{"title": "Once Upon a Time in Production: A Masterclass with Jacques Bidou", "start": "2026-11-20T14:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T17:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square", "address": "43 Gordon Square, WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film"], "description": "A masterclass titled Once Upon a Time in Production: A Masterclass with Jacques Bidou, held at Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square. Jacques Bidou, one of France's most renowned and risk-taking film producers, will discuss trends in independent production past and present, illustrated with extracts from his films. Over four decades he has delivered more than 30 award-winning features and 70 documentaries, working with directors from over 25 countries alongside his co-production partner Marianne Dumoulin. Chaired by Holly Aylett, the session covers building relationships between filmmakers and their projects, making impossible budgets add up, and handling the backstage deals that carry an international production to the screen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/once-upon-a-time-in-production-a-masterclass-with-jacques-bi-80564/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/67392/once-upon-a-time-in-production-a-masterclass-with-jacques-bidou", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T14:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T17:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square", "address": "43 Gordon Square, WC1E 7HX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T20:30:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film \"Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness\", a tense drama in which Maryam, a 22-year-old woman who accidentally killed her 65-year-old husband and was sentenced to death, can only be saved if his daughter Mona publicly forgives her live on a hugely popular television show, forcing the two women to relive the past under the studio lights. It was made by Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, who won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at Sundance in 2020. The screening also launches Jacques Bidou's memoir \"Once Upon a Time in Production\", translated into English by Holly Aylett, about producing the film; Bidou, founder of JBA Production, will introduce the film and afterwards discuss the craft and politics of producing world cinema with Holly Aylett.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness-80565/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/67393/yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness-massoud-bakhshi-iran-2019", "image": ""}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "From £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["film"], "description": "French Film Festival London is a fortnight of French cinema at Ciné Lumière, with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. It is organised by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni and supported by partners including the Polish Cultural Institute London. The programme spans fiction, documentaries and animation by emerging and established directors, with UK premieres, restored classics and Q&As with guests such as Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson. There is also a partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival and films for families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-36674/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e08248ccac581c6a578b415384ceefd17d61d0f72f1eabf96ea67c997ed8909-2000.webp"}, {"title": "John Berger at 100 | Film: \"Once Upon a Time\" & \"A Telling Eye\" | Mike Dibb", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "place": "Newington Green Unitarian Church", "address": "Newington Green 39A, N16 9PR London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "literature/biography"], "description": "A very rare screening of two documentaries about the writer John Berger, followed by a conversation between filmmaker Mike Dibb and writer and producer Gareth Evans. \"Once Upon a Time\" (52 mins) is a meditation on our experience of time, filmed in and around Berger's house in France, with time-centred stories read by Berger himself. \"A Telling Eye\" (60 mins) is a survey television overview of Berger's work across all media, featuring interviews with Berger, collaborators and commentators. The evening is part of the John Berger at 100 film and event series, marking the centenary of the author of more than 60 books.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/john-berger-at-100-film-once-upon-a-time-a-telling-eye-mike-63625/", "official_url": "https://www.new-unity.org/whatson/2026/11/18/jb-100-dibb", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e1f6cca91bbc14fa36213113844309d00014076bb601327bb5aa27051c9dd2c-600.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London is a fortnight of cinema at Ciné Lumière with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. 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Screenings take place at Ciné Lumière, the home of French cinema in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-74235/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London 2026 is a fortnight of cinema with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings at Ciné Lumière. It is organised by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and explores the breadth of voices in French cinema, from emerging and established directors, through fiction, documentaries, animation and restored classics. The programme includes many UK premieres, films such as Minotaur, a new partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival, and guests including Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-2026-74199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "What Makes Great Drama Great? - A screenwriting masterclass with Eleanor Greene", "start": "2026-11-14T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Library", "address": "St James's Square 14, SW1Y 4LG London", "price": "From £60", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["film/screenwriting"], "description": "A masterclass on what makes successful drama work, held in person in the New Room at The London Library. It is led by Eleanor Greene, a BAFTA-nominated, award-winning executive producer and script editor with over 25 years developing and producing scripted TV and film. The morning session examines key elements of great storytelling through successful shows and films, while the afternoon offers hands-on exercises on dialogue, exposition, subtext and series construction. Attendees leave with a framework they can apply immediately and tea, coffee and a lunch break provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-makes-great-drama-great-a-screenwriting-masterclass-wit-39397/", "official_url": "https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/what-makes-great-drama-great-screenwriting-masterclass-eleanor-greene", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d4e813bc49b421631f5580b55c32bb0e3273b74de336bb4091667902b7a81365-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Photographers Make Their Own Movies!", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "An exhibition of large-format analogue portraits made by photography students from ENS Louis-Lumière, shown in the Salons of the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre at 13 Cromwell Place, London. Since 1999 the students have photographed image professionals with large-format cameras, black drapes and sheet film, building an archive of over 1,500 portraits of leading figures in photography and cinema over 27 years. Presented for the French Film Festival London, the centenary of ENS Louis-Lumière and the bicentenary of photography, the selection shows portraits that playfully nod to the world of cinema. Using cinematic lighting, posing and framing, the photographers invite viewers to imagine stories, while some subjects turn the session into a performance of its own.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/photographers-make-their-own-movies-114199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/__trashed-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/36d9088b8563a310111b04700937434f3af9a59544d2ae1a4daa2c0e70457556-2000.webp"}]}