The 1st Insight Festival Lecture given by Frank Cottrell Boyce

credit: BAFTA/Jay Brooks

Special Effect: The joy and pain of having a counter-cultural set of beliefs.

The first Insight Festival Lecture will be delivered by acclaimed screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce. Frank has chosen to speak under the title Special Effect: The joy and pain of having a counter-cultural set of beliefs.

Speaking as a practising Roman Catholic, and from his years of work in the UK media scene, Frank will talk about the process of screenwriting, challenging and provoking all those interested in film and the contemporary cultural landscape whatever their individual approach or background to faith.

Frank’s prolific career has embraced writing for established UK soap operas Brookside and Coronation Street in the late 1980s. He has worked with directors including Danny Boyle, Alex Cox, Julien Temple and Michael Winterbottom, with whom he’s made seven films including 24 Hour Party People, A Cock And Bull Story and Welcome To Sarajevo. He has been called ‘one of the few truly inventive modern-day screenwriters.’

Discussion provoked by the lecture will begin with a question and answer session and continue around the world through the Insight Festival website.

Saturday 3 December 2011

5.00 p.m