Ellie Irwin
British and Yorkshire Juries
Ellie is the lead film programmer at Hull Independent Cinema, a weekly film society screening the indie films missing from Hull's mainstream cinemas. She joined HIC as Film Programme Manager for Hull's City of Culture year in 2017, of which LIFF was a partner.
Before her move to Yorkshire, she was Film Programme Manager and then Shorts Programmer for Whistler Film Festival, "Canada's Coolest Film Fest". She was at Sheffield Doc/Fest in various roles, including Operations Producer, between 2018 and 2021.
Today, she's Programme Producer at Back to Ours, a charity and National Portfolio Organisation in Hull, engaging Hull's residents by presenting outstanding arts experiences right on their doorsteps.