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We're excited to have you back or welcome you in for the first time. Stay tuned for details of our 2026 programme!

TUESDAY 25TH MARCH 2025

10am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES + ROUNDTABLE with Adrian Wotton, Terry Jervis (former BBC Executive), Faisal Qureshi (BECTU), Avril Evans (Directors UK), Emmanual Anyiam Osigwe (British Urban Festival)

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- SALES with Clare Harris (Embankment Films), Miaskelah Gabriel-Adams (AfroUK Films)

4:15pm: PITCH N MIX- Pitching to Industry with Maggie Ellis (Head of FLAMIN), Paul Tester (Paramount), Christopher Kenna (GenB TV)

WEDNESDAY 26TH MARCH 2025

10am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND ROUNDTABLE with Adrian Wotton, Rico Johnson-Sinclair (Warner Bros. Discovery), Anita Herbet (Film and TV Charity), Ijeoma Akigwe (NFTS), Miranda Wayland (Creatiev Diversity Network)

11:30am- WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY CREWHQ SESSION with Rico Johnson-Sinclair

12:15pm- LECTURE (PROVOCATION)- Killing the White Man with Professor Kehinde Andrews and Priscilla Igwe

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- DISTRIBUTION with Kenji Lloyd (Altitude)

8:00pm: LIONS DEN- Pitching to Investors with Eric Collins (ImpactX), Carine Hejazi (Fourth Culture Films), Clare Harris (Embankment Films), Chloe Tucker (Freelance), Jordan McGarry (Film London)

THURSDAY 27TH MARCH 2025

2:45pm: CALL MY AGENT Hosted by The Developing Room with Harvey John, Libby Gervais, Lydia Gordon, Emily Brounger

3:30pm: ADVERTISING PANEL with Tolu Stedford (Host), Monique Needham (BBU), Daisy Ifama (Gal-Dem/Reframe the Game), Davy Lazare

10:00am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES + ROUNDTABLE with Adrian Wotton, Attica Dakhil and Chris Filip (BFI UK Global Screen Fund), Anna Mansi (BFI Certification), Laurence Jones (JAMPRO), Sam Ampah (Allots Accountants)

11:30am: INTERNATIONAL FILM MARKETS PANEL with Mel Hoyes (BFI Inclusion), Briony Hanson (British Council), Chee Cheung (Sovereign Films), Lala Akindoju (Make It Happen Production Company)

12:15pm: LECTURE (PROVOCATION) House Negro vs Field Negro with Trevor Hakim, Pauline Obinna, Andre Fife, Lorraine French

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- EXHIBITION with Kash Shirazi, Nicholas Okwulu, Shuwanna Aaron

2:45pm: LEARN TO ADAPT- David Williams (ICO), Cassandra Johnson-Beoke (Women In Scripted), Jamie Perault (Outline), Shawn S X Zou (Outline)

12:15pm: LECTURE (PROVOCATION)- Screening with the Enemy with Charmaine Simpson (Black History Studies)

3:30pm: UNDOCUMENTED (LSA)- Panel with Tamera Heron (Host), Kelechi Ehenulo (Renaissance Studios), Sophie Akel, Laura Brosnan, Ariane Barnes

3:30pm: BFI FILMMAKING FUND with Morgana Melvin (BFI Film Fund), Vicki Brown (BFI Film Fund)

4:15pm: BFI NETWORK SHORT SHOWCASE with Kiefer Taylor, Manon Schwich, Steven Olugbenga Eniraiyetan

11:30am: FLAMIN ANIMATIONS SHOWCASE- with Nathan Geyer (Host, FLAMIN), Bart Yates (Executive Producer/Founder Blinkink), Aliyah Harfoot (Artist, FLAMIN Animations), Jess Stephens (Artist, FLAMIN Animations)

2:45pm: BLACK TRACK- with Delphine Lievens (Barbican Cinema), Duncan Carson (ICO)