THE TEAM
The Team
Victoria Mapplebeck
Victoria Mapplebeck, as well as being a distinguished, award-winning director and pioneer of Smartphone Filmmaking, is a professor in Digital Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Adam Gee
Adam Gee is an Emmy-winning TV and digital producer and commissioner (for Channel 4, Little Dot Studios and Red Bull Media House), and a specialist in digital media/multiplatform.
Debbie Manners
Debbie Manners is former CEO of Keo Films, Investment Director at Station 12 & consults for The Ingenious Group.
Maegan Tillock
Maegan Tillock is a specialist digital/online producer, currently at Barcroft Studios.
Nigel Gardner
Nigel Gardner is a specialist media lawyer – Partner, Commercial & IP at Freeths LLP. He is former President of The 100 Black Men of Birmingham
THE JURORS
![Adrian Dunbar](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/1-Adrian_Dunbar.png)
Adrian Dunbar
Actor & Writer
![Bettany Hughes](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/2-Bettany-Hughes-.png)
Bettany Hughes
Historian & Presenter
![Alex Lawther](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/3-alex-lawther.png)
Alex Lawther
Actor
![Emma-Rosa Dias](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/4-Emma-Rosa-Dias-.png)
Emma-Rosa Dias
Producer
![Adil Ray](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/5-Adil-Ray-.png)
Adil Ray
Actor
![Sally Lindsay](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/6-Sally-Lindsay-.png)
Sally Lindsay
Actress
![Brian Hill](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/7-Brian-Hill.png)
Brian Hill
Documentary Filmmaker
![Sophie Fiennes](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/8-Sophie-Fiennes.png)
Sophie Fiennes
Documentary Filmmaker
![Marc Isaacs](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/9-Marc-Isaacs-.png)
Marc Isaacs
Filmmaker
![Catherine Bray](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/10-Catherine-Bray-.png)
Catherine Bray
Film Critic & Producer
![Lesley Birchard](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/11-Lesley-Birchard-.png)
Lesley Birchard
Commissioning Editor
![Mike Christie](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/12-Mike-Christie-.png)
Mike Christie
Director
![Kolton Lee](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/13-Kolton-Lee-.png)
Kolton Lee
Director & Journalist
![Lisa Opie](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/14-Lisa-Opie-.png)
Lisa Opie
TV Executive
![Nigel Gardner](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/15-Nigel-Gardner-.png)
Nigel Gardner
Media Lawyer
![Debbie Howard](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/16-Debbie-Howard-.png)
Debbie Howard
Director
![Dani Jacobs](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/17-Dani-Jacobs-.png)
Dani Jacobs
Editor
![Caroline Roberts Cherry](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/18-Caroline-Roberts-Cherry-.png)
Caroline Roberts Cherry
TV Executive
![Chris Harris](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/19-Chris-Harris.png)
Chris Harris
Cinema Programmer
![Zoe Strimpel](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/20-Zoe-Strimpel-.png)
Zoe Strimpel
Journalist & Academic
![Caroline Bottomley](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/21-Caroline-Bottomley.png)
Caroline Bottomley
Awards Founder
![Debbie Manners](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/22-Debbie-Manners-.png)
Debbie Manners
TV Executive & Investor
![Chris Hogg](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/23-Chris-Hogg-.png)
Chris Hogg
Playwright & Academic
![Roz Mortimer](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/24-Roz-Mortimer-.png)
Roz Mortimer
Artist & Filmmaker
![Tarquin Ramsay](https://smartfilmfest.net/wp-content/uploads/25-Tarquin-Ramsay.png)
Tarquin Ramsay
Director & Producer