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.LSF was a great affirmation that scriptwriting is a possible reality, for everyone that attended. The sessions provided a rich source of information, direction and support.
Andrew Griffin, Screenwriter
Why you should come to LSF 2020
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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
The Screenwriter’s Roadmap To Getting Produced… With Joey Tuccio… (June 1st and 2nd 2019)
Creating A Lifelong Professional Career As A Screenwriter Do you want to get paid to write feature film and television screenplays?
Breaking Into Script Reading, 2 day workshop with Lucy V Hay (June 22nd & 23rd 2019)
An intensive 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.
Advanced Structure: 2 day Masterclass with John Yorke (July 6th and 7th 2019)
From Procedural to Longform, terrestrial to Netflix and beyond…Two day screenwriting masterclass and workshop with the outstanding John Yorke.
On the blog… Writer JK Murphy on her TC Journey… Californian Dreaming!
Flash back to the London Screenwriters’ Festival, 2016. During the festival’s closing presentation, I sat next to someone who said he was part of the Talent Campus. Newbie that I was, I had no idea what he was talking about. … MORE
The volunteers were absolutely wonderful - so helpful and a joy to talk with, it made such a difference!
Yazmin Vigusm, Screenwriter
