Our People
Meet the team behind the 73rd Sydney Film Festival
Board
Darren Dale
Chair
Debra Eckersley
Director
Debbie Lee
Director
Amanda Maple-Brown
Director
Penny Smallacombe
Director
Thomas Weatherall
Director
Paul Wiegard
Director
Executive
Frances Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
Nashen Moodley
Festival Director
Programming
Justin Martyniuk
Head of Programs
Jessica Moraza
Senior Program Manager
Charles Carrall
Program Manager
Jenny Neighbour
Australian Documentary Programmer
Paul Struthers
International Documentary Programmer
Beatrix Brady
Travelling Film Festival Manager
Industry & Guests
Lisa Kitching
Head of Industry & Special Projects
Marketing
Joshua Forward
Head of Marketing
Dominic Ellis
Digital Marketing Manager
Ticketing
Windsor
CRM and Ticketing Manager
Partnerships
Judy Gilfeather-Zhu
Head of Partnerships
Philanthropy & Partnerships
Eden Tollis
Head of Philanthropy
Erin Westhoff
Philanthropy Manager
Production & Operations
Brock Taffe
Head of Operations & Events
Corporate
Daniel Ram
Head of Finance and Administration
Anabella Caroca
Festival Administrator
Julie Gifford
Assistant Accountant
Publicity
Amber Forrest-Bisley
Director, Original Spin
2025 Programming team
Richard Kuipers
Freak Me Out Programmer
Ruby Arrowsmith-Todd
FLUX Art+Film Co-Curator
Harriet Johnson
FLUX Art+Film Co-Curator
Rebecca McCormack
Screenability Curator
Paul Matereke
Shorts Programmer
Katherine Rogers
Family Programmer
Laurrie Mansfield
First Nations Advisor
Shelly Kraicer
Program Consultant
Felix Hubble
Program Advisor
Melba Proestos
Program Advisor
Claire Cao
Program Advisor
Kyle Goldfinch
Assistant Program Advisor
Lies Bruines
Assistant Program Advisor
Emily Hawe
Assistant Program Advisor
Sydney Film Festival acknowledges Australia’s First Nations People as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, upon whose Country SFF is based.
We honour the storytelling and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.
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