Festival Jury
Kasey Ainsworth
Actor – We The Kings; Lynne and Lucy; Grantchester
Ella Balinska
Actor – Charlie’s Angels; Run Sweetheart Run; The Athena
Ruth Bradley
Actor – Humans; The Fall; Electric Dreams
Olya Breton
Stylist
Stephen David Brooks
Director and writer – Flytrap; Binky; Burn Baby Burn
Babou Ceesay
Actor – Dark Mon3y; The Best of Enemies; Free Fire
Adam Cooper
Greater London Authority, Mayor’s Culture Team
Josh Dylan
Actor – Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again; Noughts & Crosses; The End of the F***ing World
Tom Ellis
Actor – Lucifer; Rush; Isn’t It Romantic
Tom Felton
Actor – Harry Potter; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Full Circle
Steve Gaydos
Vice President, Variety
Gregoire Graesslin
Festivals Manager, Kinology
Peter King
Director – This is the Winter; Crack; The City with a Dirty Face
Ophelia Lovibond
Actor – No Strings Attached; Guardians of the Galaxy; Man Up
Lauren Mackenzie
Director – We The Kings; Flutter; Alice in Andrew’s Land
Nathaniel Martello-White
Actor – One Dollar; Collateral; Kiri. Director – Cla’am.
Chris Overton
Actor – A Glimpse; Pride; Oliver Twist. Director – The Silent Child.
Himesh Patel
Actor – Yesterday; Damned; EastEnders
Chloe Pirrie
Actor – Carnival Row; Stutterer; Black Mirror
Mike Rogers
Producer and writer – Matsuchiyo: Life of a Geisha; Ghostroads: A Japanese Rock n Roll Story
Emeli Sandé
Musician
Rachel Shenton
Actor – White Gold; Waterloo Road; Hollyoaks. Screenwriter – The Silent Child.
Hugh Skinner
Actor – Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again; Any Human Heart; Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Ed Skrein
Actor – If Beale Street Could Talk; Alita: Battle Angel; Deadpool
Dan Smith
Musician – Bastille
May Miles Thomas
Director – Voyageuse; The Devil’s Plantation; Solid Air
Lorna Tucker
Director – Amá; Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist; Red Shoes
Liza Vespi
Director, Raindance Toronto
Susan Wokoma
Actor – Dark Mon£y; Year of the Rabbit; Porters
David Yates
Director – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald; The Legend of Tarzan; Harry Potter franchise
Billy Zane
Actor – Titanic; The Phantom; Twin Peaks
Magdalena Żelasko
Director, Lets Cee Film Festival
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RAINDANCE IMMERSIVE JURY
Alice Taylor – Vice President, StudioLAB, The Walt Disney Studios
Ana Ribeiro – Game Designer, Arvore Studio
Andy Lanning – Executive Creative Director, Magic Leap Studios
Anna Ticktin – Content Operations, Samsung VR Video
Blake Kammerdiener – XR Programmer, SXSW
Charlotte Mikkelborg – XR Creator, Picture This Productions
Chuck Freedman – Head of Developer Relations, Bose
Curtis Hickman – Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, THE VOID
Dan Tucker – Curator, York Biennale
Eleanor Whitley – Executive Producer, Marshmallow Laser Feast
Emma Cooper – Executive Producer – Alternate Realities, Sheffield Doc/Fest
Grace Boyle – Founder and Director, The Feelies
Henry Chu – International Editor, Variety
Jake Sally – Head of Immersive Development, RYOT
Jamie Feltham – Senior Editor, Upload VR
Jon Wardle – Director, National Film and Television School
Katie Grayson – Head of Passion Experience
Matthew Neutra – Lead Experience Engineer, Bose
Mehrad Noori – Executive Producer & Director, Global Programming, NBCUniversal
Nina Salomons – Filmmaker and XR Creator
Sarah Ellis – Director of Digital Development, Royal Shakespeare Company
Toby Coffey – Head of Digital Development, The National Theatre
Vicki Dobbs Beck – Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB
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WEB FEST JURY
Vicky Howell
Writer and director – The Syndicate; The Bloody Mary Show; 616
Sheridan Humphreys
Creative writer, screenwriter, academic (Greenwich, Royal Holloway, King’s College London)
Jazza John
Strategic Partner Manager – Creator and Artist Development, YouTube
Anna Macdonald
Co-founder and Joint Principal, London Film Academy
Jenni Powell
Producer – Blackout; The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy; The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Phillip Whiteman
Director, editor, videographer, producer, curator