I’m a trusted Q&A moderator and lecturer for on-stage, audio and video Q&As, panel discussions, workshops and events across film and culture — deep diving into creative approach, industry insights or technical craft

Q&A: Director, writer, actor Cherien Dabis on ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU | AMPAS Screening, Covent Garden Hotel (2025)

Panel: Maternal Melodrama at Melodrama-Rama Conference | BFI (2025)

Q&A: Director Dylan Southern on THE THING WITH FEATHERS | BAFTA (2025)

Q&A: Director Eloise King + protagonist Patricia Kingori on THE SHADOW SCHOLARS | BAFTA (2025)

Panel: UK Global Screen Fund Summit, Increasing Reach (with Teanne Andrews, Jörg Tittel, Sarah Mossess) | BFI x Barbican (2024)

Q&A: Producer Bettina Dalton on EVERY LITTLE THING | BAFTA (2024)

Lecture: A Beginner’s Guide to… Luca Guadagnino | BFI London Film Festival (2024)

Q&A: A Map to the Stars: case studies in marketing and promotion of independent films (THE QUIET GIRL and C’È ANCORA DOMANI) | BFI London Film Festival (2024)

Lecture: Introductory lecture to Alfred Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW | BFI Big Screen Classics: Going Nowhere Series (2024)

Video Q&A: Christine Molloy and Joseph Lawlor on BALTIMORE | BFI Player Exclusive Interview , BFI Southbank (2024)

Q&A: Storytelling Across Media: Film, TV, interactive formats and games | Interviewee: John Giwa-Amu, CEO, Good Gate Media, Neil McPhillips, Co-Head of Games, Blazin Griffin, Eline van der Velden, Founder and CEO, Particle6 | Cannes Film Festival, UK Pavilion (2024)

Q&A: Industry Insights: Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry on BRIDGERTON + QUEEN CHARLOTTE | BFI Future Film Festival (2024)

Q&A: Matthew Heineman on AMERICAN SYMPHONY | Soho House Dean Street, Netflix (2024)

Q&A: Janicza Bravo on ZOLA | Film London and the British Film Commission (2022)

Q&A: Aneil Karia on SURGE | Film London and the British Film Commission (2022)

Q&A: Rob Savage on DASHCAM + HOST | Film London and the British Film Commission (2022)

Q&A: Kate Dolan on YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER | Film London and the British Film Commission (2022)

Q&A: Chris Hayward on BRIAN AND CHARLES | Film London and the British Film Commission (2022)

Podcast: Prano Bailey Bond on CENSOR + Horror | PODCAST: Beyond the Frame (2021)

Podcast: James Hawes on BLACK MIRROR, SLOW HORSES + Thriller | PODCAST: Beyond the Frame (2021)

Q&A: Joanna Scanlan on AFTER LOVE | Film London and the British Film Commission (2021)

Q&A: Marley Morrison on SWEETHEART | Film London and the British Film Commission (2021)

Q&A: Ben Sharrock + Irune Gurtubai on LIMBO | BAFTA (2022)

Q&A: Costume Director Lynsey Moore on I MAY DESTROY YOU | BAFTA (2022)

Ameenah Ayub Allen on ROCKS + ALI & AVA | Film London and the British Film Commission (2021)

Q&A: Sound Designer Nicolas Becker on THE SOUND OF METAL | BAFTA (2021)

Q&A: Adjani Salmon and Ali Hughes on DREAMING WHILST BLACK | Online, Film London and the British Film Commission (2021)

Q&A: Sandhya Suri on THE FIELD | Online, Film London and the British Film Commission (2021)

Q&A: Rubikah Shah and Ed Gibbs on WHITE RIOT | Online, Film London and the British FIlm Commission (2020)

Video Q&A: Priyanka Chopra on diversity and inclusion | TIFF 2018

Video Q&A: Amandla Stenberg on teen activism | TIFF 2018

LECTURE: Mum’s the Word: Motherhood on Screen | BFI London Film Festival (2025)

VIDEO ESSAY: EMOTION PICTURES: YEARNING AND REPRESSED DESIRE IN MELODRAMA, BFI Player (British Film Institute) | October 2025

SCORCHED EARTH: HOT MILK AND THE HARD TRUTHS ABOUT MOTHER-DAUGHTER HOLIDAYS,A Rabbit’s Foot | June 2025

CONFESSIONS: JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER ON MAKING A MUSICAL FIT FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, A Rabbit’s Foot | March 2025

