I am a queer, deafblind, freelance film programmer and curator with a specialised interest in disability representation. You can read more about my programming experience and projects below:
2023 – present
I was a co-programmer for the 2026 edition of the BFI’s We Crip Film Festival, which took place in July at BFI Southbank.
In April 2026, I programmed a screening of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village as part of Fiends in the Furrows Festival, examining the film’s representation of blindness.
In early 2026, I curated a programme of archival films for the London Community Video Archive (LCVA). ‘Community at Action: Disability in the Archives’ consists of three archival films from the 1980s and 1990s that focus on Disabled liberation through social and policy influence.
I am part of the Leith Kino collective, a weekly pop-up cinema at Leith Depot, Edinburgh. In November 2025, I programmed and presented a screening of Reid Davenport’s portrait documentary, I Didn’t See You There. The programming notes are available to read on Leith Kino’s Substack. I also screened Tod Browning’s Freaks in February 2026. You can read my programming notes on the Substack.
I was a curator for Independent Cinema Office’s ‘Crip Melodrama: She’s Hysterical’ tour, alongside Emily Simmons and Florence Grieve. This tour of Todd Haynes’ Safe (1995) screenings and events examined the representation of disabled women within melodrama.
I was a co-programmer for the BFI’s We Crip Film Festival, which took place at BFI Southbank in July 2025. This festival champions disability storytelling, filmmaking, and community action.
As part of Crip Cinema Collective, I co-curated a panel and presentation on the representation of disabled women in cinema for the BFI’s Women With A Movie Camera Summit 2025, which took place at BFI Southbank
In 2024, I worked with Take One Action! Film Festival, Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF), and Edinburgh Deaf Festival to curate a programme of short films exploring Deaf and Disabled perspectives, intersectional identities, queer ecology, and our connection to the natural world and climate justice. Titled ‘Our World: Signs for the Future’, the first screening took place at the Edinburgh Deaf Festival. An expanded programme and filmmaker Q&A took place at the 2024 edition of SQIFF.
In 2024, I supported the development and launch of Deaf Action’s BSL Film Club, and I programme monthly community screenings with co-programmer Tomas Gerrard. We recently held a screening of Ted Evans’ Deaf-led thriller Retreat (2025) for the Edinburgh Deaf Festival 2026.
I was a lead programmer for the 2023 edition of BFI’s Busting the Bias Film Festival, which was later rebranded to We Crip Film Festival. As part of the programme, I curated a short film programme titled ECLECTIC, which screened at BFI Southbank and was made available on BFI Player.
For the release of Ella Glendining’s Is There Anybody Out There?, I was involved in curating and organising a roundtable event and a panel event on behalf of Conic Films.
2019 – 2022
For Edinburgh Filmhouse and Belmont Filmhouse, I curated a weekender of films to celebrate Deaf Awareness Week, which included A Quiet Place 2 and Sound of Metal.
In 2022, I was honoured to be invited to be a Judge for Deaffest’s TV & Film Awards.
Caption This Cinema’s inaugural screening took place in 2022 through the online screening platform Eventive. Rodney Evans’ profound documentary, Vision Portraits (2019), was screened, followed by an online Q&A with disabled curators, Theresa Heath and Tara Brown.
In 2021, I completed a Film Curation Fellowship as part of Aya Film’s Curate-It. I curated Left For Deaf, a collection of short films exploring disability and deafness in the horror and thriller genres, which was available to watch through Curate-It’s screening platform.
In 2020, I underwent Cinema For All’s Access Launchpad scheme to gain more practical knowledge on running a community cinema. With funding support from Cinema For All and Film Hub Scotland, I delivered an online screening and Q&A as part of Caption This Cinema.
I have been a submissions previewer for a number of festivals, including Take One Action! Film Festivals, Women X Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, and Edinburgh Short Film Festival.
I was President of RGU Film Society whilst studying at Robert Gordon University, where I organised and led a short film festival in 2019.
Film & Disability 