‘Busting the Bias: Everyday Inclusion of Disabled People On and Behind the Screen’ part of the 2017 London Film Festival will be chaired by our very own Kim Tserkezie.

The event, to be held at the BFI Southbank on Friday 13 October, aims to “shine a light on the under-representation of disabled people” in the industry, and is to be attended by leading broadcasters and film bodies, as well as representatives from Equity and other campaigning organisations.

A new action group, ‘Disabling The Screen’, will also be launched at the event.

The BFI are running the event in partnership with 104 Films, Carousel and Beacon Hill Arts.

Kim had a fantastic – if slightly surreal – time attending CTBF’s ‘Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside’ themed London Party as their ‘special guest’.

The event, which helps raise money for the organisation, allowed Kim to acknowledge the assistance the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund has provided to help fund her travel around the country for meetings with commissioners and potential collaborators.

A short film, by local video production company Candle & Bell, emphasising the impact of her John Brabourne Award was screened during the evening and was very well received.

Scattered’s own Kim Tserkezie has been invited to the The London Party 2017, an event held annually by The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund. Kim is to be a special guest at the event and a short film will be shown on the evening to highlight how receiving the John Brabourne Award and continued support from the CBTF has helped Kim develop projects at Scattered Pictures. The short film is being put together by Maria Caruana Galizia of Newcastle based video production company Candle & Bell.

The performance of ‘Lodger’ at this year’s BBC Salford Comedy Showcase went down well with the live studio audience. Guests at the event included comedians Peter Kay and Johnny Vegas. The show’s co-creator and leading actor Kim Tserkezie said “To hear the audience respond so enthusiastically to Lodger was totally thrilling. We had a wonderful production team that made this possible including the brilliant, award winning director, Simon Gibney. To be on stage alongside such an ensemble of hugely talented actors was pure joy for me”.

Scattered Pictures has teamed up with Tiger Aspect to produce the live performance of ‘Lodger’ at this year’s BBC Comedy Showcase in Salford. Tiger Aspect are responsible for a string of successful comedies including Boy Meets Girl, Benidorm and The Catherine Tate Show.

The BBC has selected ‘Lodger’ to be featured alongside new projects from Johnny Vegas and Russ Abbott at their annual comedy showcase in Salford.

Co-created by Kim Tserkezie and Miles Jupp, ‘Lodger’ follows the clash of cultures and personalities when a fun-loving Geordie party-planner takes a University lecturer from “down South” as a tenant.”

Previous projects piloted at the event include Boy Meets Girl, Citizen Khan and Hebburn.

For more info read here: http://northernmedia.org/news/kim-tserkezie-s-lodger-to-debut-at-bbc-2016-salford-sitcom-showcase?viewYear=2011