THE TRANSFORMATIVE BEAUTY OF MODERN MAGIC REALISM: ON BIRD AND BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, Little White Lies | November 2024

ADAPTING THE LEOPARD, Queue Magazine | November 2024

PROGRAMMING PROGRESSIVELY AND RESPONSIVELY IN CHALLENGING TIMES, Independent Cinema Office | October 2024

C’È ANCORA DOMANI: WOMEN OF THE MOTHERLAND ON FILM, L’esprit de l’escalier | July 2024

CHILDREN’S GAMES: LOSS AND PLAY IN THE FILMS OF CARLA SIMÓN, L’esprit de l’escalier | March 2023

Other personal writing can be found on my Substack, HERE

THE TATE
Talks, Screenings and special projects in support of exhibitions and public programmes across Tate Modern + Tate Britain.

Women in War: Lee Miller
This event platformed Lindsey Hilsum in a compelling discussion with Juliana Ruhfus and Manisha Ganguly, fellow experts in conflict and trauma. Together, they delved into the moral complexities, emotional toll, and often unseen impact of reporting from the frontlines, whether through the lens or on the page.

THE MASTERMIND: Screening and Q&A with Josh O’Connor

An exclusive preview film screening of The Mastermind followed by a Q&A with actor Josh O'Connor.

Slow Looking: Nigerian Modernism
This Slow Looking  focused on the artwork Oduduwa Creation Myth (Susanne Wenger, 1963), with a talk delivered by the storytellers behind Adeche Atelier, Adwoa Botchey and Solomon Adebiyi.

Slow Looking: Lee Miller
This Slow Looking focused on the image 'Lee Miller in Hitler's Bathtub', with a talk delivered by senior lecturer and photo editor, Alexia Singh.

NETFLIX
Screenings & Talks in support of International Festival and Awards Campagins

MAESTRO | with writer/director/actor Bradley Cooper, actor Carey Mulligan, producer Kristie Makosgo Krieger, writer Josh Singer, the London Symphony Orchestra, editor Michele Tesoro, cinematographer Matthew Libatique, sound designer Steve Morrow, music editor Jason Ruder, make up designer Kazu Hiro.

RUSTIN | with writer/director George C. Wolfe, actor Colman Domingo, actor Aml Ameen

AMERICAN SYMPHONY | with filmmaker Matthew Heineman, producer Lauren Domino, participants Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad

MAY DECEMBER | with director Todd Haynes, producer Christine Vachon, writer Samy Burch, actors Juliane Moore and Charles Melton

THE SOCIETY OF THE SNOW | with filmmaker J.A. Bayona, producers Bélen Atienza and Sandra Hermida, actor Enzo Vogrincic and survivor of the real-life plane crash Carlitos Pàez

NYAD | with filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vaserhelyi, actors Annette Bening and Rhys Ifans

THE DEEPEST BREATH | with filmmaker Laura McGann, editor Julian Hart, composer Nainita Desai

STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING | with filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, participant Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET | with director Sam Fell, writers Peter Lord and John O’Farrell

THE CROWN | with actors Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville

BLACK MIRROR | with writer Charlie Brooker, actors Paapa Essiedu and Anjana Vasan

TIFF (TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
Year-round and Festival Talks and Learning Programmes

Books on Film

Food on Film

TIFF Cinematheque

Contemporary World Cinema

Secret Movie Club

BAFTA (BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS)
Industry-focused Creative Learning Programming

A series of workshops collaboration with Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien, alongside directors, actors and co-collaborators from our selected projects

• Case Study: IT’S A SIN | Intimacy at the Writing and Development Stages

• Case Study: I MAY DESTROY YOU | Intimacy at the Production Stage

A series of workshops in collaboration with the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma, for a group of crew members and craftspeople working across documentary and fiction

• Ethical Responsibility in Documentary Filmmaking

• Emotional Resilience in Documentary Filmmaking

BAFTA CONNECT FORUM - Strategies for Resilience and Wellbeing at Every Stage of the Film Chain | A full-day conference that brought in emerging creatives from around the UK. It explored wellbeing, professional collaboration, resilience and ethical leadership to raise the collective practice of creators and their teams