05/11/2013 - Clare Stewart and Kate Gerova amongst representatives of venues across the city

Film London has announced the members of its Film Hub London advisory panel. Part of the nationwide British Film Institute (BFI) Film Audience Network, Film Hub London’s objective is to ensure that cinema activities are available to all Londoners, with a focus on widening participation in those areas currently underserved. To achieve these aims, the Hub will provide members with training as well as a range of initiatives, which outreach to new audiences or champion specialised cinema.

Panel members are Stuart Boreman from multiplex chain Vue Entertainment, Clare Binns from Picturehouse Cinemas and Tyrone Walker-Hebborn, from the independent cinema Genesis, Lesley Jones from the Barbican Centre, Clare Stewart (photo) from BFI Southbank and the BFI London Film Festival, Kate Gerova from Bird’s Eye View Film Festival, Jim Dummett from film event outfit The Lost Picture Show, Pricilla Igwe from film collective The New Black and Rachel Wang from social filmmaking enterprise Chocolate Films.  Head of Culture Justine Simons will represent the Mayor of London. Also on the panel will be a representative from Film London’s Audience Development Sub-Committee, alternating between Soda Pictures’ Edward Fletcher and Target Media’s Robert Wilkerson, and Anna Kime, Film London’s Acting Head of Film Culture.

Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, who will chair the Panel said, “Our ambition is to ensure as many Londoners as possible can engage with film in all its diversity, which we hope to achieve through the Hub and the excellent and experienced representatives on the advisory panel.”