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
Fruzsina Vida
Projects Administrator
Emma Jacob
Content Creator
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Onnika Blake
Education Coordinator
Anna Gallon
Operations Coordinator
Megan Hobson
Media Sales & Partnerships Manager
Eleanor Sutherland
Creative Producer
Programming Team
Natalie Gee
Drama Shorts Programmer
Forms of Circulation
Artists' Film & Experimental Programmers
Heather McIntosh
Documentary Shorts Programmer
Martha Cattell
Music Video Programmer
Abi Mitchell
Drama Shorts Programmer
Rob Speranza
Drama Shorts Programmer
Rachel Pronger
Documentary Features Programmer
Mikey Murray
Thriller Programmer
Des Gayle
Games Programmer
John Rose-Adams
VR & Immersive Experiences Programmer
Alice Butterfield
Narrative Features Programmer
Matthew Spokes
Games Programmer
Jack Denham
Games Programmer
Matt Coward-Gibbs
Games Programmer
Ana-Despina Tudor
VR & Immersive Experiences Programmer
Tosin Alapafuja
Drama Shorts Programmer
Holly Newson
Podcasting Programmer
MarBelle
Comedy Programmer / Directors Notes
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
Angel Cohn Castle
Dance Programmer
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Dan Norman
VR & Immersive Experiences Programmer
Jury
Emily Whalley
Podcasts Juror / Chalk & Blade
Mick Audsley
Drama Juror / Editor
Meera Kumar
Podcast Juror
Susi Wilkinson
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror
Will Becher
Animation Juror / Aardman
Lola Oliyide
Narrative Features Juror / Head of Development Neal Street Productions
Lindsay Crouse
Documentary Juror / New York Times Op-Docs
Maike Fiene
Family Friendly Juror / Framestore
Glenn Holberton
Animation Juror / Mackinnon and Saunders
Alex Zepherin
Animation Juror / Don Dada Studio
Katherine Bidwell
Games Juror / State of Play Games
Tom Knights
Games Juror
Nephertiti Oboshie Schandorf
Artists' Film, Experimental & Dance Juror / Wellcome Collection
Anna Price
Documentary Features Juror
Ben Smithard
Narrative Features Juror / Cinematographer
Paul Cheung
Advertising, Music Video & Fashion Juror
Simon Nelson
Drama Juror / BBC
Aubrey Clarke
Family Friendly Juror / BBC Children
Tom Bedford
Games Juror / à la mode games
Patrick Craig
Comedy Juror / Blink Productions
Johnathan Brigden
Advertising, Music Video & Fashion Juror
Bec Evans
Comedy Juror
Nick Brown
Thriller Juror / Neal Street Productions
Roy Jox-Fredstie
Documentary Juror / Producer & Filmmaker
Steve Melia
Documentary Features Juror / Video Production Manager Audible
Dom Johnson
Podcasts Juror
Tiago Faria
Thriller Juror / BlueBolt
Adipat Virdi
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror
Alia Sheikh
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror / Freelance Immersive Experiences Consultant
Danyele Seignoret
Drama Juror / Channel 4
Remy Downey
Family Friendly Juror / ITV
Advisory Board
Jess Loveland
Head of New Writing / BBC
MarBelle
Comedy Programmer / Directors Notes
Richard Knight
Screen Yorkshire
Martin Roker
Black Dog Films
Dionne Farrell
Development Executive / BBC Films
Max Park
Development and Production Executive / Film4
Julian Foddy
VFX Supervisor / Industrial Light & Magic / Drama Juror
Sadie Clayton
Artist & Designer
Nyree Jillings
BFI
Steve Jelley
Hammerhead VR
