Chapters & Film + TV Charity Fundraiser Event

After a very successful first year in 2025, our charity fundraiser is back this October! With a brand new host, panel and event space, Chapters proudly partners for a second year with The Film & TV Charity

Join our panel as they share their own varied journeys into the industry and demonstrate there is no one set path to success, and enjoy the opportunity to network with other creatives.
New event space: Emerald Theatre @ 8 Victoria Embankment
Fully accessible
Live industry panel + audience Q&A (guests seated)
Timings:
7-8pm: Networking
8-10pm: Industry Panel + Q&A
10-11pm: Post-panel Networking
All profits go directly to the Film & TV Charity, helping fund essential resources, support services, and wellbeing initiatives for those who need them most.

Panel Host:

is a culture editor, journalist and moderator. Formerly an editor for Elle UK, she writes for The Guardian, The Times and Vogue, and hosts the RIXO Book Club alongside leading events for the BFI, Faber and Channel 4.

The Panel:
Roopesh Parekh (Producer) ‘VisionQuest’, ‘His Dark Materials’, ‘Bait’
Sheila Nortley (Head of Drama & EP at Osun Group) ‘Stay Close’, ‘Supacell’, ‘I Am Mary’
Lee Groombridge (Producer) ‘Pillion’, ‘Bird’, ‘Medusa Deluxe’
Karl Liegis (Head of Production at 60Forty Films) ‘Last Seen', 'Down Cemetery Road', ‘Hijack’
Francesca Reidy (Unit Production Manager) ‘Lords of War’, ‘Bunker’, ‘Conclave’

Have a look at last year's event here, featuring pannellists Bianca Gavin, Mickey Down, Benjamin Greenacre, Elizabeth Rufai and Michael Constable.

Thanks to this year's sponsors Liteworx, First Option, Panavision and Marlow Studios.

@chapterspeople | @filmtvcharity