ANNOUNCING OUR VIP JURY FOR 2023
Without these incredible humans, tweetfest wouldn’t be possible. Check out our VIP jury for our 9th annual, and now bifa qualifying, film festival.
This year’s grand jury is an eclectic mix from casting directors and talent agents to award-winning directors and writers. Our filmmakers are in for a treat….
NANCY BISHOP
Casting Director
Nancy Bishop, CSA is an award -winning casting director, who works internationally from offices in London and Prague. She is a founding member and former President of the Casting Society of America’s (CSA) European branch.
With over 100 major feature film and television projects around her credits Nancy has cast hundreds of actors throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Nancy has been retained as casting director by dozens of major screen producers and directors, including Sacha Baron Cohen on Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, for which she won a CSA Artios Award for best casting of a comedy. Other credits include working with Brad Bird, (Mission Impossible IV), Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer), and Cedric Klapisch (Greek Salad.) She also was nominated for an Emmy Award for her casting work on Anne Frank: The Whole Story, ABC/Disney Studios.
She has also penned three books on Auditioning, the most recent is “Auditioning for Film and TV: a Post #metoo Guide.” (Bloomsbury)
WEBSITE: nancybishopcasting.com
LINDSAY KUTNER
Talent Agent
Lindsay graduated from Dublin City University completing a BA in Media Production & Management.
She started her career as a production runner on a television talk show in RTE (Ireland). Following her time in production she moved into casting, working on feature films such as; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Bel Amie, Pirates of the Caribbean to name but a few.
After a few years of working in various other roles within the production side of the industry, Lindsay found her niche and secured a position as an agent’s assistant at a top London talent agency, where she worked for 5 years. Here she was able to grow her skillset and work with some of the biggest names in the business.
Following this, Lindsay worked at StevensonWithers as a Senior Talent Agent for 7 years before joining the Revolution Talent team in 2022.
TWITTER: Lindsay Kutner
marc price
Director/Writer
Internationally Award-Winning filmmaker Marc Price is the writer-director of zombie drama COLIN, action comedy Nightshooters and the sci-fi spectacle Dune Drifter (which between them have won 10 international awards). His films have screened at Cannes, Frightfest, Sitges, London International Film Festival and have been praised by the likes of Martin Scorsese and George Romero, with Scorsese describing COLIN as “Savage, with an energy that takes the zombie idea to another level.”
Marc’s second feature, MAGPIE, was released theatrically in the US and UK and is currently featured on Amazon Prime Movies. Marc has also developed projects for CBBC, E4 and BBC Three.
Marc has co-created Dead Pixel Productions with producing partner Michelle Parkyn and in 5 years produced 7 feature films that can be found on Netflix, Prime, Now TV and Steam.
IMDB: Marc Price
TWITTER: Marc Price
thabo mhlatshwa
Writer / Director
Thabo first joined our VIP jury in 2022 having come straight from the ITV office where he has been penning episodes of Hollyoaks. We are thrilled to have Tabo join us again this year.
IMDB: Thabo Mhlatshwa
CHRISTINE HARTLAND
Producer, co-founder of SMASH
Christine Hartland founded Patchwork Productions and co-founded the platform SMASH with independent producer Fiona Gillies and technology expert Mahesh Ramachandra. Her debut feature the thriller WMD in 2008, was one of the first films to follow a reverse distribution strategy. She produced CONTAINMENT which was released worldwide. Patchwork Productions received Creative Europe and BFI development funding.
She is a member of the Women in Film & TV, PACT and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
WEBSITE: SMASH
TWITTER: Christine Hartland
OUR ANNUAL JUDGES & INVITED JUDGES
ANGELA PETERS – FOUNDER AND PROGRAMMER
Founder of the UK Actors Tweetups, B.A.B.E. Acting Network, World Acting Summit (two-week online series) and a Backstage Expert since 2018, Angela loves getting involved in every part of the industry.
