MEET THE TEAM
Meet the wonderful team bringing you the inaugural edition of BSIFF!
Festival Directors
Lachlan Salvestro
Festival Director
Wendy Liang
Assistant Festival Director
Vahid Vahed
Festival Managing Director
Prof. Tom Murray
Founding and Executive Director
Festival Producers
Samantha Gillian
Co-Festival Producer
Tamzin Naidoo
Festival Programmer
Kieran Do
Co-Festival Producer
Shariful Islam
Festival Program Manager
Sponsorships and
International Stakeholders & Engagement
Leanne Gim
Head of Sponsorships and International Stakeholders & Engagement
Ella Foster
Assistant to the Head of Sponsorships and International Stakeholders & Engagement
Sarah Watson
Assistant to the Head of Sponsorships and International Stakeholders & Engagement
Shirely Xu
Assistant to the Head of Sponsorships and International Stakeholders & Engagement
Ashley Galea
Assistant to the Head of Sponsorships and International Stakeholders & Engagement
Marketing and Communications
Ysabelle de Vera
Head of Marketing and Communications
Wesley Turnbull
Marketing Strategy
Sky Zhou
Social Media Manager
Olivia Proc
Social Media Manager
Vivienne Nguyen
Marketing Strategy
Stephanie Bernardo
Social Media Manager
Jirong Zou
Merchandising
Video Production
Head of Video Production
Johnathon King
Alisha Kanthasamy
Assistant to the Head of Video Production
Charmaine Puno
Assistant to the Head of Video Production
Silvi Ontieri
Assistant to the Head of Video Production
Nathan Hui
Assistant to the Head of Video Production
Audio Curation Team
Adam Greenwood
Co-Head of Audio Curation
Aswathi Marie-Matthew
Co-Head of Audio Curation
Suhyun Kim
Assistant to the Heads of Audio Curation
Assistant to the Heads of Audio Curation
Muskaan Miglani
Academic Advisors
Audio Curatorial Advisor
Dr Virginia Madsen
Visual Academic Advisor
Dr Karen Pearlman
Visual Academic Advisor
Dr Iqbal Barkat
Audio Academic Advisor
Dr Helen Wolfenden