Talks

In this Watershed Director's Q&A, British director, writer, actor and more, Aki Omoshaybi discusses his debut feature film Real.

Following a preview screening of The Personal History of David Copperfield, Director Armando Iannucci joined us at Watershed to discuss making the film and to take questions from the audience.

Director Peter Strickland talks about his 2019 film In Fabric and takes questions from the audience.

Teacher of play, author and academic Miguel Sicart considers what make an unplayable city and proposes an alternative understanding of the role of play in modern urban living.

Director Peter Mackie Burns discusses Daphne, his striking drama which follows the life of an early-thirties Londoner who goes off the rails after witnessing a random act of violence.

The Philip French Annual Memorial Lecture sees a key figure in the film world reflect on the qualities film critic French stood for, to examine current developments in film culture and the role of film critics today. 2017's lecture was given by writer and broadcaster Mark Kermode.

Following a screening of off-the-wall British comedy Mindhorn, Actor and Writer Julian Barratt (Mighty Boosh) talks about the writing and making of the film, how it came together and the long journey involved.

Director Ben Wheatley discusses Free Fire, his 2017 all-guns-blazing '70s crime caper.

Ken Loach takes questions from the audience on filmmaking, politics, censorship, his influences and his extraordinary body of work.

Suv, Krust, Flynn and singer Lizz E in conversation discussing their musical past, present and future.

A Q&A with leading UK film producer Elizabeth Karlsen on the passions and struggles of producing a film.

A revelatory Q&A session with the director of A Syrian Love Story.

Filmmaker Ursula Meier and musician John Parish on their collaboration and the importance of music and sound in the filmmaking process.

In this talk, writer and director Carol Morley proves why she is one of the most daring, honest and exciting talents in the UK.

Theeb director Naji Abu Nowar discusses his film set in the Arabian Desert of 1916.

Hear from Mike Hall, rider in the 2014 Trans Am bike race across the breadth of America.

Learn more about Michael X, the black radicalist working in late 1960s Britain.

Hear a palliative care professional introduce the film Still Alice, that deals with death and dying.

Director Gerard Johnson and The The Musician and Composer Matt Johnson discuss the connections between film and music