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
Fruzsina Vida
Projects Administrator
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
Anna Gallon
Operations Coordinator
Phoebe Cawley
Marketing Coordinator
Eleanor Sutherland
Creative Producer
Megan Hobson
Media Sales & Partnerships Manager
Emma Jacob
Content Creator
Programming Team
Rob Speranza
Drama Shorts Programmer
Abi Mitchell
Drama Shorts Programmer
Heather McIntosh
Documentary Shorts Programmer
Matthew Spokes
Games Programmer
Martha Cattell
Music Video Programmer
Des Gayle
Games Programmer
Matt Coward-Gibbs
Games Programmer
Holly Newson
Podcasting Programmer
Alice Butterfield
Technical Coordinator / Artists' Film & Experimental Programmer
Angel Cohn Castle
Dance Programmer
Jack Denham
Games Programmer
Tosin Alapafuja
Drama Shorts Programmer
Dale Donley
Festival Director / Animation, Drama & Family Friendly Programmer
Cherie Federico
Festival Director / Advertising & Fashion Programmer
MarBelle
Comedy & Drama Programmer / Directors Notes
Mikey Murray
Thriller Programmer
Jury
Rob Cannell
New Music Stage
Amos Eretusi
Founder & Managing Director, The Kusp
Caitlin Beavan
Associate Producer, Genesius Pictures
Pablo Ettinger
New Music Stage
Steve Melia
Documentary Features Juror / Video Production Manager Audible
Tony Badu
Development Producer, Joi Productions
Millie Chu
Podcast Juror / Mindhouse
Alrissa Sia
Producer, Lucid Games
Paul Cheung
Film, Experimental and Dance Juror/ Fight Gravity Films
Baz Sells
Animation Juror
Will Becher
Animation Juror / Aardman
Stuart Burnside
Games Juror
Meera Kumar
Podcast Juror
Richard Nockles
VR & 360
Christine Osazuwa
New Music Stage
Patrick Craig
Comedy Juror / Blink Productions
Pamela Jikiemi
Head of Film, TV & Audio, RADA
Aubrey Clarke
Commissioning Executive, BBC Children’s
Sally Bryant
New Music Stage
Hannah Bailey
Documentary Juror
Emily Whalley
Podcasts Juror / Chalk & Blade
Francesca Pidgeon
New Music Stage
Lola Oliyide
Narrative Features Juror / Head of Development Neal Street Productions
Arusa Qureshi
New Music Stage
Alia Sheikh
VR & Immersive Experiences Juror / Freelance Immersive Experiences Consultant
Jim Campbell
Head of PR & Communications, RSA
Paul Middleton
Senior Creative Producer, Film Nova
Bec Evans
Comedy Juror
Andrew McNamarra
VR Juror / Cinesite
Daniella Manca
Advertising, Music Video, Fashion Juror / Somesuch
Sydney Oberfeld
Associate Producer, Good Chaos
Nicolas-Tyrell Scott
New Music Stage
Danyele Seignoret
Drama Juror / Channel 4
Simon Nelson
Drama Juror / BBC
Adonis Emmanuel
Games Juror
Ben Jackson
Animation Juror
Joi Gharoro-Akpojotor
Family Friendly
