Meet the Team .
Meet the industry professionals behind the 2024 festival. Our inspiring team has years of experience in programming, commissioning, publishing, production, curation and direction.
Aesthetica Team
Phoebe Cawley
Marketing Coordinator
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
Sarah Percival
Media, Sales & Partnerships Manager
Megan Hobson
Media Sales & Partnerships Manager
Emma Jacob
Content Creator
Fruzsina Vida
Projects & Events Co-ordinator
Eleanor Sutherland
Creative Producer
Anna Gallon
Operations Coordinator
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Ethan Maruva
Marketing Assistant
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Hannah Short
Education Coordinator
Programming Team
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Abi Mitchell
Drama Shorts Programmer
Heather McIntosh
Documentary Shorts Programmer
Angel Cohn Castle
Dance Programmer
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
MarBelle
Comedy & Drama Programmer / Directors Notes
Matthew Spokes
Games Programmer
Rob Speranza
Drama Shorts Programmer
Mikey Murray
Thriller Programmer
Des Gayle
Games Programmer
Jack Denham
Games Programmer
Martha Cattell
Music Video Programmer
Matt Coward-Gibbs
Games Programmer
Holly Newson
Podcasting Programmer
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Jury
James Matthews
New Music Stage
Daniella Manca
Advertising, Music Video, Fashion Juror / Somesuch
Pamela Jikiemi
Head of Film, TV & Audio, RADA
Alrissa Sia
Producer, Lucid Games
Jim Campbell
Head of PR & Communications, RSA
Aubrey Clarke
Commissioning Executive, BBC Children’s
Rob Cannell
New Music Stage Juror / Beggars Group
Bec Evans
Comedy Juror
Emily Whalley
Podcasts Juror / Chalk & Blade
Millie Chu
Podcast Juror / Mindhouse
Ben Jackson
Animation Juror
Sydney Oberfeld
Freelance Producer, Good Chaos
Stuart Burnside
Games Juror
Patrick Craig
Comedy Juror / Blink Productions
Andrew McNamarra
VR Juror / Cinesite
Richard Nockles
VR & 360
John McDaid
Family Friendly Juror / Creative Director and Co-Founder Dog Ears
Paul Middleton
Senior Creative Producer, Film Nova
Amos Eretusi
Founder & Managing Director, The Kusp
Arusa Qureshi
New Music Stage
Norma Loria
Juror
Nicolas-Tyrell Scott
New Music Stage Juror
Alia Sheikh
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror / Freelance Immersive Experiences Consultant
Danyele Seignoret
Drama Juror / Channel 4
Caitlin Beavan
Associate Producer, Genesius Pictures
Will Becher
Animation Juror / Aardman
Meera Kumar
Podcast Juror
Tony Badu
Development Producer, Joi Productions
Francesca Pidgeon
New Music Stage
Christine Osazuwa
New Music Stage
Jess Iszatt
New Music Stage Juror / BBC Radio Presenter
Steve Melia
Documentary Features Juror / Filmmaker
Baz Sells
Animation Juror
Hannah Bailey
Documentary Juror
Pablo Ettinger
New Music Stage
Simon Nelson
Drama Juror / BBC
Adonis Emmanuel
Games Juror
Sally Bryant
New Music Stage Juror / Label Director & Artist Manager Futuresound Group
