South by Southwest on Tuesday announced the first wave of its world film program and keynote speakers for SXSW London, taking place June 1-6.
The event’s Screen Festival, which features notable talent and executives from film and TV discussing their work and the future of screen storytelling, will include multi-BAFTA and award-winning actress, writer, producer and director Sharon Horgan; award-winning screenwriter and producer Russell T Davies; and Tom Quinn, founder of Oscar-winning U.S. independent film company Neon.
Horgan is best known as the creator, co-writer, executive producer and star of the series Bad Sisters, which has earned multiple BAFTAs, Emmy nominations, and international awards. She also co-created the hit comedy Motherland and executive produces its spinoff, Amandaland. Horgan also recently signed a two-year first-look with HBO, launching with original comedy series Youth, written and executive produced by Horgan, who will also star as a 50-year-old divorcee in a
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