Curation & Production

Head of Distribution & Special Projects: We Are Parable (Current)
UK and International film exhibition and distribution. Recent releases: Earth Mama (December 2023), Banel & Adama (March 2024)

Programme Consultant: Sheffield Doc/Fest (Current)
Feature film programme, since 2022 edition of the festival.

Programming Consultant: Red Sea Film Festival (Current)
Focusing on Sub-Saharan African film.

Programme Consultant: Durban FilmMart
Advisory role for 2024 industry programme.

Programme Associate: CAMPLE LINE
Film programme consultancy for independent arts organisation based rurally in south west Scotland.

In-Person Director: Fringe of Colour Films
Hybrid festival celebrating creative work of Black, Asian, Indigenous and Latine people in Scotland and around the world.

Programming & Audience Manager (UK/Int): We Are Parable
Lead on programmes: Testimonies and Love Letters to Cinema.

Producer: Aya Films
International sales and distribution company with a particular focus on African cinema. Recent release: The Gravedigger’s Wife (2022)

Producer: Curate-It
Digital learning platform, designed to democratise and increase accessibility to curatorial learning.

Festival Co-director: Africa in Motion 2020
15th edition of Scotland’s African film festival. 30-day online event, including a programme of over 70 films & 25 live complementary events.

Boards & Committees

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), Board Member (Current)

Glasgow Film, Trustee (Current)

Document Film Festival, Chair of Board (Current)

Durban FilmMart, Talents Durban Panellist (2023)

Sheffield Doc/Fest, MeetMarket Assessment Committee (2021)

Realness Institute, Application Evaluator (2018 & 2021)

Jury Member

European Film Awards, Documentary Film, Selection (2024)

Cork International Film Festival, Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary (2023)

BlackStar Film Festival, Short Narrative (2023)

GlobalGirl Media Film Festival, International Film (2023)

Leeds International Film Festival, International Short Film (2022)

BAFTA Scotland Awards, Single Documentary (2022)

Recent Speaking

Speaker: The Festival Circuit: A Film’s Journey
WFTV Festival 2025

Speaker: Beyond the Borders: African Film Circulation and Film Festivals Outside of the Continent
FESPACO 2025

Moderator: In Conversation with Viola Davis
Red Sea International Film Festival 2024

Moderator: In Conversation with Catherine Zeta-Jones
Red Sea International Film Festival 2024

Speaker: In front of and behind the camera: The rise of the multi-hyphenate
TIFF 2024 Black Excellence Brunch

Moderator: PERSPECTIVES Pathways to Africa
TIFF 2024

Moderator: In Conversation with Moussa Sene Absa
Durban FilmMart 2024

Moderator: In Conversation with Layla Swart
Durban FilmMart 2024

Moderator: Roger Ross Williams in Conversation
Sheffield DocFest 2024

Moderator: Deconstructing the Narrative
AfroCannes 2024

Moderator: EFM Toolbox Producers Presentations
European Film Market (EFM) 2024

Moderator: In Conversation with Tyron Ricketts
AfroBerlin, European Film Market (EFM) 2024

Moderator: Presenting the AfroPean Identity in Films
AfroBerlin, European Film Market (EFM) 2024

Teaching

Supervisor & Mentor: MA International Film Business
London Film School, 2022-2024

Workshops: New Promoters Scheme
Film Hub Scotland, 2020-2022

Guest Lecturer: Film
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 2021-22

Lecturer: Film & Television Studies
University of Glasgow, 2021-22

Research

ARHC-Funded PhD: University of Edinburgh (2018-2022: Incomplete)
Title: ‘Real Life Recorded: Women and Documentary Film in Kenya’

African Studies MA: University of Birmingham (2016-2017)
Title: ‘Bridging the Gap: Nollywood viewing spaces, intersectionality and the imagined UK diaspora audience’