I really wanted Underground Cinema to be an eclectic mix.

It’s a great opportunity to bring different types of cinema to young people, so there will be edgy and unseen films as well as some movie classics. It’s all about making movie lovers rather than industry folk happy. And, you know, it’s free! People don’t often get to watch films for free like this.

We’ve picked lots of different films on the theme of “Underground”. There are films that comment on gender and sexuality, politics, even underground music scenes. No-One Knows About Persian Cats is about the underground rock scene in Iran and won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes two years ago.

There are a couple of nights we are particularly excited about. We have teamed up with Film London Artists' Moving Image Network for an evening showcase of artists’ moving image work. Hopefully it will expose people to a whole new discipline of work they would not usually see in the cinema.

Also getting a slot are IdeasTap members Brain Wash. They’ve been making a splash curating short film programmes and will bring their latest to Coming Up. It’s great to support short film as well as up-and-coming talent. We’re also showing Howl [starring James Franco], courtesy of Soda Pictures, which will screen just a week after its UK release!

The Debut Club is a great space to set up a cinema. With a Courvoisier bar and popcorn, snacks and sofas, hopefully people can just set up camp and enjoy. Especially our old school B-movie matinée double bill, which I’m really looking forward to; I’ll be bringing down lots of my friends. It will be much more relaxed than your usual clone multiplex and you can have that audience experience without forking out any money.

As well as organising the screenings, I was commissioned by Ideas Fund Shorts to make a short film last year, and am making a separate short for Underground Cinema. And I work full-time at Film4. The last couple of months have been mad, but it’s all stuff you can’t say no to.

Thankfully I’ve called in a lot of favours. Massive thanks have to go to Tessa Inkelaar who has been producing and programming with me – her insights, knowledge and contacts have been invaluable. Of course, with some films there’s no way round it; you just have to license them.

Coming Up has been loads of fun. You get commissioned to do something creative, meet people from all different backgrounds, it’s relatively short-term so you see it through from beginning to end and, as a producer, I have been able to bring my own taste to curating and programming, which is something I haven’t really done before.

Preethi was talking to Nell Frizzell.

Underground Cinema will be taking place at 7.30pm on the 22, 23, 24, 28 February and at 2pm on 26, 27 February 2pm. Underground Cinema is now sold out. To find out more about Coming Up and get your hands on the extended run of tickets, visit the Coming Up site.

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