Fighting to be heard: Queer filmmaking in adversity | BFI Future Film Festival 2023 event

Supported by The London School of English

A panel discussion about how filmmakers working in oppressive regimes can be supported.

This session will platform the voices of marginalised LGBTQIA+ filmmakers based both in the UK and beyond, hailing from hostile environments across the globe.

Fighting to be heard will give you an insight into the reality of being a queer filmmaker in some of the most hazardous conditions, and open up the conversation towards how we can continue to platform and support marginalised LGBTQIA+ filmmakers from right here at home.

Joined by award-winning directors, producers, performers, and advocates, we will share the beauty of queer narratives beyond the Western binary and highlight a need for solidarity, awareness, and support for the future of queer filmmaking.

This event is supported by The London School of English.

Speakers:

Pamela Adie – activist and filmmaker
Adam Ali – actor
Roy Dib – artist and filmmaker
Yi Wang – Festival and Programme Director, Queer East Festival
Host: Caleb Roberts – BFI Film Academy Young Programmer

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The BFI Future Film Festival is the UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers aged 16 to 25. The 16th edition of the festival runs from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 2023.

The 2023 festival will take place both in-person and online creating a hybrid festival experience designed to reach as many attendees and viewers as possible from across the UK and throughout the world.

Watch all the films on the BFI YouTube channel from Feb 16-Mar 2. For more details, please visit: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/FutureFilm...