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
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Anna Gallon
Operations Coordinator
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
Phoebe Cawley
Marketing Coordinator
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Megan Hobson
Media Sales & Partnerships Manager
Emma Jacob
Content Creator
Eleanor Sutherland
Creative Producer
Fruzsina Vida
Projects Administrator
Programming Team
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Abi Mitchell
Drama Shorts Programmer
Des Gayle
Games Programmer
Tosin Alapafuja
Drama Shorts Programmer
Mikey Murray
Thriller Programmer
Matthew Spokes
Games Programmer
Rob Speranza
Drama Shorts Programmer
Heather McIntosh
Documentary Shorts Programmer
Jack Denham
Games Programmer
Matt Coward-Gibbs
Games Programmer
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Martha Cattell
Music Video Programmer
MarBelle
Comedy & Drama Programmer / Directors Notes
Holly Newson
Podcasting Programmer
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
Angel Cohn Castle
Dance Programmer
Jury
Andrew McNamarra
VR Juror / Cinesite
Pablo Ettinger
New Music Stage
Ben Jackson
Animation Juror
Joi Gharoro-Akpojotor
Family Friendly
Amos Eretusi
Founder & Managing Director, The Kusp
Alia Sheikh
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror / Freelance Immersive Experiences Consultant
Baz Sells
Animation Juror
Simon Nelson
Drama Juror / BBC
Will Becher
Animation Juror / Aardman
Patrick Craig
Comedy Juror / Blink Productions
James Matthews
New Music Stage
Francesca Pidgeon
New Music Stage
Christine Osazuwa
New Music Stage
Caitlin Beavan
Associate Producer, Genesius Pictures
Paul Middleton
Senior Creative Producer, Film Nova
Tony Badu
Development Producer, Joi Productions
Sydney Oberfeld
Associate Producer, Good Chaos
Nicolas-Tyrell Scott
New Music Stage
Meera Kumar
Podcast Juror
Rob Cannell
New Music Stage
Lola Oliyide
Narrative Features Juror / Head of Development Neal Street Productions
Sally Bryant
New Music Stage
Alrissa Sia
Producer, Lucid Games
Stuart Burnside
Games Juror
Hannah Bailey
Documentary Juror
Bec Evans
Comedy Juror
Millie Chu
Podcast Juror / Mindhouse
Danyele Seignoret
Drama Juror / Channel 4
Paul Cheung
Film, Experimental and Dance Juror/ Fight Gravity Films
Jim Campbell
Head of PR & Communications, RSA
Adonis Emmanuel
Games Juror
Pamela Jikiemi
Head of Film, TV & Audio, RADA
Daniella Manca
Advertising, Music Video, Fashion Juror / Somesuch
Arusa Qureshi
New Music Stage
Steve Melia
Documentary Features Juror / Video Production Manager Audible
Emily Whalley
Podcasts Juror / Chalk & Blade
Aubrey Clarke
Commissioning Executive, BBC Children’s
