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
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
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
I’m on mat leave until the end of the month so no Mydylarama podcast until then! In the meantime, here’s an article I wrote for the BFI Network about our partnership with the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival (we’re uploading all the interviews online these two weeks!)
CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL The uniquely brilliant International Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival is kicking of at the end of the month, although online this time. Again, as official partner, the team at Mydylarama is supervising the festival’s online platforms and interviewing the filmmakers of the national, international and lab competition. Read more
Delighted to have been asked to be part of the Critics’ Jury for the latest Emerging Filmmakers Night live-streamed film event, still available to view here. My fellow judges and I chose Crashing Waves as a short film winner of the night, and gave a Special Mention to Turning Ten. Read more