The festival’s LFF Connects strand, which celebrates the intersection between film and other creative industries, features Enninful and will explore how innovation, activism and inspiration meet within creative spaces to tell stories across all art forms.
The festival’s Spotlight strand conversation with Guiney, whose recent project, Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II,” screens as the festival’s Londoner Gala, will discuss the formation of Element Pictures, which he co-founded, the creators he has worked with and what he sees for the future of production, distribution and exhibition.
A panel discussion on how writers move between platforms will feature Jack Thorne , Lucy Prebble and Steven Knight will be chaired by Manori Ravindran, international editor ofThere are also panels on virtual production, colorism in hair and make up, XR, a works-in-progress showcase for U.K. film, television and immersive work and a critics mentorship program, among many other initiatives.