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 has grown to be the single most important screenwriting event on this side of the pond. An amazing three days that keep me motivated to keep on writing."
Pedro Carrasco
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… The London Screenwriters’ Festival to receive £42,015 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
The London Screenwriters’ Festival is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award ensures that the festival will not just survive beyond the pandemic, but will … MORE
If I hadn't come to the Festival I wouldn't have improved as a writer or got an agent – and now I have a meeting at Hollyoaks about writing the show!"
Hayley November, Screenwriter
