Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Leeds International Film Festival screendance competition, the symposium gathers artists and enthusiasts to see favourite films from the last decade, to meet and connect with others from the screendance community and beyond. Come and discover the exciting world of this burgeoning international film genre.
Agenda
7 November 18:00 - 20:00
Screening showing a brilliant selection of films from the ten years of the Leeds International Film Festival Screendance Competition!
Plus artist Q+A
LSA G11 Cinema, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University
8 November 10:00 - 14:00
All makers, artists, educators, programmers, students, curators, researchers working in or near the field of screendance are warmly welcomed. Bring your questions and anything you want to explore. The meeting will be facilitated by Gitta Wigro, an independent screendance programmer and educator based in the UK.
- 10:00 -10:30: Registration and coffee - LSA upper ground foyer
- 10:30 - 11:00: Introductions and agenda setting
- 11:00 - 13:00: Open space discussions
- 13:00 - 14:00: Plenary and closing
Leeds School of Arts, Portland Way, LS1
8 November 15:00 - 17:00
Screening showing a brilliant selection of films from the ten years of the Leeds International Film Festival Screendance Competition!
Plus artist Q+A
LSA G11 Cinema, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University
Andy Wood is a Senior Lecturer at Northern Film School, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University. Programmer for Leeds International Film Festival and organiser of the screendance competition for Short Film City, he is a creator of dance-films screened at international film festivals, galleries, shopping malls and public buildings. He is also a curator of dance film screenings of international artists' work, and facilitator of screendance workshops in the UK and abroad. He collaborates on international screendance festival panels.