By day Kate Taylor is exhibition and distribution officer for the Independent Cinema Office, where she programmes for several arthouse cinemas and works on theatrical distribution. The ICO is the national organisation for the development and support of independent film exhibition in the UK. By night she is found at film events and festivals, conducting Q&A sessions and engaging in independent programming under the guise of She Shark Industries, including screenings and panels for the recent Scalarama season.

Kate was formerly festival director of London Short Film Festival and Abandon Normal Devices, and her freelance activities have included co-curating Project: New Cinephilia, a partnership with MUBI and the Edinburgh International Film Festival, to spark and record conversation on how we watch films today. Kate is a board member of Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival, and has contributed to Electric Sheep, the Quietus and Sight & Sound online.