What is the LSF?
The London Screenwriters’ Festival is an annual gathering of screenwriters. With over 1,000 attendees, 100 sessions, 150 industry expert speakers and the biggest names in film and TV (from both the UK and Hollywood), the LSF has become the premiere screenwriting event to attend. Come and join the movement and community. There is a full guide and breakdown of the festival HERE.If you want to spend 362 days a year sitting alone at a desk writing, you need to spend the other three days at this festival."
Luke Graves, Screenwriter
Why you should join LondonSWF
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Over 150 speakers
Learn from and network with the biggest industry names
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Over 100 sessions
Covering every aspect of professional screenwriting... and we film most!
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Spend 3 Days With
1,000 people just like you... writers, producers, actors, directors, agents..
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Festival Week
Come to a week of cost effective, killer one day workshops and get the edge
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Script Chat
Get intimate and informal face-time with our expert speakers
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Pitchfest
Pitch your project to producers, agents and commissioners
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Network events
Mingle with 1,000 professionals at our networking parties
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Get Performed
Get your script worked on live by pro actors and directors in closed sessions.
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Mentoring Labs
Get one-on-one feedback during intense three hour mentoring sessions
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Script to Screen
The biggest movies screened while you read the script and listen to the writer
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Online sessions
We film most sessions so you won't miss a thing... and you can watch over and over
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Total immersion
Three days immersed in the thing we all love: storytelling!
Some of our additional upcoming events
The Narrative Imperative in YOUR Screenplay with Scott Myers (ONLINE)
The protagonist is the heart of almost every story, yet so many writers don't take advantage of the depth and complexity of this central character. Transform every aspect of your script by working outward from the beating heart of your protagonist.
ONLINE Breaking into Script Reading, Two-Day Workshop with Lucy V Hay (Nov 7th & 8th 2020)
An intensive ONLINE two-day workshop that breaks down the art and craft of reading scripts to help improve your own writing, to also improve your feedback for other writers and most importantly, to earn you money as a professional reader.
On the blog… Deadline, Midnight GMT tonight… Can you write a Bedtime story?
Can you write a Christmas themed bedtime story between 80 and 500 words..? Yes it can be much shorter than 500 words too. The deadline is tonight, Friday November 20th at midnight GMT. Already over 100 writers have submitted and … MORE
Where in the ‘real’ world could you just sit down with a stranger at a table and immediately have something in common?"
Peter Spencer, Screenwriter
