1.3 Reinventing the Film Festival

Future of Film Podcast with Alex Stolz

English - March 08, 2017 14:00 - 91.1 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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“I get very annoyed by festival directors who say you don’t have to take diversity into consideration … nothing is going to change unless you are there making it change!” Clare Stewart.

British Film Institute London Film Festival www.bfi.org.uk/lff(BFI LFF) Director Clare Stewart (@clarestewartBFI) discusses diversity, new audiences and the role of festivals in 2017.

In this episode you will discover:
how Clare consciously focused her career in order to become a lynchpin in the festival and curatorial space
how the BFI London Film Festival (BFI LFF) is incorporating VR in its programming
how and why Clare radically restructured the BFI LFF programme and the results of these changes
what BFI LFF is doing to address diversity in the industry
strategies to bring in younger audiences to the film space

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