO, ITV
Dana Strong, Group CEO, Sky
Maria Kyriacou, President, Broadcast & Studios, International Markets, Paramount Global
Stephen Van Rooyen, CEO, Sky UK & Ireland and Chief Commercial Officer, Sky Group
Further high-profile speakers will be announced in due course.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday 20 September to Thursday 21 September
Location: 11 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
Booking Details
The full ticket price is £2,000 excluding VAT.
3. London Indian Film Festival 2023
- BFI Southbank and Barbican
- Date & time:Thu 22 – Wed 28 Jun
The UK and Europe’s largest South Asian film festival takes place in two seasons this year, summer and autumn. The first season runs from Thursday 22 June – Thursday 29 June and includes previews of international festival hit movies alongside the ever-popular shorts programmes. Some of the highlights of the programme include Brit-Asian Shorts and Too Desi Too Queer shorts.
4. Kingston International Film Festival 2023
- Various Kingston Venues
- Date & time:Fri 23 Jun, 6:00pm
Join the Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF) for their three-day film festival that takes place in Kingston-Upon-Thames. Returning for another jam-packed programme in June, KIFF will showcase a range of feature-length films, documentaries shorts, as well as offering a number of workshops, talks, masterclasses and events that will appeal to a wide range of ages and interests.
5. Too Desi Too Queer + Q&A
London Indian Film Festival’s ever popular LGBTQIA+ short film programme is back.
Friday 23 June 2023 18:00, NFT1: BFI Southbank
Full programme
Dear Dad
Dir: Ibrahim Rana
10 mins | English, Urdu with English subtitles
A young man comes to meet his dying father for the confrontation of his life.
Her Canvas
Dir: Sagar Devram Minde
9 mins | No dialogue
On a cloudy melancholy evening Myra, a visual artist experiences an overwhelming surge of emotions. Hinged between past and present she tries to make sense of reality around her.
Look Like You
Dir: Snigdha Kapoor
12 mins | English
While visiting the adoptive family of her eight-year-old biological son, Tara overcomes the hesitation of his parents to relay advice she gathered from growing up as a queer outcast.
Shoot Your Shot
Dir: Mishaal Memon
12 mins | English
An emotional standoff takes flight as two immigrant queer teens navigate that fuzzy feeling in your stomach, all whilst learning how to skateboard.
Discovering Kali – 25 years of the Legendary Club
Dir: Matt Mahmood Ogston
40 mins | English
The legendary Club Kali’s 25 year history and heritage is celebrated through the eyes of its founders, performers, and attendees in this roaring documentary.
6. La Haine + intro
Kassovitz’s acclaimed, edgy look at racial tensions in the Parisian suburbs in the 90s.
Wednesday 28 June 2023 18:25, NFT3: BFI Southbank
- DirectorMathieu Kassowitz
- WithVincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui
- France 1995. 98min
- Digital 4K
- Certificate15
- English subtitles
Twenty-four hours in the lives of three young friends – Jewish, Black and Arabic inhabitants of a troubled Parisian banlieue – after an acquaintance is shot by the police and they find the revolver in question… Kassovitz’s edgy, explosive account of racial tensions in modern Paris is notable for its black-and-white location photography, its dynamic, Scorsese-like editing, and its energetic but persuasive performances.
7. (Re)Constructing History by Carrie Mae Weems
Wed 21 Jun—Sat 15 Jul 2023,Level G Hub, Barbican
(Re)Constructing History is a short film about reappropriating history, constructing identity and stories of migration.
In dialogue with Carrie Mae Weems’ work, the film was made by a group of Young Creatives and multidisciplinary artist, Sandi Hudson-Francis.
After a series of intimate discussions, the group were drawn to the idea of reconstructing and recontextualising narratives, unearthing personal stories of migration to the UK, and renegotiating how these feed into individual and collective understandings of identity.
The discussions have been brought to life in film with public and personal archival materials, newly created images, and redacted texts, reappropriating and remoulding them to reflect the multidimensionality of personal stories and colonial legacies.
8. SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON 2023
The festival’s back for its 10th edition and kicks off with Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper.
Picturehouse Central. Thu 6—Sun 9 Jul.
Sundance Film Festival: London returns to Picturehouse Central for its tenth edition from 6-9 July 2023, bringing Utah’s finest independent film fest straight to you.
Their magnificent celebration of all things independent film will kick off in style with our Opening Night film, the UK premiere of BAFTA nominee Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper, winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic when it had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January.
Want to be first in line for Scrapper and all the rest of the fest’s best? You can purchase Festival Passes for SFFL, guaranteeing access to the Festival’s films along with special events, priority booking, access to the Picturehouse Central Members’ Bar and discounts on food, drinks and snacks during the Festival.
Plus, Picturehouse Members can use their Priority Booking perks when tickets are on sale to get the best seat in the house.
They’ll unveil this year’s film programme, special guests, industry talks and more in the spring, so stay tuned – and be sure to join us to celebrate ten years of SFFL!
Join us as our daily show Live From The Studio brings you conversations with all the biggest names at Sundance, from the talent in front of and behind the camera to the team making the festival happen behind the scenes. Be there in person or join us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Click here to find out more!
They want everyone to be able to enjoy their time at SFFL, so accessibility is key. If you’ve got any questions about accessibility, find the answers on our hub page here.
9. 22 July 2023: Susu Laroche: Tzars of Eros
Close Up Cinemas
“Many times, exhausted while travelling, or sat for a moment in some empty church, in those flashes of sleep which overtake you when the mind is overstrained and underfed, you may have seen such images,” writes Joe Brace in his introduction to the purge.xxx edition of Susu Laroche‘s collected films (2010-2021).
Susu Laroche has spent over a decade working on 16mm film: shooting, developing and editing singlehandedly. Collected together for the first time in a limited DVD edition by purge.xxx, Close-Up is proud to host the first survey of Laroche’s work to date, with previously unpublished films featuring performances by Blackhaine, Adam Christensen, Klein, New Noveta and many others, along with critical reflections by collaborators and colleagues: Joe Brace, Reba Maybury, Stanley Schtinter and Shola von Reinhold.
10. Safar Film Festival
21 June – 5 July 2023; ICA
For its eighth edition, SAFAR is embarking on a journey through space and time in Arab cinema, mapping the region across a new axis and showcasing films that traverse territories and historical periods.
The programme hones in on films with distinct locations and settings rarely seen on screen. Several filmmakers venture into uncharted geographies to bring their tales to life, while others spin fresh perspectives on the domestic and the familiar. Some revisit the past to better understand their present, using archive, oral history, pop culture and period costume to uncover forgotten or unheard stories.
Documentaries and fictions transport the public through time to Cairo, Damascus and Beirut: as they were filmed in the ’80s and ’90s by revered filmmakers Youssef Chahine, Borhane Alaouié and Mohamed Malas, and as they are filmed today through new lenses.
A focus on contemporary Moroccan filmmaking presents a cinema not shying away from exploring queerness, classism and segregation, and a special programme of screenings and talks with Palestinian filmmakers and artists commemorates 75 years since the Nakba.
Beyond the cinema, the festival also presents two special events platforming Arab and SWANA artists working with photography, experimental music and video.