About Adrian Wootton A former Director of the London Film Festival, British Film Institute and the UK’s National Film Theatre, Adrian Wootton is CEO of Film London and The British Film Commission, Director of the Crime Scene Festival, and a program advisor to the Venice Film Festival, London Film Festival and Italy’s Courmayeur Noir Fest.
Wootton Talks Shakespeare: From Silent To Sound: Shakespeare on Screen (August 9, 11:00am) From Silent to Sound, Western to Musical, British Cinema to Bollywood and everything in between, filmmakers have constantly renewed the populist link between Shakespeare and audiences, making new versions of Shakespeare’s works with contemporary connections that ensure the bard’s stories, characters and themes remain living, breathing touchstones in our culture, life and societies. With a diverse range of clips and slides, Adrian Wootton chronicles the diverse history, classic movies, major film and great filmmakers from around the world who have adapted Shakespeare from 1899 to the present day. This session is followed by a special screening of the BBC Arena/Film London documentary All The World’s A Screen: Shakespeare on Film (UK, 2016; Dir: David Thompson; Wr/Pr: Adrian Wootton & David Thompson; 60 mins).
Wootton Talks Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier: A Life in Shakespeare (August 7, 5:00pm) From school productions of Shakespeare, to early success on the London stage (with the likes of a celebrated 1935 production of Romeo & Juliet alongside John Gielgud), to worldwide acclaim with his trio of Shakespeare films as actor-director (1944’s Henry V, 1948’s Hamlet, 1955’s Richard III), to his final Shakespearian performance in a 1983 TV production of King Lear, legendary British actor-director Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was arguably the 20th Century’s greatest portrayer of Shakespeare. With clips, slides, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories, Adrian Wootton traces Olivier’s amazing history and life-long obsession with performing and producing Shakespeare on stage and screen. This two-hour lecture will be followed by a special screening of the BBC Arena/Film London documentary All The World’s A Screen: Shakespeare on Film (UK, 2016; Dir: David Thompson; Wr/Pr: Adrian Wootton & David Thompson; 60 mins).
For your chance to win a double pass to either “Wootton Talks Shakespeare: From Silent To Sound: Shakespeare on Screen” or “Wootton Talks Shakespeare: Laurence Olivier: A Life in Shakespeare”, just let us know your favourite Shakespeare movie adaptation of all time, and which seminar you’d prefer to attend! Email your answer to
competitions@filmink.com.au, and please include your full name and postal address.
Entries close August 2.
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