| Previous Lunches 2022
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| January 28th |
David Parfitt
Oscar-winning film producer
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Producing the goods |
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| February 25th |
Paul Weston
Stuntman |
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| March 25th |
Allan Scott
Writer / Producer |
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| April 22nd |
Julia Stuart
Director of Original Films, Sky |
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| May 27th |
Sue Vertue
Producer
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Putting The Hart Into TV Success |
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| June 24th |
Mia Bays
Head of BFI Production Fund |
Tapping Into the UK’s biggest public film fund |
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| August 10th |
Caroline Bliss
Actress |
Brighton Away Day Lunch |
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| September 23rd |
Dave Bishop
CEO, Protagonist Pictures |
Sales, Distribution and Finance |
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| October 21st |
Mark Stay & Paddy Eason
Screenwriter & Visual Effects Producer |
Making mid-budget movies in the
studio system |
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| November 18th |
Daniel Battsek
Head of Film 4 |
Film 4 as a mini major |
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| December 14th |
Christmas Buffet Lunch |
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| Previous Lunches 2021
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| October 21st |
Steven Berkoff
Actor, Writer and Director
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Villainous Roles |
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| November 26th |
Phil Hunt
Executive Producer / Film Financier
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Finance and Sales |
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| Previous Lunches 2020
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| January 24th |
Britt Ekland
Actress |
Bond Girls Are Forever |
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| February 14th |
Alan O'Duffy
Sound recordist & Sound mixer |
Sound Advice! |
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| Previous Lunches 2019
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| January 18th |
Anna Higgs
Head of Entertainment Industry at Facebook |
How Social Media Is Driving Film, TV, Music & Publishing |
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| February 15th |
David Austin
Chief Executive British Board Of
Film Classification (BBFC) |
What the censor saw |
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| March 22nd |
Keith Hamshere
Stills photographer |
Movie stars through my lens |
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| April 12th |
Peter Macdonald
Director, Second Unit Director, Cinematographer & Producer |
Non-Stop Action |
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| June 7th |
Ben Cogan
Casting Director |
Talent Spotting |
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| June 28th |
Rocky Taylor
Stuntman |
Making stars look brave |
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August 22nd
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Brighton Away Day Lunch with guest
Jenny Hanley |
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| September 20th |
Angela Allen
Script Supervisor |
Keeping the continuity |
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| October 18th |
Christopher Moll Fund Advisor/Executive Producer Liverpool City Region Production Fund |
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| November 15th |
John Richardson
Oscar Winning Effects Supervisor
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Making Movie Magic |
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| December 11th |
Christmas Buffet Lunch |
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| Previous Lunches 2018
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| January 19th |
Dr Rebekah Louisa Smith
The Film Festival Doctor |
Festivals as a launch pad |
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| February 23rd |
Jay Sanghrajka
Tax Partner Price Bailey LLP |
Innovative Film Financing |
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| March 23rd |
Stuart Baird
Editor and Director |
From the cutting room floor |
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| April 20th |
Terence Clegg
Producer |
Producing the goods |
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| June 1st |
Jason Solomons
Film critic, broadcaster and author |
Critics, bloggers and their increasing influence |
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| June 29th |
Colin Miller
Sound Editor |
Designing Sound |
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August 16th
Brighton Away Day Lunch |
Michael Jayston
Actor |
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September 21st |
Andrew Boswell
Twickenham Studios |
Studio equity finance |
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| October 19th |
Olivier Kaempfer
Film London / Independent Producer |
Low budgets, big returns |
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| November 16th |
John Irvin
Director |
In the director's chair |
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| December 13th |
Christmas Networking Buffet
No guest speaker |
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| Previous Lunches 2017
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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January 20th |
Pete Johnson
CEO British Screen Advisory Council |
The shape of things to come |
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| February 24th |
Rebecca O’Brien
Producer |
Making Movies |
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| March 24th |
Dick Clement OBE
Writer |
The Written Word |
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April 28th |
Judy Cornwell
Actress |
Make ‘em laugh |
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June 2nd |
Virginia McKenna OBE
Actress and wildlife campaigner |
A Life Born Free |
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June 30th |
Yu-Fai Suen
MD, Pinewood Pictures |
Studio financing - British style |
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August 8th
Brighton Away Day |
Brian Capron
Actor |
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| September 22nd |
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Actor |
Playing it straight |
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| October 20th |
David Arnold
Composer |
Making Music: from James Bond to Little Britain |
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November 17th |
Lord Michael GradeTV and Entertainment Industry Legend
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A Life In Entertainment |
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| December 12th |
Christmas Networking Buffet Lunch
No speaker |
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| Previous Lunches 2016
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| January 22nd |
John Graydon
Saffrey Champness |
The new improved UK tax credit |
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| February 19th |
Paul Hitchcock
Producer & Former Head of International Production for Warner Bros |
From Pinewood to Hollywood |
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| March 18th |
Martin Myers
Miracle Communications |
Sales & Distribution in the Independent market place |
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| April 22nd |
John P Gleeson
Head of Media, Grant Thornton |
The new improved Irish tax incentive |
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May 27th |
Sally Joynson
Screen Yorkshire |
Free Money Up North! |
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June 24th |
