Back with friends the London Short Film Festival with their LSFF 2013 and Beyond series of events, on May 29th we’ll be spending the afternoon diving into the murky, mysterious and sometimes misogynistic world of short film protagonists and asking where are the women, and what are they doing?

We’ll be kicking off the afternoon at 3pm with a film surgery where we’ll be looking at films with female characters at the centre of the story. A panel of experts including Underwire Director, Gemma Mitchell, and Underwire Co-Fouder and Euroscript Board Member, Gabriella Apicella will provide feedback on a variety of shorts screened. If you’d like your short to screen, email the team at [email protected]

Later in the afternoon a panel will be cooking on gas as we take on female characters – the good, the bad and the ugly (and maybe even the sinister, aloof and angry too) – with filmmakers and academic guests.

Continue the conversation late into the evening with networking drinks.

Panelists include:

Philip Ilson – Director of the London Short Film Festival

Layke Anderson – Director of ‘Dylan’s Room’, a short film with an older female protagonist at the heart of the story which featured in our XX category at Underwire 2012

Gabriella Apicella – Screenwriter, board member of Euroscript, Underwire Co-Founder

Lucinda Syson – Casting Director, credits including I Give It a Year, Cloud Atlas, Batman Begins, Syriana to name but a small few

Tickets to LSFF: 2013 and Beyond are available for purchase at a cost of £30 and the event itself will run at the ICA in London. This one-off payment allows each participant to attend as many sessions as they like and we fully welcome those who would like to attend the full programme. When you have booked your place, please email [email protected] with your selection.