Please note: This event took place in May 2020
Join us every Thursday evening in May for a series of online Q&As with filmmakers live from their front room as part of Depict #shortitout.
On Thursday 21 May, our host, playwright and screenwriter Hannah Patterson, will be joined by BAFTA nominated producer and author Farah Abushwesha who created the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition.
Farah has produced a back catalogue of successful TV series that have aired on ITV (The Singapore Grip), BBC (The ABC Murders) and Netflix (Irreplaceable You). She is also the author of Rocliffe Notes: A Professional Approach for Screenwriters & Writer-Directors and Rocliffe Notes - A Guide to Low Budget Filmmaking.
We'll be chatting to Farah about her approach to low budget filmmaking and how to think creatively when faced with limitations. We’ll also be discussing how to avoid writers block during lockdown and ways to help stay connected when writing in isolation.
Watch Farah's BAFTA nominated short film The Party (2016) ahead of the Q&A.
#shortitout is brought to you by Encounters Film Festival, BFI NETWORK and Watershed as part of Depict 2020, events are supported by BAFTA and Channel 4. Share your shorts on social media by 4 June using #shortitout.