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Creative Engagement Officer (July 2021 - Present)
In this role I work with people, organisations, charities, (anyone) outside of the cinema to create interesting and mutually beneficial film events.
Curate-It! Film Curation App Programme
5 June 2024 - Finding your audiences professional masterclass
Film Archives in the Global South Symposium in the 2024 FIAF Congress
April 2024 Presentation and Paper: An African Archive Research Trip: Reflections on responsibilities, ownership and access
Africa Week 2024: Steering Group
Providing community and civic advice for a biennial festival between the University of Pretoria and the University of Leeds.
Broadening Horizons: An Artist Development Programme (Winter 2023)
Funded by Leeds 2023 and the British Council, an international artist development programme.
Oslo Films From The South Film Festival (Nov 2023)
Film programming and presenting Sambizanga (1972), Mami Wata (2023) and Cemetary of Cinema (2023) within the context of celebrating African film heritage and contemporary voices.
Recipient of the Africa4u Award (2023)
Presented by Tony Tokunbo Fernandez for contributions to the African community in West Yorkshire.
Finding Your Audience: Creative Distribution & Exhibition Panel at Sheffield DocFest (June 2023)
It was a pleasure to be a part of a panel discussion exploring creative ways to get the right films in front of the right audiences and how to create culturally relevant, unique and memorable experiences. With Delphine Lievens (Independent consultant), Isra Al Kassi (TAPE Collective), Jenny Horwell (Bertha DocHouse), Mosa Mpetha (Hyde Park Picture House), Melanie Iredale (Reclaim The Frame), Carmen Thompson (We Are Parable)
The Vito Project LGBTQ+ Club: Imitations of Life: Deconstructing Camp in Classic Hollywood (Dec 2022)
I contributed to a post-film discussion about race and gender through the lens of melodrama after Imitation of Life (1959) in the Cinema Museum, London.
Leeds International African Arts Festival: Steering Committee (2023 onwards)
Supporting the development of an important cultural festival in Leeds.
‘African Cinema and Cinephilia’ (Nov 2022)
A panel discussion at Leeds International Film Festival, curated by Dr Rachel Johnson and Prof Stephanie Dennison (University of Leeds) as part of ‘New Voices in Cinephilia’ - an event series that will bring together academics, postgraduates and industry practitioners to scope recent developments in inclusive and decolonising film cultures expressed in new practices of film production, curation and criticism.
Queens Of The Revolution (2021) + Q&A with director Rebecca Heidenberg (Nov 2021)
At Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow as part of Havana Glasgow Film Festival.
INDIs Film Competition Jury Member (March 2021)
Online for Independent Directions Film Festival 2021
Filmmakers of Colour Mentorship Competition Jury (Jan 2021)
For Watersprite Film Festival 2021
University Talks:
26 February 2024 Decolonising the Archive for MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies, University of Leeds
18 May 2021 Professional Perspectives, University of Leeds
7 November 2019 UK Centre for Event Management, Leeds Beckett University
4 October 2018 UK Centre for Event Management, Leeds Beckett University
Production/Operations Management (2015 - 2019)
I worked with Leeds Film (Leeds Young Film Festival, Independent Directions Film Festival and Leeds International Film Festival) and other art festivals in Yorkshire in a production and operational capacity.
I have over 15 years of experience in events, festivals, operations and production management including a degree in Event Management (BA Hons).
