I am collaborating on a full retrospective of Ken Loach’s incredible body of work, overseen by my colleague Erifili Missiou. Special focus on his earlier films and his lesser screened or suppressed work. I’m delighted to be hosting a Q&A with the legendary filmmaker about the latter! Curating and programming Read more
Back at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, interpreting and hosting the masterclass with Wissam Charaf as part of the focus on Lebanon and the Lebanese short film scene. Now available online on Short Film Wire.
Programming one-off screenings/ Q&As and independent films at the Garden Cinema. I’m working with the Films of Resistance team to oversee international film screenings and organising fundraising strategies to help support filmmaking efforts in West Asia. I will be speaking on the panel of the Screening Rights Film Festival in Read more
Back at the International Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival for the 7th year! I’m delighted to announce that we’ll be hosting a London edition of the festival thanks to the festival organisers, the Mydylarama team, and the Garden Cinema. I’m overseeing a panel on journalism in Palestine with OPUS Independents. This Read more
I’ll be taking part in the JOURNÉE PROFESSIONNELLE BEYROUTH LIVRES 2023 in Lebanon. New at the Garden Cinema: Organising networking events for members and finding guest speakers with experience in various facets of the film industry. I’ll be co-hosting a workshop on short film distribution with Mydylarama, alongside Christina Papasotiriou, Read more
I am delighted to be curating a season of films by Arab women filmmakers at the Garden Cinema in London. Mukhrijat: Arab Women Filmmakers I am currently translating a new play by the brilliant David Lescot… more to come! We are screening Bella Ciao: A Song of Rebellion by Millstream Read more
Thanks to Mydylarama, I will be hosting Q&As with filmmakers at this month’s AWAN festival in London. I’m curating a season of Arab women filmmakers for the Garden Cinema to be held in May 2023. I’ve just translated the preface and post-face of a new edition of the Little Mermaid Read more
We’re back at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival! This will be my first time in person since 2020 (2021 was fully online, 2022 I was giving birth!). This is such a highlight for me. This time I’ll be going as both a Mydy journalist / partner AND as an interpreter, shadowing Read more
BFI London Film Festival More Q&As and interpreting at LFF 2022 I’m programming Sarah Beddington’s Fadia’s Tree at ActOne Cinema in Ealing and hosting a Q&A with Producer Susan Simnett on 19 November 2022. Along with the rest of the IMA board, I’m organising media campaigns around a number of Read more
Producing and co-hosting the new Garden Cinema Film Talk podcast! Myself and cinema director Michael Chambers chat with filmmakers and expert to talk about their work. We’re taking a short break from the usual Mydylarama podcast but in the meantime, we’ll be putting out audio content and interviews. Latest is Read more