Overview
- BAFTA highlighted Binns’ long record of championing independent and diverse films on big screens across the U.K.
- As creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas and Picturehouse Entertainment, she has balanced arthouse and mainstream releases while bolstering the festival circuit.
- Her programming innovations include relaxed, parent-and-baby, over‑sixties and dog‑friendly screenings to broaden access to cinema.
- Picturehouse’s outreach expanded under her leadership through collaborations with Brixton Soup Kitchen and Poetic Unity, with Refuge named as the group’s charity partner.
- The award will be presented on Feb. 22 at the BAFTA Film Awards hosted by Alan Cumming, recognizing a career that began as an usher and advanced through the Ritzy and Zoo Cinemas before she joined Picturehouse in 2003.