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.The festival exceeded all expectations. Brilliant sessions with brilliant people, both speakers and delegates, who understood where you were coming from.
Jaye Nolan, Screenwriter
Why you should come to LSF 2018
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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 750 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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Awards
Come to the annual British Screenwriters' Awards hosted by LondonSWF
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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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Superhero Staff
We have the BEST support staff, always ready to help you
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Online network
Start networking with over 3,000 writers online as soon as you sign up
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Total immersion
Three days immersed in the thing we all love: storytelling!
Some of our additional upcoming events
Talent Campus 4.0: Total Immersion
A ten-day professional development programme that will immerse you in the tactics, strategies and mindset required to be a professional screenwriter.
Perfect Your Pitch: One day Masterclass with Bob Schultz (Aug 18th 2018)
Get yourself LSF and Pitchfest ready spending a full day developing the skills you need to pitch your project to producers, agents, actors, and more with one of the best Pitch tutors in the world, Bob Schultz.
Networking Tuesday, work the room with confidence: LondonSWF Festival Week (Sept 4th 2018)
Talent is great but relationships get you hired. The ability to create powerful new relationships in any given situation is one of the primary factors in the success of your career and that of any screenplay that you write. A one day masterclass.
On the blog… Frank Spotnitz… Ten truths ARE out there… and other Screenwriting Truth Bombs
The crowd arrived quietly. It felt like the middle of the night. Some of us had the absent look of the almost asleep… Well it was 9.30am, the crack of dawn for a room full of writers. But within seconds … MORE
The legal team was helpful and encouraging and gave me some excellent advice as to how to protect my TV series idea
Gary Sharp, Screenwriter
