MIFF Board & Staff
MIFF Board
Claire Dobbin – Chair
Tim McGregor – Deputy Chair
Teresa Zolnierkiewicz – Deputy Chair
Dennis Tomaras – Secretary
Kim McGrath
Joel Pearlman
Sam Mostyn
Zahava Elenberg
Festival Patron
Geoffrey Rush
MIFF Staff
Management
Michelle Carey – Artistic Director
Al Cossar – Associate Artistic Director
Mark Woods – Industry Director/Executive Producer
Melanie Pose – General Manager
Finance & Administration
Amanda Sole – Finance Manager
Cecily Wallace – Accounts
Programming
Thomas Caldwell – Programmer
Kate Fitzpatrick – Program Coordinator & MIFF Schools Programmer
Mia Falstein-Rush – Submissions & Shorts Programmer
Steve Spangaro – VR Producer
Caroline Döring – Guest Coordinator
Luke Goodsell – Critics Campus Coordinator
Partnerships & Marketing
Jo Lawson – Partnerships Manager
Melissa McShane – Partnerships Coordinator
Shelley King – Marketing & Communications Manager
Kim Olney – Marketing Coordinator
Max Minkoff – Membership Coordinator
Natalie May – Digital Communications Coordinator
Systems & Operations
Simon Bedford – Systems Manager
Thomas Quirk – Operations Manager
Fiona Collins – Box Office Manager
Nick Turner – Assistant Box Office Manager
Evan Lawson – Assistant Box Office Manager
Yun Bond – Assistant Box Office Manager
Jess Copas – Venues Manager
Oliver Nolan – Assistant Venues Manager
Mashaka Gunnulson – Assistant Venues Manager
Ed Gorwell – Volunteers Manager
David Thomas – Technical & Print Traffic Manager
Danielle Reynolds – Access Officer
Tom Noble – Events Coordinator
Emily Sweeney – Festival Lounge Producer
Kim Haworth – Systems & Operations Assistant
Publications
Melanie Sheridan – Publications Editor
Boruk Gradman – Graphic Designer
MIFF Industry
(Premiere Fund, 37°South & Accelerator)
Eddie Coupe – Industry Programs Officer
Festival Publicists: Common State
Emma Costello
Luke McKinnon
Tiki Menegola
Sarah Finney