Director / Coordinator
Dr Lydia Papadimitriou
Lydia Papadimitriou is Reader (Associate Professor) in Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. She has published extensively on different aspects of Greek cinema, and is currently researching on film festivals, distribution, documentary, and Balkan cinema. She has authored The Greek Film Musical (2006), co-edited Contemporary Balkan Cinema: Transnational Exchanges and Global Circuits (EUP 2020), and is the Principal Editor of the Journal of Greek Media and Culture. She has published numerous articles in books and journals, including New Review of Film and Television Studies (NRFTS), Filmicon, Studies in European Cinema and Screen.
Coordinator / Creative Support
Dr Lars Koens .
Lars Koens is a film and sound artist with an interest in environmental philosophy. In 2015 he obtained a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Edinburgh, then worked as a post-doctoral researcher, and since 2017 has been teaching at Liverpool John Moores University in the film and art departments. Highlights of his film and art practice include a BAFTA-Scotland nomination for sound design, screenings at accredited festivals, such as Edinburgh International Film Film Festival, Hamptons IFF, Zinebi, Full Frame, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, and exhibitions through collaborations as sound artist, such as Sonica, The Edinburgh International Festival, WRO, FACT, MMCA, and Aichi Triennale.
MA Students 2020-2021
The festival is organised as part of the MA Film module ‘Exploring Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition’ at Liverpool John Moores University. The students are involved in all stages, from programming to publicity. As programmers and curators all students watched the submitted films, and then, working in teams, they selected which ones should be part of each strand. They communicated with the filmmakers and were given the opportunity to work in Graphic Design, Social Media, Festival Trailers, Publicity as well as lead the Q&As with the filmmakers.
Poster Design
Vicky Cottrell
Valeria Di Pasquale
Natasha McMahon
Katherine Morrison
Social Media
Ben Donnelly (Instagram)
Matthew Hogan (Twitter)
Sophie Jones (Facebook)
Alex White
Trailers
Sofie Foster (Animation)
Matthew Issa (Overall trailer)
Daniel Robertson (Fiction)
Ciaran Wainwright (Documentary)
Publicity
Cammy Glover
Katherine Morrison
Ciaran Wainwright
Megan Williams
Programming Teams
Animation
Jess Auger
David Banks
Rosie Foster
Cammy Glover
Conor McAllister
Beth Moore
Daniel Newsham
Valeria di Pasquale
Jason Patience
Alex White
Fiction
Vicky Cottrell
Matthew Hogan
Molly Hall
Connor Norcott
Joshua Joe
Daniel Robertson
Natasha McMahon
Megan Williams
Documentary
Ben Donnelly
Micky Grier
Matt Issa
Sophie Jones
Katherine Morrison
Ciaran Wainwright
