We’re excited to be returning to Glasgow Film Festival as part of the industry programme, and for the first time to be bringing a delegation of filmmakers to GFF.
Funded by ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund, and in partnership with the 20th Glasgow Film Festival, our now well-established continuing professional development programme involves taking eighteen talented writers, directors and producers from across the UK to Glasgow Film Festival in March.
#ReclaimTheFrame activity at GFF will include:
Monday 4 March
SOLD OUT!
18:00 - THE TEACHER directed by Farah Nabulsi + Q&A
Inspired by true events, a grieving Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance.
Followed by a post-screening Director discussion, moderated by our #ReclaimTheFrame Director Melanie Iredale
Tuesday 5 March
13:00 - ORIGIN directed by Ava DuVernay
A powerful biopic about Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson as she works on her hit book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent.
Special introduction by Melanie Iredale
15:15 - THE TEACHER directed by Farah Nabulsi
Special introduction by Melanie Iredale
Wednesday 6 March
13:30 - Panel session: Reaching Audiences & Creating Impact
Join us and our delegation of Filmonomics filmmakers for panel discussion about building audiences and creating impact for your film. Bringing together marketing, publicity, and outreach professionals together, this session will explore different approaches to creating inclusive and impactful campaigns for your films at varying budget scales.
Our Director Melanie Iredale and Impact Producer for Scotland Sandra Kinahan will be joined by Tejinder Jouhal, Director of Marketing & Distribution at Hanway Films; Ged Fitzsimmons, Founder & CEO of Cosmic Cat; and a member of the Glasgow Film Festival Press team.
Open to Glasgow Film Festival pass holders and filmmakers of marginalised genders. Register via Glasgow Film Festival.
17:30 - Networking Drinks
Join us and our friends at Film Hub Scotland for Glasgow Film Festival’s Happy Hour on Wednesday, to find out more about #ReclaimTheFrame in Glasgow and to raise a glass to our newly graduated Filmonomics cohort. Open to all GFF delegates.
We’re pleased to announce our lineup of speakers for our Filmonomics activity at GFF, including representatives of British Council, Hanway Films and more.
In Glasgow from 5 -7 March, some of our speakers.
L-R Top Row: Allison Gardner - CEO at Glasgow Film / Catherine Bray - Journalist, commissioner, producer, writer and director / Corinne Orton - Creative Producer and Transformative Coach / Ged Fitzsimmons - Impact producer and founder director of impact distributor, Cosmic Cat Films.
L-R Bottom Row: Paul Sng - Filmmaker / Rafa Sales Ross - Film journalist and programmer/ Sandra Kinahan - Freelance film promoter, writer, and editor / Tejinder Jouhal - Director of Marketing & Distribution at Hanway Films.
Please meet our delegation!
Amit Kaur (She/her) Writer/Director
Amy Coop (She/her) Writer/Director
Carina Haouchine (She/her) Director
Carys Lewis (She/her) Writer/Director
Em J. Gilbertson (They/he) Writer/Director
Dr. Isa Rao (She/her) Director
Jessica Bishopp (She/her) Director
Juliana Kasumu (She/her) Director
Kelly Holmes (She/they) Writer/Director
Laura McBride (She/her) Producer
Lotus Hannon (She/her) Writer/Director
Maja Bodenstein (She/her) Writer
Natalie Hewit (She/her) Director/Producer
Noemie Nakai (She/her) Writer/Director
Sarudzayi Marufu (She/her) Producer
Solene Guichard (She/her) Writer/Director
Seemab Gul (She/her) Writer/Director/Producer
Tracy Spottiswoode (She/her) Writer/Director
Also attending Glasgow Film Festival will be our director Melanie Iredale (she/her), and Training Manager, Simone Glover (She/her)