Still buzzing from last weeks #homegrownfest23 all led by young ppls ideas, projects, passions & interests. Massive shout out to the amazing team behind it lead by @ChristieHill_ & @Ramdom_96 & to trustees @SaraLApps@MalikGul for reprezenting! Gorgeous photos by James Allan
📢 HUGE NEWS KLAXON 📢
We are ECSTATIC to announce Keisha Thompson as our new Artistic Director and CEO - the first Black woman, Mancunian and, at 32, the youngest person to run Contact! 👑
Read about Keisha’s appointment and history with Contact here: https://t.co/RagD7zPePu
every single year there's unnecessary *discourse* about people sharing their end-of-year achievements online and how it "might affect others" and i'm gonna need people to get a grip.
@voidsknj Loool really! 😂 yeah I was literally talking about it today. ENFP is like the introverted extrovert and INFP the opposite. We generally like people and being social more than other types ✌🏿
@voidsknj @biebberrsguk That's my siiiiiign! Tbf INFP's are known to be the most extroverted introverts and we're most similar to our extroverted counterparts so makes sense...
TOMORROW! As part of the #LFF for Free programme, we’re inviting you to Afro-Futures, the premiere screening & panel discussion of a newly commissioned film by four Black creatives with different art forms🎬🎼📷📝✂
Sun 17 Oct | 1 | BFI Southbank | Free🎟️
https://t.co/tepdIa1D7O
Introducing our Afro-Futures Chair @rambochi🚀🎤
Ramatoulie is one of the #BFIFilmAcademy Young Programmers behind Afro-Futures; a writer and podcaster, she explores storytelling through both film and theatre, looking for new ways of centering diverse Black stories.
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Want some serious no-budget #filmspo?
Pop on over to Fiver Flicks tomorrow @ #LFF to watch BRAND NEW shorts from @emmanuelgician, @JessChowdhury & @LunaCarmoon - each made on a budget of just a fiver ✨
Sun 10 Oct | 2pm | BFI Southbank | Free
https://t.co/qtNLiAW3ti
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Their work highlights issues of identity, gender, sexuality, family & community.
🍿See the full SCENE schedule below!
(Don’t worry there are half an hour breaks in between each interview, plenty of time for toilet & snack breaks!)
See you over on IG 👋
Imposter syndrome really robs you of so many moments. I'll do the coolest thing ever and instead of celebrating myself I'm immediately underselling the moment or jumping into the next thing in the hopes that my confidence will find itself in the process🤦🏿♀️
Introducing our Afro-Futures sound artist...Xana💫🚀🎼
Currently working on Glamrou: From Quran to Queer at Soho Theatre and Sundown Kiki at Young Vic, Xana is an multidisciplinary sound artist and Afrofuturist enthusiast who co-organised ‘‘Afrotech Fest’
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