Mikaela Smith joined the Independent Cinema Office as a Film Programmer in 2022. Previously, she took the role of Programme Manager at Showroom Cinema in Sheffield in 2020, guiding the cinema through recovery and rebuilding audiences. Mikaela was at the Showroom for five years, taking on various roles in Programming and Audience Development. She originally joined the organisation through the ICO’s FEDS scheme in 2017. She has been working across film programming, audience development and in cultural events since graduating from university in 2014.
To contact Mikaela, email: mikaela.smith@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
Ten Favourite Films
- Chungking Express
Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong | 1994
Bookings Janus Films - Mother
Bong Joon Ho | South Korea | 2009
Bookings Park Circus - Dogtooth
Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece | 2009
Bookings Verve Pictures - Requiem for a Dream
Darren Aronofsky | USA | 2000 - Onibaba
Kaneto Shindô | Japan | 1964
- La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz | France/USA | 1995
Bookings BFI - Network
Sidney Lumet | USA | 1976
Bookings Park Circus - Sexy Beast
Jonathan Glazer | USA | 2000
Bookings Park Circus - Daisies
Vera Chytilová | Czech Republic | 1966
Bookings Second Run - Victoria
Sebastian Schipper | Germany | 2015
Bookings Curzon