Name: Learn Something, Get angry, Have a Good Time: The Direct, Creative Distribution of Your Fat Friend
Start: 2026-07-01T20:00:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-07-01T21:30:00.000+01:00
Location: Online Event

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Jeanie Finlay

Amid widespread uncertainty in the independent film industry Glimmerama founders - artist & filmmaker 

 and head of business affairs & creative producer 

 - offer an online, image- laden, powerful case-study in resilience and tenacity.

Designed to provide inspiration for your projects, the case study will detail the direct, creative approach they took to connecting with audiences, sparking conversations and making meaningful change while distributing their feature documentary Your Fat Friend.

Inspired by the life and work of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon, Your fat Friend defied the odds and industry expectations to forge deep 

meaningful connections with audiences around the world

This wasn't just creative & critical success, it translated into box office, becoming the 

#1 theatrical documentary at the UK Box Office

 in its week of release, the #1 film on Curzon at Home and the most successful film on Jolt, ever.

The release of Your Fat Friend initiated conversations about anti-fat bias in the places where it is most keenly felt - from the home and workplace, to doctor’s offices and airplanes.

“The session blew all our minds... incredible - informative and unmistakably serious.”

SAM WIDDOES - Entertainment attorney and producer