Angela is an international actress who has been on TV (Emmerdale, Queensland’s Best Living, The Awkward Man) in many cinema and festival screened feature films and shorts and films on Netflix, Sky, and Amazon Prime. And when she isn’t hosting the UK Actors Tweetup, she’s usually in her studio voicing a voiceover or audiobook in her native Aussie accent.
TWITTER: @angiepang
INSTAGRAM: @angiepet
CHRYSSANTHI KOURI – FESTIVAL PROGRAMMER
Chryssanthi is a director and writer and has been working professionally in Film and TV productions for over 15 years. As a writer and director, she has produced 6 short films, as well as directed music videos and factual TV. She is also a former actor, trained at Mountview, and a theatre director specialising in new writing. Chryssanthi’s film work has been described as “simple and complex, lyrical and accessible and beautifully executed.
Chryssanthi is also the TweetFest Festival Programmer and has been working alongside Angela for the last four festivals as the lead programmer for the festival.
TWITTER: @Chryskouri
INSTAGRAM: @chryskouri
steve harcourt – annual judge
Steve is one half of Free Seed Films who are also currently in production on a feature documentary, and who makes short films, music videos, and Steve is one-half of Free Seed Films who are currently in production on a feature documentary, and who make short films, music videos, and adverts. Steve also produces their successful weekly radio show, ‘Free Seed on Soho Radio’, as well as co-hosting the monthly film show ‘Screen to Screen’ with Liz McMullen.
Aside from that, he is a musician/composer, and is a founder (and existing!) member of Collapsed Lung, known for their Top 20 hit, ‘Eat My Goal’, who have a new album out this September. On the side he finds time to write TV and film reviews for US website, nerdspan.com.
TWITTER: Steve Harcourt
INSTAGRAM: @Slackwagon
Jacob Migicovsky
Director/writer
An award-winning filmmaker and founder of Interesting Picture Company, Jacob released his debut feature ‘Liars & Cheats’ in 2020 and has various features in development as writer/director. Prior to IPC, Jacob worked at Paramount & Sony Pictures, as well as Pulse Films in London. Originally from Toronto, he is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston and was the recipient of the Final Draft Big Break Award for his script, Freefall.
TWITTER: @JacobMigicovsky
gemma gordon
Actress & Presenter
Gemma Gordon is a British Actress and Presenter known for ‘Dark Ditties Presents’ on Amazon Prime alongside Ian Gelder (Game of Thrones) and Bruce Jones (Coronation St). She has a key role in ‘Swipe Fever’ feature film, coming soon produced by Mark Forstater (Monty Python) and is endorsed by ITV Producer, Simon Withington as a Presenter of Wedfun News.
She was a 2019 Miss Universe Great Britain Finalist and promotes female empowerment through charities such as Centrepoint. She will present the Mental Health and Well-being Awards in 2022. Gemma trained at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.
IMDB: Gemma Gordon
elizabeth hammond – annual judge
Actress & VO artist
Elizabeth Hammond is an Actress based in London and Manchester, storytelling across film, TV, theatre and recorded Voice. Most recently, she has appeared as Charlotte in the Amazon Prime TV series ‘Birchall’s Pints’, set in Liverpool.
Elizabeth worked alongside Tyrell Williams (BAFTA Elevate) who wrote and directed ‘A Little Hungover’, playing ‘Alex’, a highly strung boss! In ‘Dodgy Dave, she was directed by Charlotte Regan, playing a ‘Police Officer’, which was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. And working with a great ensemble, she appeared as ‘Mrs Hoon’ in the National Tour of ‘Heartbeat’.
In recorded voice, she voiced for the role of ‘Rose’ an astronaut in the award-winning film ‘Red Light’ by Dos Torres VFX, and excited to be cast in his next film ‘The Box’, playing Zireal.
WEBSITE: Elizabeth Hammond
INSTAGRAM: Elizabeth Hammond
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