Long Live Film Mags! Editors Roundtable

Celebrating our greatest film magazines, with insights from the editors in charge.

Credits

  • Total running time

    60min

Introduction

2024 saw the shuttering of Total Film, one of the UK’s longest-running and most beloved film magazines. With existential threats looming around every corner – from diminished advertising budgets to the rise of AI – how are magazines surviving and adapting in 2025 and beyond? This panel brings together the editors behind the UK’s crop of film specialist magazines to share insights into the current publishing landscape and how they are inspiring current and future generations of readers to delve deeper into film.

Speakers / panellists

  • David Jenkins, Editor in Chief, Little White Lies
  • Nick de Semlyen, Editor in Chief, Empire Magazine
  • Mike Williams, Editor in Chief, Sight and Sound

How to book

This event is free and open to those aged 15 and over.

Booking opens on Thursday 2 October at 10am.

Tickets for LFF for Free events are over-allocated to account for no-shows. Tickets do not guarantee entry and work on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Seating is unallocated unless otherwise stated.

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