Stage

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TUESDAY 24TH MARCH 2026

10am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES + ROUNDTABLE with Film London, Rico Johnson-Sinclair (Warner Bros. Discovery)

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- SALES with Maskelah Gabriel-Adams (Afro-Films Global)

4:15pm: Pitch‘n’Mix - Pitching to Industry with Nana Hughes (ITV Studios), Paul Testar (Paramount), Makalla McPherson (Makalla McPherson Studios) Simon Algie (FifthSeason)

WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH 2026

10am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND ROUNDTABLE with Anita Herbert (Film &TV Charity), Neil Wirasinha, Gower Street Analytics, Bectu, NewComma

11:30am- Advertising Panel with Caroline Bottomley (Shiny)

12:15pm- DEBATE (Provocation) - 4 panellists to debate a key issue:

Are we getting ‘Mixed-Up’ with Mixed Race? Bi-racial representation on screen e.g. One Battle After Another - Sexploitation

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- DISTRIBUTION with Isra Al Kassi (TAPE Collective)

4:15pm: LIONS DEN- Pitching to Investors with Alice Ojha (BBC Films), Yolanda Lee (SKY/Film Wales) Maggie Ellis (Film London)

THURSDAY 26TH MARCH 2026

2:45pm: Libby - Agents

7:00pm: Screening + Shorts Showcase

3:30pm: BGIAS Panel

10:00am: KEYNOTE SPEECHES + ROUNDTABLE with Hazel + Deepa EDI Co-Star AI, Anna Mansi/Chantal (BFI Certification Unit) Representation, 

11:30am: BLACK INVESTMENT with Timi Okuwa (Black Equity Organisation), David Ayeni, Hilary Moore (Shades of Survival)

12:15pm: Q&A PANEL (PROVOCATION) Who’s Sorry Now? Is Bafta and BBC’s inclusion an insult to the Black Community?

King, Kang or Konquered: Depiction of Black Men on the big screen

2:00pm: FDA SESSION- EXHIBITION with Kash (Filmbankmedia), Paul Robinson (ex-Disney), TNB Member/CMI

2:45pm: LEARN TO ADAPT- Black British Book Festival or Writer’s Guild or The Voice

8:00pm: Quincy Comedy Screening + Podcast Panel

12:15pm: Lecture (Provocation) - Reality Cheque: Humiliation of Black Women for Clout or Blue Therapy or ‘I Swear’ To Tell the Truth BBC + Bafta N-word Debacle

3:30pm: BlackTrack

3:30pm: Media Talent Manifesto (Black Broadcast Presenters Panel)

4:15pm: BFI NETWORK SHORT SHOWCASE WBD - BBU (UK) Sports films BBU (Brazil)

11:30am: Undocumented (LSA) and Archive with filmmakers e.g. Documentary Session - Asma Kabadeh and Nana from The Eyes of Ghana or Block 

2:45pm: Ijeoma Akigwe (NFTS Graduate Showcase) for Black Female Cinematography Panel + Curated London Ndrika Anyika, Diara Sow, Aleah Scott, Denisha Anderson

8:00pm: Simon Curated London Music Video Night + Shorts Showcase