Hastings Rocks Film Festival: In Conversation with David Quantick

David Quantick is coming to The Printworks on Saturday 31 October for a Script Club session, part of the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival. It's a conversation rather than a screening, so the focus is on the writing side of things: Quantick will be talking through his screenplays, the process of getting them onto the page, and the work that goes into them. If you've ever wondered how a script actually comes together, this is the session to sit in on.

Quantick is an Emmy-winning writer, and he's one of the festival's special guests this year, alongside Franny Armstrong. The session is billed as a Script Club, which usually means a look at the craft of writing rather than just a general Q&A about his career. If you're into the mechanics of storytelling, that's the bit to keep in mind.

It's all part of the fifth edition of the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival, which is running across three venues in town: The Printworks, The Observer Building and Electric Palace Cinema. The full programme screens 66 films, pairing gritty fiction with hard-hitting documentaries that tackle real-world social issues, alongside a strand of horror and works from Palestine, Iran and across the Middle East. There's also a focus on local and coastal cinema, so it's a broad mix of international and home-grown film.

Quantick's session starts at 14:00 on Saturday 31 October at The Printworks, and tickets are £12.00.