There is one week left to buy tickets for Screen International’s ‘Financing the Future of UK Film’ summit, taking place at the BFI Southbank on September 29.
The third annual Screen Summit will bring together executives, filmmakers and fresh voices for a day of talks and networking to explore the new money, talent and ideas driving the sector at a time of significant disruption and opportunity.
Tickets are on sale now for £290+VAT.
The speaker lineup includes Ollie Madden, director of UK Film at Netflix, John Gore, founder and chairman of John Gore Studios, Elisabeth d’Arvieu, group chief content officer and CEO of Mediawan Pictures, BFI deputy CEO and executive director Harriet Finney, BFI director of the UK Global Screen Fund and international funds Denitsa Yordanova, Philip Knatchbull, chairman and CEO of Curzon, WMA’s Sinead Dean, DDA’s chief creative officer Julie La’Bassiere, Ben Browning, co-CEO of Pathe UK, and Frederic Fiore, president of Logical Pictures Group.
Also taking part are Noel Tovey, managing director at Sky Studios Elstree, Emily Stillman, senior vice president at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, Franki Goodwin, chief creative officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, Bee Devine, chief operating officer at Garden Studios, Jane Turner, CEO of Centtrip, Lloyd Gunton, vp incentives UK at Entertainment Partners, producers Ciara Barry (barry crerar), Emily Morgan (Quiddity Films) and Gabrielle Tana (Magnolia Mae Films), Nicky Bentham (Eon Film), Calculus Capital’s John Glencross, and BBC Film head of legal and business affairs Anwen Griffiths.
The summit will feature sessions on:
- Why the UK film sector is a good investment for private investors
- Strategies for maximising budgets and structuring production finance
- Producers on how they raised the funding for recent indie features
- How indie projects can be better structured so that today’s producers can make a living, build their slates, and the next generation can come through
- UK studio facilities on supporting the production landscape
- How filmmakers can structure projects to appeal to global brands
- The bold ideas to transform the UK film sector
The Screen Summit 2026 partners are: Centtrip, Entertainment Partners, Garden Studios, Sky Studios Elstree, Strike Media, the UK Global Screen Fund and Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden.
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