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
Julia Bregeron
Communications Officer
Institut français Ecosse
Arnaud Heyman
Operations Manager
Institut français Ecosse
Fleur Palazzeschi
Cultural Officer
Institut français Ecosse
Other team members and collaborators:
- Website Design & Support: 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
Alliance Française Glasgow
- Nabila Lakouraï, Director
- Élise Pincet, Culture & Library
Other Collaborators
- Unifrance: Yoann Ubermulhin
- Belgian Presence: Hervé le Phuez, Director Wallonie Bruxelles Images
- Edinburgh-Nice Twinning: Lezley Marion Cameron, Depute Lord Provost
- Glasgow-Marseille Twinning: Laura Lambert, International Officer Lord Provost’s & International Office, Glasgow City Council
- Emma & Andrew Quinn, Design
Board of 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
