The Indie Film Summit '26

Two days online with the people who get independent films made. Pay what you like.

From the team behind the London Screenwriters' Festival. Live and online, with replays for one year.

On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2026 we are running a two-day online summit for filmmakers, screenwriters, actors... anyone who is tired of waiting for someone else to greenlight, and wants to take charge of THEIR destiny. You can watch the whole thing and pay what you can afford.

Back-to-back one-hour sessions with working filmmakers on getting a film financed, shot, finished and seen. Plus live chat with others in the same boat - find your collaborators. Sessions and speakers are being added now.

What will you get?

• Insight into HOW to get your film made in 2027

• Budget, schedule, finance, casting... we will go through it all

• Two full days CRAMMED with experience, passion, expertise and NEXT STEPS

• Live chat, so you can meet other filmmakers while you watch

• Watch on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet

• Replays to watch again until 6 December 2027

The Summit Beatsheet

Make: Finance + Production

How do you get a film made on the money you can actually raise?

• Raising the first £100k: private investors, tax relief and crowdfunding that closes

• What a micro-budget feature really costs, line by line

• Shooting fast without the film looking cheap

• AI and new kit: what saves money now, and what doesn't yet

• Attaching cast on an indie budget

• Packaging a project so financiers say yes

Distribute: Festivals + Sales + Streaming

Who will see it, and who will pay for it?

• Festival strategy: where to premiere, and where not to bother

• Sales agents and distributors: what the deals really say

• Self-distribution: YouTube, TVOD, AVOD and FAST channels

• What streamers and broadcasters are buying right now

• Deliverables that won't sink your sale

• Building an audience before you shoot

Career: Next Film + Reputation

How does one film become a career?

• Turning a festival run into meetings

• Agents and managers, and when you actually need one

• Pitching the second film while the first is still out

• Making a living between projects

• Short to feature, feature to series

• The network that keeps you working

Speakers include

Kirk Jones (I SWEAR case study), Ted Hope, Kate Beecroft, Ben Wheatley, Amy Heckerling, Wendy Mitchell, Mynette Louie and Olive Nwosu, hosted by Chris Jones and Bob Schultz. More speakers are being confirmed now.

Sat 5 Dec 2026 13:30 – 21:30 GMT and Sun 6 Dec 2026 13:45 – 22:30 GMT
Live online with replay until 6 December 2027 · Pay what you like