Art of the film editor celebrated with festival at Curzon Goldsmiths

A special season of screenings and Q&As at Goldsmiths, University of London will mark the 50th anniversary of the Guild of British Film and Television Editors (GBFTE) this May.

The Edit Film Festival will celebrate the art and skill of the editor with a week of special programming from Monday 16 May 2016 at Curzon Goldsmiths, the new cinema at Goldsmiths.

Open to the public as well as GBFTE members, the celebrations will focus on a selection of films which are noted for their outstanding editing.

A Q&A with the film’s editor will follow each screening – while two panel discussions will also be held.

The week will finish on Thursday 19 May 2016 with a drinks reception to mark five decades of the GBFTE.

The programme for the week is:

6.15pm, Monday 16 May 2016
High Spirits
Followed by Q&A with the film’s editor Michael Bradsell

6.15pm, Tuesday 17 May 2016
Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation
Followed by Q&A with the film’s editor Eddie Hamilton

6.15pm, Wednesday 18 May 2016
The Act of Killing
Followed by Q&A with the film’s editor Professor Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas from the Screen School at the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths.

6.15pm, Thursday 19 May
BAFTA nominated shorts 2016
Followed by drinks reception to celebrate 50 years of the GBFTE. This ticketed event is for GBFTE members and students only. 

Tickets for the screenings can be booked at www.curzongoldsmiths.com.

The free panel discussions will be held in the Curzon Goldsmiths cinema. 

4pm, Tuesday 17 May
Collaborative Editing panel discussion chaired by writer and broadcaster Paul Kenyon. On the panel will be Joao Nunes, Adam Richardson, Renee Edwards, Gary Beelders and Andy Kemp. Between them the panel have cut more than 1,000 hours of broadcast television. The discussion will focus on the increasing use of collaborative editing, the reasons behind its rise and the how it can be a force for good. 

4pm, Wednesday 18 May
Assisting Editing panel discussion chaired by Alan Miller. Panellists include Peter Lambert, editor of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fiona DeSouza, whose work includes assisting on Paddington and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights and Inigo Manby, as assistant editor with wide experience in TV drama and features documentaries. 

Tickets for both events can be booked at EventBrite.

StJohn O'Rorke, Chair of the Board of Governors, GBFTE, said: “This programme of events gives the GBFTE an opportunity to reveal insights and ideas from some of the best practitioners of the complex discipline that stands at the heart of the film-making process and is an absolutely essential part of visual story telling.

“The methods may change, but do the thought processes? 50 years is a long time, and with events like these we could easily reach our centenary.

"The season also marks the beginning of a new collaboration between Goldsmiths and the GBFTE."

This partnership will see members of the GBFTE editors mentoring MA Editing students at the Screen School in the Department for Media and Communications.

Professor Sue Clayton, Director of the Screen School, said: "We at the Screen School and across Goldsmiths are keen to further develop our relations with the media industries, and increase our understanding of such key disciplines as film and television editing.  

"We are hugely grateful that GBFTE members are also going to be advising and mentoring our students.  

"In turn, we hope GBFTE members benefit from meeting and debating with us at our new the state-of-the art cinema Curzon Goldsmiths - and that this exciting new collaboration flourishes further over the coming years."