The MISE Team consists of students and staff from the MA Filmmaking course at Nottingham Trent University. We also collaborate with MA Graphic Communication, MSc Virtual Production and MSc Creative Technology.
2026
Luke Furmage
Festival Co-ordinator
Lewis Chiemeka Okpogba
Head of Curation
Marita Robinson
Head of Events
Morgan Capey
Deputy Head of Marketing
Claire Zhao
Content Co-ordinator
Zaid Zubari
Digital Officer
Harsh Pankaj Dand
Events Co-Ordinator
James Foster
Social Media lead
Alicee Tran
Content Creation
Jack Wright
Head of Admin
Riona Jadhao
Head of Marketing
Rafe Wallbank
Head of Style
Arbaz Khan
Podcast Co-ordinator
Sangram Ramesh Shinge
Instagram Manger
Abdulla Badawi
TikTok Manager
Max Keaveny
Events Co-Ordinator
Ashwin Neupane
BTS Content
2025
Ulas Zorlu
Festival Coordinator, Curator
JJ Brinkman
Curator, Programmer
Molly Andrew
Curator, Programmer
Diogo de Sousa Barbosa
Curator, Programmer
Apurv Dattatray Gaikwad
Curator, Programmer
2024
Gabi Partridge
Artistic Director
Graphic Designer, Curator, Marketing
Cari Theron
Festival Coordinator
Content Editor, Curator, Marketing
Joe Ormerod
Head of Logistics
Content Editor
Anna Hafren
Head of Curation
Graphic Designer
James Erridge
Activities Coordinator
Programmer
John Anyichie
Photographer
Programmer
John Anyichie
Programmer
Aadithya Harish
Programmer
Aj Jaison Ajayakumar
Programmer
Support Staff
Lars Koens
Course Leader MA Filmmaking
David Rowley
Projectionist, tech support
Chris Cooke
Senior Lectuer, MA and BA(Hons) in Filmmaking
David Downes
Course Leader MSc Creative Technology
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