RICHARD MCKERROW
Richard McKerrow set up Love Productions in October 2004. He has conceived and executive produced many of Love Productions’ critically acclaimed factual series and formats including The Baby Borrowers and Britain’s Missing Top Model; Young Mums Mansion, Famous Rich and Homeless, The Great British Bake-Off, Girls Hit South Africa, Young Autistic and Stagestruck and Famous Rich and In The Slums.
https://www.loveproductions.co.uk/people
TALENT MATCH
Talent Match London has adopted a youth-led approach to supporting long-term unemployed young people into positive, productive futures and takes young people through a Journey of Change. By working with young people, employers and organisations firmly grounded in the community, Talent Match London will help young people not only find work but navigate fulfilling and long lasting careers.
ANNETTA LAUFER
Annetta is an award-winning filmmaker who has created films that have screened at national and international film festivals. She won 4 awards at the BFM film awards for her film ‘Winnie and the Duppybat’ and was a finalist for the HBO short film award at the American Black Film festival, her most recent short, ‘SCARLET’, won Best Screenplay at the Indian Cine Film Festival, was nominated for BestWriter at the Underwire Film Festival and screened at the London Short Film Festival 2016. Annetta is currently developing a slate of feature films for Roman Candle Productions.
Website: www.romancandleproductions.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/romancandleproductions
Twitter:@FilmRCP
SIOBHAN SCHWARTZBERG
In 2012 I was awarded training with the BFI under their Future Filmmakers scheme, involving intensive training in From Warsaw, Poland. In 2014 she was announced as a finalist in Pretzel Films Talented New Directors competition making the final 5 out of 7UK-basedsed Directors. She was also long-listed for Film London's Microwave Film Fund and have subsequently been given a year-long talent development mentorship. As a filmmaker from the area, she is currently getting a unique sponsorship from Barking council to run film workshops across the borough, allowing her special access to resources in the area.
XIMO PERIS
Event coordinator
Ximo was initially trained as an architect before moving into architectural visualisation in 1997. He lived in Holland for 3 years, teaching at TU Delft. On the year 2000 he moved to London and joined Smoothe where he liaised with the London 2012 bid team. From 2009 Ximo worked at Crystal CG as a Creative Director for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, also producing the animations for the winner FIFA world cup bids of Qatar 2018 and Russia 2022. On 2013 Ximo started working as Youth Development Director. Ximo currently combines his work as Film executive producer for Latitude Media with consulting in innovative youth-led solutions to unemployment.
GU (GENERATION UNCOVERED)
Generation Uncovered is a youth-led project delivered by the Crib youth charity that offers regular rehearsal space and events for performers under 24. They produce events around London and promote social equality through music and performance while developing artists.