Festival Team - 2024
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, Director & 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.
Philip Herd
(TBIFF Patron & Advisory Board Member)
Philip Herd is an independent film producer from "Chromatic Aberration Pictures" known for films "My Policeman", "Archive", "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Unicorns".
Matt Panesh
(MFTF Director)
Award winning performer and founder of the Morecambe Fringe and Poetry Festivals; Artistic Director of the West End Playhouse.
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.
Anthony Povah
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and script consultant.
Charlotte Vacková
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning film director, producer, University film lecturer, and absolute cinephile.
Masoud Soheili
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker, festival programmer, and writer. An Asian Film Academy and Busan Asian Film School alumnus and currently a master's student at Kinoeyes.
Sarah Cassidy
(Selection Committee)
Lecturer in screenwriting, story analyst and award-winning screenwriter.
Simon Price
(Selection Committee)
Independent Film Director & Producer. Location Scout and Assistant Manager for HETV productions in Scotland.
Felicia Chu
(Pre-selector)
Joint honours Film & Theatre student with a keen interest in acting, documentaries and screen combat.
Louis Whitehead
(Pre-selector)
Final Year Film Studies student working on various university-led and external short films, including the award-winning ‘Amour De Soi’.
Amy Barlow
(Pre-selector)
Fine Art and Film minor student, with an interest in film practice, drawing and set decoration
Jade Zhang
(Pre-selector)
Joint major student of Film and Sociology at Lancaster University, with a deep passion for film practice and always eager to learn and contribute more within the industry.
Hannah Ford
(Pre-selector)
Film studies and philosophy student at Lancaster University, with a passion for film theory and archival films.
Hana Ramsden
(Pre-selector)
Actor, Theatre and Performance graduate and student at the Manchester School of Acting. Interested in acting for screen, stage and voice projects.
Ethan Ward
(Video Content Creator)
Film Studies student at Lancaster University, PQA Film tutor, aspiring writer and filmmaker.
Daniel Beeley
(Video Content Creator)
Film student at Lancaster University with experience in camera, sound and editing. Looking to specialise in editing within the industry.