Our team behind-the-scenes, alongside our partners and collaborators.
Richard Mowe
Director & Co-founder
Diane Henderson
Associate Director / Producer
Sylvia Davidson
International Liaison
Miriam Faria
Logistics Manager
James Coutts
Communications & Marketing Manager
Alexis Beattie
Financial Controller
Louise Hurrell
Cinemas Coordinator
Alice O’Connor
Festival Assistant
George Ormiston
Transport Coordinator
Julia Bregeron
Communications Officer
Arnaud Heyman
Operations Manager
Other team members and collaborators:
Website Design: Richard Cross (Control-X Digital)
Accessibility Coordinator: Diane Henderson
Programme advisers: Allan Hunter, Amber Wilkinson
Translator: Sylvia Davidson
Learning Resources: Clare Little, Ann Robertson
Technical Services: Jamie Fraser
IFCinéma Institut français (Paris): Marine Gaillard, Marion Thevenon, Christine Amtmann, Claude Brenez
Institut français du Royaume-Uni / French Film Festival London (Ciné Lumière): Anissia Morel (Director and Cultural Counsellor), Raïssa Lahcine (Deputy Director and Audiovisual Attaché), Diane Gabrysiak (Head of Programming), Clare O’Flaherty (Deputy Head of Programming), Agathe Morisse (Schools and Family Programme Manager), Flore Mycek (French Film Festival London Coordinator), Natacha Antolini (Head of Marketing, Communication and PR), Thomas Riley (Marketing and PR Officer), Loïc Lefrileux (Head of Technical and Digital Media)
For all media queries regarding the French Film Festival London, please contact Ilona Cheshire at
Consul General of France in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Stéphane Pailler
Institut Français d’Écosse (Edinburgh): Stéphane Pailler, Director, Charlotte Hyvernaud (Education Attachée, Director of Studies), Anne Grévin, Accounts Manager, Catherine Guiat, Books & Cinema Programme Manager, Fleur Palazzeschi, Cultural Officer, Julia Bregeron, Communications Officer, Arnaud Heyman, Operations Manager, Technician tbc.
Alliance Française Glasgow:
Director: Nabila Lakouraï, Culture & Library Élise Pincet
Unifrance: Yoann Ubermulhin
Belgian Presence: Hervé le Phuez (Director Wallonie Bruxelles Images)
Quebec cinema: Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli (General Manager Ciné Tapis Rouge)
Edinburgh-Nice Twinning: Lezley Marion Cameron (Depute Lord Provost)
Glasgow-Marseille Twinning: Laura Lambert (International Officer Lord Provost’s & International Office, Glasgow City Council)
Design: Emma & Andrew Quinn
Board of Trustees
Trustees: Debora Kayembe, Global Political Activist, chair; Cédric Moreau, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, vice-chair; Liz Chege, Independent Film Programmer; Thomas Chaurin, Director of Languages for All, University of Edinburgh Centre for Open Learning; Sue Harris, Professor Emerita of Film, Queen Mary University; Ian LeBruce; Richard Mowe, Director and Co-Founder FFF UK.
Also with warm thanks to Emma Mortimore, now CEO, Edinburgh Queen’s Hall (resigned due to time pressure).
