Filmmaker Finbar Sullivan with his parents Leah Seresin and Christopher Sullivan

THE loved ones of talented filmmaker Finbar Sullivan gathered for a celebration of his life.

The 21-year-old was fatally stabbed on Primrose Hill on April 6 while out testing a new camera he had received for his birthday.

There were readings and performances at the funeral service at West London Crematorium, Kensal Green Cemetery, last Thursday that paid tribute to a young man “full of hope, kind, and wise beyond his years”, loved by everyone who knew him, even his grumpy cat, Tuesday.

In recognition of Fin’s Māori and Welsh heritage, the red-blazered London Welsh Male Voice Choir gave a rendition of Somewhere from West Side Story, and there was traditional Māori song and dance. The horse-drawn funeral procession, including Fin’s parents, Chris Sullivan and Leah Seresin, came down the Harrow Road.

In his eulogy, Mr Sullivan told how much he and Ms Seresin had wanted Fin, their only child and “the best son you could ever imagine”, and added: “Fin is going to be a beacon now because I’m going to go on a mission to end this racist shit, this knife shit, and nobody addresses when black people get killed by stabbing but they do address when a white person gets killed.

“It’s the same to me, same to Fin, so we’ve got a beacon now to stop this shit and help the world.”

Ms Seresin read the poem When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou, thanked her friends and family for their love and support, including Fin’s many friends who were at the funeral – his “band of brothers” – and said, “you’re my babies now so I love you all”.

Finbar attended Acland Burghley School in Tufnell Park and had been a student at the London Screen Academy.

He was trying out his new film camera with friends on the top of Primrose Hill when he was stabbed in broad daylight.

Three men have since been charged with murder, and a fourth charged with violent disorder and possession of a knife.

They are expected to appear again in court for a plea hearing in July.