Selection Committee - 2024
Charlotte Vacková
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning film director, producer, University film lecturer, and absolute cinephile.
Anthony Povah
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and script consultant.
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.
Lindsay Bennett-Thompson
(Selection Committee)
Northern actress and award winning filmmaker.
Michaël Boucherie
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning filmmaker, choreographer and postgraduate researcher (Lancaster University), specialising in intimacy on screen.
Masoud Soheili
(Selection Committee)
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker, festival programmer, and writer. Currently a Master's student at Kinoeyes.
Alan W. Brown
(Selection Committee)
International Film Festival Programmer, Music Photographer and Script Editor. Alan also works as a Q&A host across numerous festivals across the North of England.
Ben Marshall
(Selection Committee)
Sheffield based award winning screenwriter, producer and script consultant.
Amy Barlow
(Poster Designer &
Pre-selector)
Fine Art and Film minor student, with an interest in film practice, drawing and set decoration.
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’.
Jade Zhang
(Pre-selector)
Joint major student of Film and Sociology at Lancaster University, with a deep passion for film practice.
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.
Hannah Ford
(Pre-selector)
Film studies and philosophy student at Lancaster University, with a passion for film theory and archival films.
Flora Ng
(Pre-selector)
Film graduate at Lancaster University. An aspiring filmmaker specialising in producing and editing.