Lockdown
Film School
A new series of live-streamed Q&As set every Sunday from 5-6 p.m. ET on Zoom.
Add to CalendarSeventh Row will place two artists from the same field in conversation with each other.
Programming at a glance
Sundays, 5-6 p.m. ET
August 9 at 3 p.m. ET: Mike Leigh on directing
August 16: Kazik Radwanski and Sofia Bohdanowicz on directing
August 23: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn, Amy Nostbakken, and Norah Sadava
With #LockdownFilmSchool, we’re trying to connect the film community during trying times, while also highlighting the work of some of our favourite film artists. The “school” will convene every Sunday, and beforehand we’ll send you “homework” (a watchlist of amazing movies).
How Lockdown Film School Works
You sign up (it’s completely free), then each Sunday at 5pm ET, we’ll invite you to an hour-long Zoom call. There, we will facilitate a discussion between two brilliant filmmakers in the same field, and you can ask them questions in real time.
Upcoming Events
August 9 at 3 p.m. ET: Mike Leigh on directing
Mike Leigh is a multi-Oscar-nominated writer-director, perhaps best known for his Palme D’Or winner Secrets & Lies, BAFTA-winner Vera Drake, and most recently, Mr Turner and Peterloo. After studying acting at RADA in the 1960s, he quickly switched to film school, before beginning to devise and direct his own plays. He would later adapt some of these plays for the screen for the BBC’s Play for a Day program. His films are regulars at the Croisette, regularly picking up awards for his actors, like David Thewlis in Naked and Timothy Spall in Mr Turner, as well as for his own direction. He’s one of our great working directors, and has already won Lifetime Achievement Awards, including from the Gotham Awards, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Odesa International Film Festival.
August 16 at 5 p.m. ET: Sofia Bohdanowicz and Kazik Radwanski on directing
August 23 at 5 p.m. ET: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn, Amy Nostbakken, and Norah Sadava on collaboration
Past events
FAQs
Sign up for the lockdown film school, and we’ll send you a link to join the live stream.
Yes! A recording will be available on the Seventh Row YouTube channel after the fact. We’ll link to all of them from this page under the “Past Events” section.
You can email us your questions in advance at contact [at] seventh-row [dot] com or tweet us @SeventhRow. We’ll also be accepting questions live in response to the facilitated discussion so you can ask questions during the livestream, too.
The live streams are absolutely free!
We have guests booked until the end of July, and we plan to continue until at least the end of August.
We would love this! You can buy one of our ebooks, sign up for our book club, or set up a donation. We would be grateful for any help you can provide!