Jean Diamond
Talent agent |
Everybody needs a name! |
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| August 11th |
Brighton Away Day Lunch
Raymond Allen |
Some Mothers Do Ave Em ! |
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September 23rd |
Dr. Jo Twist OBE
CEO of UKIE - The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment |
The UK Games Industry -
The Billion Dollar Business! |
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October 21st |
Brian Eastman
Film, TV and theatre producer |
Crossing the genres and mediums |
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| November 18th |
Pauline Burt
Ffilm Cymru Wales The Film Agency for Wales
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Production support and
finance in Wales |
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December 6th |
Annual Christmas Buffet Lunch |
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| Previous Lunches 2015
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| January 23rd |
Andrew Loveday
CEO, Carnaby International Sales & Distribution |
Finance, Sales & Distribution |
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| February 20th |
Miranda Fleming
Head of UK Film, Indiegogo |
The explosion in crowd funding |
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| March 4th |
Briefing Lunch - Kirsty Bell
Head Of Media, Nyman Libson Paul |
UK Film Tax Structuring and cash-flowing The Producer’s Tax Credit |
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| March 27th |
Richard Holmes
Senior Film Executive, Creative England |
What is Creative England? |
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| April 24th |
Ian Cartwright & David Kapur
Co-founders, ourscreen |
Cinema on demand |
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| May 29th |
Alan Tomkins
Art Director |
Recreating Sets For Stars And Wars |
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| June 26th |
Terry Bamber
Production Manager and Assistant Director |
From the front-line |
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| August 13th |
Brighton Away Day Lunch
Guest: Paul Weston, Stuntman |
Dodge the punches and hit the marks |
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| September 18th |
Billy Williams, OBE, BSC
Oscar-winning Cinematographer |
Through the viewfinder |
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| October 16th |
Mike Goodridge
CEO, Protagonist Pictures |
Film Sales |
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| November 20th |
John Glen
Director |
For My Eyes Only |
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| 3rd December |
Christmas Networking Lunch
No guest speaker |
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| Previous Lunches 2014
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| 24th January |
Stephen Margolis & Mick Pilsworth
Future Films |
Film Finance |
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| 21st February |
David Grumbach
Juliette Films, Luxembourg |
European Film Finance, Sales & Distribution |
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| February 25th |
Briefing Lunch
Anna Mansi, BFI Certification Unit |
The new, improved tax credit and qualification |
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| March 14th |
Sara Geater
CEO, Fremantle UK |
Being the UK’s biggest TV production house |
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| April 11th |
Sally Geeson
Actress |
Carry On Laughing |
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| May 30th |
Emma Broughton
BBC Drama Production
Books Executive
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BBC Drama |
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| June 27th |
Andrew Hewitt
Composer |
Scoring success |
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| August 14th |
Ray Brooks
Actor |
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| September 19th |
Annette Andre
Actress |
A funny thing happened... |
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| October 24th |
Andy Mayson
Altitude Film Entertainment |
Financing, selling and distributing films |
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| November 14th |
Robert Young
Director |
A life in pictures |
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| Tuesday December 2nd |
Christmas Buffet Lunch
No guests speaker |
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| Previous Lunches 2013
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| 25th January |
Steve Christian
Isle of Man Film & Pinewood Films |
Film Finance |
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| 22nd February |
Francine Raveney
Eurimage Film Fund |
European Co-Productions
& Financing |
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| 26th February |
Peter Owen & Christopher Jenkins
Tax Advisors, Wingrave Yeates
Briefing Lunch |
The UK Tax Credit for High End Drama & Animation Briefing Lunch |
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| 22nd March |
Dave Mynard
Stepping Stone Media |
Broadcasting On-line - A New Revenue Stream |
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| 19th April |
Sir Alan Parker |
Making Movies |
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| 31st May |
Debbie McWilliams
Casting Director |
Credits Non Contractual |
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| 28th June |
Alex Stolz
BFI Film Fundsenior executive distribution and exhibition |
Boosting UK film releases |
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| August 15th |
Bruce Montague
Brighton Away Day Lunch
Actor |
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| 20th September |
Ian Hutchinson
Silver Reel LLP |
Financing Films |
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| 18th October |
Hilary Davis
Bankside Films |
Film Sales & Finance |
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| 15th November |
Anthony Waye
Executive Producer |
Tales from behind the scenes |
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| 3rd December |
Christmas Buffet Lunch
No Speaker |
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| Previous Lunches 2012
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| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| 27th January |
Kevin Phelan
LipSync Productions |
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| 24th February |
Alex Hamilton
Director, eOne Films |
Sales & Distribution |
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| 7th March |
Anna Mansi
BFI Certification Unit
Briefing Lunch
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| 23rd March |
Jeremy Zimmerman
Casting Director |
Star Value |
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| 20th April |
Maura Ford
Sales Agent, Seven & Seven |
Helping Producers Profit |
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| 1st June (in lieu of May lunch) |
Agnieszka Moody
Director MEDIA Desk UK |
Free European Money |
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| 29th June |
Jay Sanghrajka
Shipleys LLP |
Innovative Film Financing |
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| 24th July |
Julian & Stuart Wilkins
Blue Pencil Set
(Publishing, media finance, and production Company)
Briefing Lunch |
Film Finance |
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22nd August
(Shepperton Studios Away Day) |
Onsight 3D Demo + Vera Day |
Film Memories |
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| 21st September |
Asha Wolstenholme
VoD Operations Manager
Channel 5 |
A Downloadable Revenue |
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| 19th October |
Darren Westlake |
Crowd funding - and its increasing importance in film making |
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16th November |
Eunice Gayson
Actress |
The First Lady of Bond |
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| 6th December |
Christmas Buffet Lunch |
No Speaker |
