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.
Katie Hatt
(Assistant Manager intern)
Award-winning filmmaker, with an array of experience within the Creative industries. Currently a final year Film and Theatre student at Lancaster University.
Matt Panesh
(MFTF Director)
Award winning performer and founder of the Morecambe Fringe and Poetry Festivals; Artistic Director of the West End Playhouse.
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".
Maryam Ghorbankarimi
(TBIFF Treasurer &
Animation Programmer)
Award-winning filmmaker (Bina film) and film scholar (Lancaster University), focusing on the representation of women in film.
Nicole Mitoraj
(Documentary Films Programmer)
Film Graduate from Lancaster University with experience in managing a cinema and films programming.
Fraser Cornall
(Experimental Films Programmer)
Exhibited Film-Artist and PhD Candidate researching structural film and existential philosophy.
Cerys Cooper
(Technical Director)
Physics PhD student at Lancaster University with a passion for cinema.
Ethan Ward
("Teen Media" manager & supervisor)
Film Studies student at Lancaster University, PQA Film tutor, aspiring writer and filmmaker.
Nathan Walton
(Editor)
Award-winning director and editor from Lake District working with short films, documentaries, music videos.
Daniel Beeley
(Editor)
Film student at Lancaster University looking to specialise in editing within the industry.
Amy Barlow
(Poster Designer)
Fine Art and Film minor student, with an interest in film practice, drawing and set decoration.
Alex Palade
(Social Media Manager)
Final year student studying Marketing at Lancaster University. Excited to contribute in creative fields.
Paulina Canovas del Castillo
(Social Media Team)
Studying International Business Management at Lancaster University, with a strong passion for content creation.
Gabrielle Saxby
(Social Media Team)
Lancaster University Business Management Student who is passionate about creating memorable experiences through creative solutions.
Ashlei Hayes
(Social Media Team)
Media and Cultural Studies undergraduate at Lancaster University and aspiring creative in the arts field.
St-John Richardson
(Social Media Team)
Final year Marketing and Design student at Lancaster university. Actively pursuing opportunities within the creative industry.
Peggy Y
(Social Media Team)
Second year doing film and sociology in Lancaster University who is passionate in photography and editing.