BFI London Film Festival 2025 • 12th October 2025

Soft Boys and Sad Girls: Vulnerability on Screen

Panel host of this LFF for Free event. Speaking with Aaron Muldoon, Halima Jabril & Iana Murray.

BFI • 27th May 2025

Meet the Woman with a Movie Camera summit team | BFI Behind the Scenes

A BTS look at the WWAMC summit that I produce and co-programme

BFI • 8th March 2025

Céline Sciamma on Chantal Akerman | BFI in Conversation

BFI • 8th March 2025

Laura Mulvey on Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | BFI

BFI • 12th February 2025

Bong Joon Ho on Mickey 17, Parasite, Okja and his career to date | BFI in Conversation

Big Smoke, Big Screen: 20 Film Writers on London & Cinema • 10th December 2024

Big Smoke, Big Screen: 20 Film Writers on London & Cinema

Featured writer in the new WeLoveCinema book on London and film.

BFI • 8th December 2024

Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent and Richard Eyre on Iris | BFI Q&A

BFI • 5th December 2024

Diane Morgan and Charlie Brooker on Cunk on Life | BFI Q&A

BFI • 27th November 2024

Robert Eggers - director of Nosferatu, The Northman, The Lighthouse - in Conversation | BFI

Approaching the Eerie: Glint and other stories • 31st October 2024

Approaching the Eerie: Glint and other stories

Hosted the post-screening discussion with directors Sayna Fardaraghi, Mimi Koku, Helena Coan about their films, the uncanny and girlhood.

BFI London Film Festival 2024 • 20th October 2024

What it Feels Like for a Girl: Depictions of Girlhood in Film

A panel of speakers discuss the nuances of portraying girlhood on screen, dissecting some of the best-known examples and looking towards future representations.

BFI • 28th August 2024

Persona + introduction by Lilia Pavin-Franks

A written version of the introduction I gave to a screening of Persona at the BFI on 28th August 2024.

BFI • 24th August 2024

D.E.B.S. director Angela Robinson | BFI Q&A

D.E.B.S. director Angela Robinson Zooms into BFI Southbank to talk with programmer Grace Barber-Plentie about her sapphic spy comedy.

BFI • 24th August 2024

D.E.B.S. 20th Anniversary panel discussion | BFI Q&A

A panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of Angela Robinson's sapphic spy comedy D.E.B.S. Hosted by event co-programmer Lilia Pavin-Franks (she/her) and featuring writer-curator Siavash Minoukadeh (he/they) and writer-curator Cici Peng (she/her).

BFI • 18th August 2024

Pinocchio director Guillermo del Toro on the joy of hand-crafted animation | BFI in Conversation

BFI • 3rd July 2024

Griffin Dunne in Conversation | BFI

BFI • 31st January 2024

Yorgos Lanthimos in Conversation | BFI

Is Paul Dano OK? Podcast • 29th January 2024

Is Paul Dano OK?: Beautiful Creatures (with Lilia Pavin Franks)

Matt and Daryl are joined by events coordinator at the British Film Institute, Lilia Pavin-Franks, to discuss a bit of a Weisz deep cut, Beautiful Creatires (2000).

BFI • 16th January 2024

Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Alexander Payne on The Holdovers | BFI Q&A

BFI • 9th December 2023

Sofia Coppola on Priscilla, Lost in Translation and her filmmaking career | BFI in conversation