TrusteesÂ
Fozia O'Dowd (Treasurer)
(she/her)
Award-winning Producer, former Production Accountant, and founder of Public Display of Affection Films, an emerging Film and TV production company with projects in development with the BFI and Sky Drama across Film and TV. Fozia is an alumna of our Filmonomics Programme.
Sophie Glover
(she/her)
Sophie has over 20 years experience in Arts Publicity, specialising in film. She worked at Pathe UK for 11 years overseeing all aspects of publicity from production to international film festivals through to UK release campaigns. She currently works at Premier.
Tolu Stedford
(she/her)
Tolu has over 20 years of industry experience and has produced, written and associate director credits encompassing television, film, and stage. As the former CEO of the Independent Film Trust, she has supported and developed BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated talent and projects created by marginalised creatives.
Rebecca del Tufo
(she/her)
Rebecca del Tufo is a film producer, programmer and freelancer, whose work covers exhibition, distribution and production. Rebecca co-founded and co-runs ScreenCraft Works, a not-for-profit which supports under-represented production and post-production talent worldwide with cross-border mentoring, talks and networking, and is a trustee of Refugees at Home.
Stephanie Hayward
(she/her)
Barrister with a decade's experience practising criminal law. As an organiser, Stephanie leads the Behind the Gown campaign - an organisation founded in 2017 by a group of barristers committed to
tackling harassment and abuse of power at the Bar.
Valeria Bullo (Chair)
(she/her)
Valeria Bullo is an accomplished Production Wellbeing and Inclusion Consultant. As former Production Executive at Pathe Productions, Valeria worked on SELMA, SUFFRAGETTE and VICEROY’S HOUSE. During her tenure at the Film and TV Charity, she created the first-of-its-kind toolkit for mentally healthy productions as part of the Whole Picture programme.
Sophie Doherty
(she/her)
Theatrical film distribution & exhibition programming specialist in the UK & Ireland, now Heading of Theatrical Film for Signature Entertainment. Co-led the Walt Disney Company’s first official Pride group supporting staff and promoting diversity & inclusion in the public space. Alumni of the inaugural Filmonomics Future Leaders in Distribution and Inside Pictures 2017.
Tara Brown
(they/them)
Film Curator and Creative Evaluator. With a background in community events and art education, Tara is currently Programmer at Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival and at London Indian Film Festival, also working as an evaluator within a disability justice framework.
Yaw Basoah
(he/him)
Yaw Basoah established Dark Pictures to produce bold, distinctive, and uncompromising work that explores the dark side of human nature, working across film, television, and the visual arts, with emerging, established, and world-renowned writers, filmmakers, musicians, and visual artists, predominantly from underrepresented backgrounds.