Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We were delighted to be joined by CineQ's Rico Johnson-Sinclair and Africa in Motion's Liz Chege for this Young Film Programmers Industry Session.
These sessions are designed to give our Young Film Programmers and others the opportunity to talk directly to people working in the film exhibition sector, addressing different aspects of programming with a range of experts from across the industry.
Recorded on Thursday 22 March 2021.
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In this session, our guest interviewer Liz Chege (Director, Africa in Motion Film Festival) spoke to Rico about the ways in which you can make programming choices that support black makers, curators and audiences through anti-racism across the year - not just as part of a one-off special event or festival.
As well as his work with The New Black Film Collective and his role as Director of CineQ, Birmingham’s Queer Film Festival that prioritises Queer and Trans People of Colour, most recently Rico was appointed the Race Equality Lead for the BFI.
Outside of programming and exhibition, Rico consults with organisations around events that focus on Inclusion and Diversity. He is currently the Festival Manager of SHOUT Festival, Birmingham's Queer Arts and Culture Festival offering a mix of dance, music, theatre, live art, visual arts and film, and has previously worked for organisations such as Coventry City of Culture, Flatpack Film Festival and Film Hub Midlands. He recently produced the BFI NETWORK-backed film, Sweet Mother, written and directed by Zena Igbe exploring the themes of race and sexuality through the lens of cultural ostracisation.
Liz Chege is a film programmer, critic and curator. She is a Berlinale Talent alumni and founding member of Come the Revolution, a collective of creatives and curators committed to exploring Black life, experience and cultural expression through cinema. She was the programme producer of British Council's "No Direct Flight" at British Film Institute's Southbank, a cross-media exploration of global African diaspora moving-image makers that explored how the digital world has shaped culture and aesthetics and has curated programmes for international festivals. She also worked as a freelance marketing specialist for filmmakers and distributors most notably, BAFTA winner Bait (2019) by Cornish director Mark Jenkin. Recently, she has been appointed as festival director of Africa in Motion Festival.
If you are a Young Film Programmer in the South East then you can join our Facebook group here: facebook.com/groups/fhseyoungfilmprogrammers/?source_id=202648986585987
#FilmHubSouthEast #YoungFilmProgrammers
We were delighted to be joined by CineQ's Rico Johnson-Sinclair and Africa in Motion's Liz Chege for this Young Film Programmers Industry Session.
These sessions are designed to give our Young Film Programmers and others the opportunity to talk directly to people working in the film exhibition sector, addressing different aspects of programming with a range of experts from across the industry.
Recorded on Thursday 22 March 2021.
Subscribe to ICO YouTube here: bit.ly/ICOSubscribe
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In this session, our guest interviewer Liz Chege (Director, Africa in Motion Film Festival) spoke to Rico about the ways in which you can make programming choices that support black makers, curators and audiences through anti-racism across the year - not just as part of a one-off special event or festival.
As well as his work with The New Black Film Collective and his role as Director of CineQ, Birmingham’s Queer Film Festival that prioritises Queer and Trans People of Colour, most recently Rico was appointed the Race Equality Lead for the BFI.
Outside of programming and exhibition, Rico consults with organisations around events that focus on Inclusion and Diversity. He is currently the Festival Manager of SHOUT Festival, Birmingham's Queer Arts and Culture Festival offering a mix of dance, music, theatre, live art, visual arts and film, and has previously worked for organisations such as Coventry City of Culture, Flatpack Film Festival and Film Hub Midlands. He recently produced the BFI NETWORK-backed film, Sweet Mother, written and directed by Zena Igbe exploring the themes of race and sexuality through the lens of cultural ostracisation.
Liz Chege is a film programmer, critic and curator. She is a Berlinale Talent alumni and founding member of Come the Revolution, a collective of creatives and curators committed to exploring Black life, experience and cultural expression through cinema. She was the programme producer of British Council's "No Direct Flight" at British Film Institute's Southbank, a cross-media exploration of global African diaspora moving-image makers that explored how the digital world has shaped culture and aesthetics and has curated programmes for international festivals. She also worked as a freelance marketing specialist for filmmakers and distributors most notably, BAFTA winner Bait (2019) by Cornish director Mark Jenkin. Recently, she has been appointed as festival director of Africa in Motion Festival.
If you are a Young Film Programmer in the South East then you can join our Facebook group here: facebook.com/groups/fhseyoungfilmprogrammers/?source_id=202648986585987
#FilmHubSouthEast #YoungFilmProgrammers
