Film Programming and Curation

Joanna is a regular film programmer for the CASA Festival of Latin American Arts in London and the Victoria Film Festival in British Colombia, Canada.

In her role as Film Programme Manager at British Council, she advised on film programmes across the world, specialising in the Middle East and North Africa.

She also regularly curates special programmes for London Short Film Festival, where she was previously Programme Director. Sample programmes include:

• THE HOUSE IS BLACK (KHANEH SIAH AST)poetry reading and screening [ICA, London]

• Nature Mixtape: Jessica Sarah Rinland commission* and Mary Field Archive Shorts [ICA, London]

• SENSES WORKING OVERTIME: ASMR compilation and Peter Strickland new commission “Cold Meridian”* [Rich Mix, London] and live performance by Figs in Wigs

• CATS&CATS&CATS: Cat films internet and archive screening + Stealing Sheep Live Performance [Round Chapel, London]

• Gazelle Twin [Live] & Carla MacKinnon [Visuals, new commission*] + Supporting Short Films

• Raymond Carver: Short Cuts and Short film Adaptations [ICA, London] in collaboration with MUBI

  *Joanna was an exec producer on the new commissions listed

Jo led on the curation of Birds Eye View’s Reclaim the Frame programme in its first two years. You can read more about it here: birds-eye-view.co.uk