Soho Media Club has announced Academy Award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker Rachel Shenton as the closing keynote speaker at this year’s BE YOU Festival, taking place on 6 October at the Underbelly Theatre, London. Shenton’s short film The Silent Child won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short in 2018, while she is also … Read more
Soho Media Club has unveiled the BE YOU Festival 2025 line-up, featuring a keynote from Roughcut CEO Ash Atalla, a producer behind The Office, Things You Should Have Done and People Just Do Nothing. Billed as “the unapologetic, high-energy one-day event where the business of content meets the power of diversity”, BE YOU Festival will … Read more
Soho Media Club has announced actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer, Sir Lenny Henry, is set to give a Fireside Chat at the 2nd edition of its annual festival of media culture, BE YOU on 13 July 2023 in Soho. Praising the festival, which exists to accelerate positive change in media culture, Sir Lenny … Read more
Industry members from across the country came together to passionately discuss the future of diversity and inclusion in the film industry. After a spot of breakfast networking over coffee and pastries at Soho’s Dolby Screening Room, Be You’s speaker programme kicked off in fine fashion with the ‘Gamechangers: Content Making Impact’ panel. Media consultant Aaqil … Read more
A line-up of inspiring TV and film industry trailblazers are set to take to the stage in Soho on Thursday 14 July to lead honest discussions about inclusion, diversity, talent and mental health in film and TV and challenge the status quo. Building on the success of its monthly networking meetups, Soho Media Club has … Read more