Abbe Robinson
Alex Tobin
Sophie Brown
Abbe is a multi-award winning filmmaker. She has worked as an assistant director for over 15 years and has been commissioned twice as a Writer/Director by the UK Film Council and Screen Yorkshire. Her short film Private Life played at over 150 film festivals worldwide, winning 21 awards and her recent film La Ragazza e la Gondola is currently on the festival circuit. Abbe has been a programmer for numerous festivals.
Alex is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates elements of animation, programming, performance and music. He studied in Edinburgh and Kyoto, and has previously exhibited and performed across Scotland at multiple venues including Summerhall, Tramway and the Centre for Contemporary Art. He is currently a committee member of Dundeebased arts collective Yuck ’n Yum.
Sophie is a programmer adviser for BFI London Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest. She has written for publications including Dazed and Confused, Sight & Sound and Aesthetica, and coordinates for Scalarama, a nationwide celebration of cinema. She also curates Bijou Electric Empire Forever, a film strand focusing on lost treasures, underground voices, alienated perspectives and rebels in cinema.
Jess Loveland
Emma Parker
Jess is a programmer and development executive currently working with Dublin-based Blinder Films across their feature and television slate. Jess previously worked for Creative England and the BFI NETWORK finding and developing new and emerging filmmaking talent and supporting filmmakers through the development and production of short and feature films.
Emma is passionate about film festivals and documentary, spending 2016/17 as interim Marketing Manager at City Screen Picturehouse in York. Previously, Emma was Assistant Producer at DocHouse, the UK’s first cinema dedicated to documentary. She has worked with a number of festivals and events, including The Great Yorkshire Fringe, Sheffield Doc/ Fest and Picturehouse Pop-Up.
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