A Full Weekend Of Screenwriting Sessions From The Best In The World… FREE From LondonSWF
** Ticket Availability Locked at 1,000 due to platform fees **
‘I couldn’t pull myself away even though I was desperate for the loo!’
Lisa Wright // Screenwriter
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March 29th and 30th, we are hosting a TWO-DAY Screenwriters Online Festival and YOU can attend completely free.
We have sessions delivered by Michael Arndt, Scott Myers, Pilar Alessandra, Joey Tuccio and so many more.
I mean seriously. DO NOT MISS THIS!
What will you get?
- Practical insight into how to better write a script to get produced in 2025.
- Inspiration to keep going. You KNOW LondonSWF is like rocket fuel to the creative soul.
- Online chat means connecting with other writers too.
- All delivered to your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
- Playback for one month.
I mean come on, it’s free and we have AMAZING speakers lined up to help YOU get your script polished, pitch ready and producer friendly for 2025.
Sign up below for your free pass.
‘The lineup of festival speakers were all stellar – informative, engaging, approachable. In addition, the MCs – Chris Jones and Bob Schultz – accomplished the impossible: using a mad mashup of humor, personal advice, and aplomb, they kept the online forum riveting! You didn’t want to step away for a minute for fear of missing out!’
Margaret McCaffrey // Screenwriter
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Online Launch Festival Schedule
Online Day One (Sat March 29th)
13:30 Online Festival Opening
Join the online LondonSWF opening event and get primed to have the most outstanding weekend as well as prepare for knockout main festival in April. Find out EXACTLY what is happening, when and where and how best to use this unique opportunity.
14:00 Comedy Writing masterclass from former Executive Producer at BBC Comedy
Join award-winning producer Simon Nicholls for a dynamic one-hour masterclass packed with practical tools to sharpen your comedy writing and get your work noticed.
15:00 Why Sally Wainwright Is So Fucking Brilliant, with Eleanor Greene
Acclaimed producer Eleanor Greene explores the work of British screenwriting icon Sally Wainwright, unpacking the creative choices, storytelling instincts, and career decisions that have made her one of the UK’s most successful and beloved writers.
16:00 Truth, Tension, and the Drama in the Everyday: Meet Sally Wainwright
Exploring the craft, courage, and characters behind Britain’s most compelling screen dramas. Unmissble.
17:00 Writing Ethical Sex & Violence In Your Screenplays with Lucy V Hay
Sex and violence are powerful storytelling tools, but only when used with intention. In this one-hour workshop, script editor Lucy V Hay (Bang2write) explores how smart writers move beyond shock value, titillation, or lazy brutality to create scenes that are ethical, purposeful, and dramatically meaningful.
18:00 Write Fast. Hook Hard. Get Watched. Writing Vertical Drama That Sells with Isabel Dréan.
In this one-hour seminar, produced screenwriter and digital visionary Isabel Dréan demystifies the craft, structure, and business of vertical series, drawing directly from her #1 VIGLOO series The Blind Bride of the Scarred Mafia Boss and her proven system, How to Write a Vertical Series in 10 Days.
19:00 The Emergent Heroine: Reframing the Hero’s Journey with Kimberley Lipschus
Break free from the traditional Hero’s Journey and discover a narrative framework that mirrors your story, and the stories you want to tell on screen.
20:00 The Screenwriting Ten Commandments Of Chris and Bob
In this session we will share the top ten, the commandments if you will, for success in the screenwriting industries. Not rules. More principles. Flexible guides that inspire. Each and every one of them will nudge you closer to success, sharpen your screenwriting toolkit, expand your network and elevate your personal reputation.
21:00 Online Festival Day One Close
OK it’s been an EPIC day… buckle up as day two is headed right for us!
Online Day Two (Sun March 30th)
13:45 Blast Off Day Two!
Join Chris and Bob as we light the blue touch paper of day two and set the countdown ticking!
14:00 Writing The Short Film with Pilar Alessandra
A short film can be a career starter, a piece of art or just an entertaining, bite-sized moment on screen. No matter what your end-game, this class will get you started by helping you get your short film on the page.
15:00 Manifesting Success in 2026, However YOU Define It, with Linda Paige
Buckle up buttercup for what promises to be THE kick ass session of the festival, with Linda Paige.
16:00 The Divided Woman: A New Story Map for Female Characters with Stacey Simmons
Why do traditional story structures so often fail female protagonists?
17:00 Theme-Driven Story Architecture with Jason Eric Perlman
If you have no Theme, you’re “spineless!” Let’s turn story upside down and see that Theme isn’t the high ceiling above your tale, it’s the very floorboards!
18:00 Trip to the Moon: How Stories Shape Power, Truth, and the World with John Yorke
What gives stories their extraordinary power, and how can that power be used responsibly?
19:00 Writing for the Media of 2026: No Gatekeepers, No Limits with Glenn Gers
The rules of storytelling have changed, and for writers, that’s very good news.
20:00 The Seven Elements of a Killer Story with Erik Bork
Multiple Emmy-winning writer Erik Bork reveals why great scripts succeed or fail at the idea stage, and how to build a story premise the industry can’t ignore.
21:00 Perfect Your Pitch: Making Industry Connections That Count with Joey Tuccio
Want to know what really makes industry executives say “yes”? Join Joey Tuccio, the connection catalyst behind 400+ writer success stories, for an insider’s guide to pitching your project and building relationships that lead to real opportunities.
22:00 Online Festival Day Two Close
Whooooaaahhh! What an EPIC WEEKEND! Join us for the celebrations as we conclude the LondonSFW365 Online Festival Launch 2025!
What People Said About The Launch Festival Last Year
‘Great variety of speakers/topics and surprisingly simple to network through the chat window. It’s so wonderful to have a resource like this available!’
Brian Barnes // Director
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‘Very inspirational in a time where most people scream loud but usually have very little to say.’
Johanna Philip // Writer Director
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‘It felt good to be “back again” to LondonSWF, the spirit and cheering, a reminder I’m not alone, the same gang is still out there and has survived covid. You are perfect ‘
Line Jette Johannessen // Writer
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‘Amazeballs! Chris and Bob and the guest speakers were excellent. They spoke not only of the Craft of Screenwriting and writing, but of community and what it is to be human in this business as well. It’s one of the best if not the best workshop I’ve ever attended.’
Demetra Pittman // Screenwriter
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‘An array of amazing speakers who gave very thoughtful, well prepared insights into the mechanisms of writing and also really useful information and advice on the do’s and don’t of the industry.’
Angela Bhardwaj // Screenwriter
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‘It was jam packed full of great people with good advice – it was inspirational and encouraging. I am very impressed with how well organised it was and with the variation of skill sets put on.’
Lisa Wright // Screenwriter
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‘Such a valuable resource being made freely available is just a wonderful gift and it was a pleasure to be the recipient of so much generoisty and wisdom. Pilar’s entire presentation was a giant lightbulb moment with an invaluable perspective.’
Nick // Writer
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‘Thanks so much for putting this all together. You really support creatives. If there was an award I could offer you, I would.’
Joe // Writer
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‘It was so insightful and inspirational! Absolutely the words that I needed to hear!’
Helen Tipu // Writer
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‘I liked the multiple informative chats, providing confidence and excitement…’
Michael Rigby // Writer
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‘The speakers were warm, inclusive, reassuring and informative whilst being realistic and honest’
Filmmaker, writer/director
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Filmmaker, Author and Festival founder. Currently directing splinter unit on Mission: Impossible 8 and Exec Producing Apple Original show title TBC.
