Fan­cy win­ning a neon sign used in The Sou­venir Part 2?

With the death toll in Pales­tine now stand­ing at over 40,000 and sad­ly set to increase as famine takes hold across the coun­try, the need for med­ical aid has nev­er been more urgent. A group of UK film pro­fes­sion­als have come togeth­er to raise mon­ey for Med­ical Aid for Pales­tini­ans (MAP) – a char­i­ty doing vital work to bring aid to those in need – via a film-themed char­i­ty auc­tion.

Our very own beloved LWLies fam­i­ly mem­bers Leila Latif and Sophie Monks Kauf­man, along with author and crit­ic Han­na Ines Flint, film­mak­er Julia Jack­man and pro­duc­er Helen Sim­mons have raid­ed their con­tact books and con­vinced some of the biggest names in the indus­try to dig deep into their pock­ets, offer­ing up some once-in-a-life­time prizes, from a cup of tea on Zoom with Paa­pa Essiedu to a meet­ing with Louis Ther­oux.

One of the most excit­ing lots that we’ll be emp­ty­ing out our pig­gy bank for is a neon sign as used in Joan­na Hogg’s The Sou­venir Part 2 – here’s your chance to be a part of UK cult film his­to­ry! If you’d pre­fer some­thing oth­er than ambi­ent light­ing, per­haps you fan­cy a Zoom with Joseph Quinn? The orig­i­nal poster from Abigail’s Par­ty​‘s run at Hamp­stead The­atre? Exclu­sive Doc­tor Who swag? How about tick­ets to see Bri­an Cox in Long Day’s Jour­ney Into Night, fol­lowed by a swift half in the bar? A suite of signed posters from Jonathan Glazer’s sub­lime Zone of Inter­est? Josh O’Connor’s secret to the per­fect bowl of por­ridge? These are just some of the prizes up for grabs as the auc­tion opens.

Run­ning until mid­night on Fri­day 12^th April 2024, the auc­tion sees film­mak­ers, actors, crit­ics, screen­writ­ers, com­posers and pro­duc­ers all band togeth­er to sup­port Pales­tine. If you don’t quite have the cash to slap a bid down for a por­trait tak­en by the incom­pa­ra­ble Mis­an Har­ri­man, you can get your mitts on lots from friends of LWLies includ­ing Mark Asch, Anna Bogut­skaya, Ellen E. Jones, Ella Kemp, the Ghi­b­lio­theque Pod­cast, and our very own Han­nah Strong.

If you’d pre­fer to just donate a wad of cash to a very good cause, you can do that too. All pro­ceeds from the auc­tion will go to MAP, who pro­vide des­per­ate­ly need­ed aid on the ground in Palestine.