BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZNAME:GMT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
DTSTART:19701025T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZNAME:BST
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
DTSTART:19700329T010000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:69d9df2a99e1c
DTSTAMP:20260411T054202Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250425T140000
TZID:Europe/London
SUMMARY:Sands 25: Curation in Practice
DESCRIPTION:Sands 25 invites students and industry professionals to come together for some very special conversations.    For students of film and industry professionals only    Programme    10.30am -- 11.00am: Coffee and registration  11.00am -- 11.45am: Opening conversation: Kim Yutani (Director of Programming, Sundance Film Festival) in conversation with Wendy Mitchell  11.45am -- 12.00pm: Coffee break  12.00pm -- 12.45am: Aspects of care: role, responsibilities and position of a curator    with Grainne Humphreys (Excecutive Director, Dublin International Film Festival), Indigo Korres (Director, Scottish Queer International Film Festival), Rabih El-Khoury (Curator, Metropolis Association Lebanon, SAFAR Film Festival), Isabel Seguí (Lecturer, St Andrews), moderated by Finn Halligan (Executive Editor, Screen Daily).    The word curate comes from the Latin word Curare which means to take care of. This session will look at how care informs curatorial practice, and how this is incorporated into creating a programme and positioning it for audiences. During the session we will look at the key roles of curators, discussing the responsibilities within and beyond the context in which they are operating. It will look at the impact of positionality, space and representation upon belonging.    12.45 -- 1.15pm: Coffee + snacks  1.15pm -- 2.00pm: Demystifying festival strategies and practices  with Amman Abbasi (Yasmeen's Element), Jaie Laplante (Director, DOC NYC), Wendy Mitchell (Journalist and Film Curator), Kathleen McInnis (Marketing Producer and Strategic PR Publicist), moderated by Zac Ntim (International Film Reporter, Deadline)    Navigating film festivals can feel like cracking an elusive code --- how do films get selected? What are curators really looking for?    This conversation pulls back the curtain on festival strategies and practices, offering insights from industry insiders on programming trends, submission tactics, audience engagement, and the evolving role of festivals in today's cinematic landscape. Whether you're a filmmaker looking to refine your festival approach or a curator seeking to understand how selection processes are shifting, this session will equip you with practical knowledge to make the most of festival opportunities. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jpBS2qxqmoQTe1mhYYfGi59EzfTpwCJm8ualZlBs1_Y/viewform?edit_requested=true
LOCATION:Parliament Hall, 66 South Street, KY16 9QW, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
URL:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jpBS2qxqmoQTe1mhYYfGi59EzfTpwCJm8ualZlBs1_Y/viewform?edit_requested=true
End:VEVENT
End:VCALENDAR