TEAM

Festival Team - 2027

Darren Henderson

(TBIFF Co-Founder

& Director)

Film production company director, casting director, actor, make up artist, script editor and martial arts instructor.

Anna Henderson

(TBIFF Co-Founder, Producer & Programmer)

Award-winning filmmaker, PhD Candidate in Film, Lancaster University film tutor, ex-judge at Edinburgh Short Film Festival, coordinator at a number of international festivals.

Yoann Mylonakis

(TBIFF Director & Events Coordinator)

Award-winning composer, dancer, graduate from the Paris Conservatoire, MSc graduate in digital composition and performance from The University of Edinburgh.

Katie Hatt

(Events Coordinator/Editor)

Award-winning filmmaker with an array of experience within the creative industries. Currently working in Creative Production at NBCUniversal.

Joanne Hewitt

(Outreach Coordinator)

Creative Engagement Practitioner for Film and Digital projects. Previously Youth Programme Manager, producing short films and animations for 4 years in Cumbria.

Patryk Pytka

(Guest Communications Coordinator)

Final year Lancaster University student, rekindling the passion he felt in past school film projects.

Lina Yordanova

(Volunteers Coordinator)

Lancaster University graduate, marketing and volunteer coordinator for Escape2Make, and photographer.

Jasmine Patel-Skelding

(Social Media Manager)

Award-winning filmmaker and Film Studies graduate from Lancaster University. She is passionate about producing and content creation, skills she is keen to continue developing.

Jeremy Thursfield

(Events Assistant & Awards Ceremony Host)

Trained at Blackpool School of Creative Arts. Actor, Comedian, Filmmaker and Stop Motion Animator.

Cerys Cooper

(Technical Support: DCP)

Physics PhD student at Lancaster University with a passion for cinema.

Ethan Ward

("Teen Media" manager & supervisor)

Film Studies graduate from Lancaster University, PQA Film tutor, aspiring writer and freelance filmmaker.

Amy Barlow

(Poster Designer)

Fine Art and Film graduate, with an interest in film practice, drawing and set decoration.

Maryam Ghorbankarimi

(TBIFF Treasurer & Advisory Board member)

Award-winning filmmaker (Bina film) and film scholar (Lancaster University), focusing on the representation of women in film.

Daragh Carville

(TBIFF Patron & Advisory Board Member)

Lancaster-based playwright and screenwriter who co-created ITV's internationally successful crime drama The Bay, which has established itself as a cornerstone of Morecambe's cultural identity through its filming in the town.

Philip Herd

(TBIFF Patron & Advisory Board Member)

Independent film producer from "Chromatic Aberration Pictures" known for films "My Policeman", "Archive", "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Unicorns".

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