BFI appoints Clare Stewart as head of exhibition

The former director of the Sydney film festival has been appointed to run London's equivalent, as part of a new role as the British Film Institute's head of exhibition. Clare Stewart, who held the post in Australia for five years , will be the inaugural holder of the title, which brings together all of the BFI's film exhibition activity, including responsibility for the cultural and commercial performance of BFI Southbank, BFI festivals and BFI Imax. Although Sandra Hebron, outgoing artistic director of the London film festival , will oversee this year's event in the autumn, Stewart will take up the post in late August, reporting directly to the creative director of the BFI, Heather Stewart. Before taking the role in Sydney, Clare Stewart served as the first head of film programmes at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne.