2023 Screen Fringe Programme of Events
STRAND 1 – Screen Fringe @ Fringe Central Artist Hub (Open to Fringe artists)
Talking TV with Mam Tor and BBC Writersroom
Date: 17 August 2023 2pm - 3pm BST
Venue: Fringe Central: Artist Hub
Location: 7 Victoria Terrace, above, Victoria St, Edinburgh EH1 2JL
Join Morven Reid (Head of Development, Mam Tor) and Stephanie Fyfe (Commissioning Executive, BBC Drama) for an informal conversation about the skills for captivating television executives, insider insights on pitching your ideas for TV, and answers on how to best approach that first ‘general’ meeting.
Please follow the link to RSVP: https://connect.edfringe.com/networks/events/119078
Talking Pictures with Young Films and BBC Film
Date: 18 August 2023 2pm - 3pm
Venue: Fringe Central: Artist Hub
Location: 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1, UK
Join film producer Chris Young (Young Films) and Development Executive Alice Ojha (BBC Film) for an informal conversation for theatre makers interested in bringing their stories to the big screen. Come for invaluable insights and practical advice on how to develop your ideas for screen, and how to prepare for first meetings with producers and development executives.
Please follow the link to RSVP: https://connect.edfringe.com/networks/events/119480
Adapting a Fringe play for the screen with Kieran Hurley
Date: 21 August 2023 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Venue: Fringe Central: Artist Hub
Location: 7 Victoria Terrace, above, Victoria St, Edinburgh EH1, UK
Join playwright and screenwriter Kieran Hurley in a workshop that demystifies the process of adapting an Edinburgh Fringe stage play into a screenplay. Gain invaluable insights and practical advice from a storyteller who adapted his own 2012 Edinburgh Fringe sensation BEATS into an explosive movie experience, released to wide acclaim in 2019.
Please follow the link to RSVP: https://connect.edfringe.com/networks/events/119080
STRAND 2 – Screen Fringe Presents: Breakfast, Brunch & Dinner (Open to Screen Fringe delegates by invitation only)
Breakfast Bites & Show Insights
Date: 21 August
By invitation only
Nicôle Lecky (BAFTA-winner for Mood) & Richard Gadd (Olivier-winner for Baby Reindeer)
Date: 22 August
By invitation only
Screen Fringe x BAFTA Connect: Stage and Screen Reception
Date: 24 August
By invitation only