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BroadView’s Gemma helps lead London Film Festival.
Tuesday March 16th 10
BroadView’s Gemma Mitchell has been appointed the Festival Producer at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFF) in April. It’s an important Festival which will feature award winning British and international films and always unearths undiscovered talent.
Gemma’s role couldn’t be more important: she’s responsible for film selection. Knowing how competent she is at managing our productions gives us great confidence in how she’ll manage theirs!
The festival launches with 2008 LIFF winner Jan Dunn’s film The Calling with a stellar British cast, led by Academy Award nominees Brenda Blethyn and Susannah York and BAFTA winning actress Rita Tushingham. Then there are 12 days of exciting short films, features, independent classics, celebrity talks and workshops
Over the next couple of months Gemma will be spending most of her spare time viewing films, managing volunteer teams, co-ordinating jury verdicts and short list over 700 short films and feature films. She has played a big part in ramping up the festival this year. From using her commercial skills to re-write the mission statement and set KPI's, maximising publicity working closely with the Works PR team, getting their social networks all fired up and launching the first ever London Independent Filmmakers' Fair.
Gemma says, "I find my job helps the festival with my commercial ability to organise and take the long view and my festival work inspires my creatively in my job. I'm glad that I work for a company who endorse and support my personal passions for film and storytelling and allow me to manage the festival business within my work time."
Because of our support for Gemma in this BroadView is a sponsor of the Festival.
Gemma has a real passion for film making and storytelling. She co-produced a HD split screen short film last year entitled "I'd rather have a memory than a dream" with her director partner Matt Strachan which is currently doing the festival circuit. This year they have licensed 2 published short stories which they intend to produce by the end of the year.
If you too have a passion for storytelling and British filmmaking talent, check it out. Maybe we’ll see you there.
The London Independent Film Festival takes place from April 15th to 27th. For more information goto www.londonindependent.org, the London Independent Film Festival on Facebook or LondonIFF on Twitter.
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