Peter Cargin worked in exhibition and the distribution department at the British Film Institute for 25 years. He edited the magazine Film and is now Vice Presidient of the British Federation of Film Societies. He is Treasurer and Secretary of the Wimbledon Film Club, and a voting Member of BAFTA.
He was Secretary of the UK section of Fipresci for some 30 years – and a jury member at Cannes, Berlin, Venice etc.
He has also been a Council Member and Treasurer for 37 years of The Critics’ Circle, the UK organisation of professional critics in film, drama, music, dance, art and architecture.
