BeYou Festival 2025 by Soho Media Club

Funny Truths – In Conversation with Nabil Abdulrashid Nabil Abdulrashid, Award-Winning Comedian & Writer Cimran Shah, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 Recorded live at the BeYou Festival on the 6th October 2025 Music provided by The Nerve Media Group​

Lightning talks from 4 brilliant professionals with different paths into the industry – from colourist to producer, filmmaker to journalist. We go under the hood to discover how to get into the notoriously difficult fields of TV and films. Learn what skills are sought after and how to work your way up to that dream job (even if you don’t know what it is yet!) This is an opportunity for anyone, fro...

Let’s talk about class. It’s the industry taboo that shapes who gets in, who gets heard, and who gets to tell stories on screen. From commissioning to hiring, TV and film often reward who you know, not what you know. Add class into the mix, and the hurdles can feel impossible. This panel rips open the conversation: how do we tackle the role class plays in access, opportunity and progression and do...

Let’s be real: the old funding playbook doesn’t cut it anymore. So where is the money, and how do you actually get your project off the ground? This session pulls back the curtain with producers, commissioners, distributors, and digital-first disruptors who are rewriting the rules. Expect straight talk on: What’s getting greenlit (and what’s not). How to balance creative risk with commercial reali...

TV isn’t what it used to be – and neither are we. On-demand, digital-first audiences are reshaping the rules of television: what they watch, how they watch it, and even how it’s made. This session brings together leaders from across the content ecosystem to unpack where the industry goes next. Expect an honest debate on how traditional players, new studios and creators can respond to changing audi...