attention with the festival. It would be unrealistic to think that showing some films is going to end homelessness, but I certainly hope that it will put homelessness in the public eye, and make people more aware of it, and then consequently affect social change. Humanity at the moment has a very greed over need mentality, where people just make sure they've got loads of stuff, rather than making sure that everybody is just okay. It's always just about frivolously spending money on inane crap [laughs]. (continued below) Agreed! Years ago, I watched Cathy Come Home , one of the films that you showed as part of the festival. And I remember reading somewhere that when Cathy Come Home was screened on television for the first time, the BBC's switchboard supposedly crashed, because there were just so many people calling in wanting to help. I'm interested to know whether or not you think that there is the possibility of inciting that kind of response from the public around issues of homelessness nowadays? Yeah, I would certainly hope. Ultimately, the aim of the festival as it grows and as it gets more presence is to raise awareness. Because when Cathy Come Home came out, there was literally no awareness about what went on in terms of people being evicted from their homes and the whole housing policy. The producer of Cathy Come Home gave a Q and A at one of our London venues, and he was saying that it did