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Festival team

It’s the experience, commitment and passion of our staff team that enables the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival to thrive in challenging times, bringing you the best of Irish and international cinema, together with an outstanding programme of talks and events, year after year.

Gráinne Humphreys – Festival Director

Gráinne has worked in film programming for over 20 years; she started her career working with young audiences with the Junior Dublin Film Festival in 1994. In 1995 she joined the IFI as Education Officer and expanded her role to include programming seasons on Andy Warhol, Agnès Varda and Harold Pinter.

She became Assistant Director in 2001 and programmed both the Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival and the Dublin French Film Festival from 2002 to 2007. Among other projects, she co-edited Ireland into Film, a series of publications on a number of key Irish films. She has served as a jury member on several international film festivals and has coordinated numerous Irish film seasons at international events. She is a Board Member of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and has been Festival Director of the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival since 2007.

Helen Hutton – Managing Director

Helen joined Element Pictures in 2013 as General Manager of Light House Cinema, a specialist art house cinema in Dublin, and the anchor venue for Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. The Light House has grown its audience substantially over the years and delivers an high standard of customer experience. Helen began her career in the arts at The Ark Cultural Centre for Children in the heart of Dublin's Temple Bar. She has worked in many key Dublin cultural centres including The Helix and, more recently, the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire.

Karen English – Festival Administrator

Karen joined Sony Pictures in 1998 and since then has held several roles covering finance, operations, administration and publicity.  
Following a number of years of freelance work within the distribution industry she joined the Festival team in November 2020.

Carole Lakes – Accounts Officer 

Carole is a Chartered Accountant working for many years in the Retail Sector including Switzers and Brown Thomas. I started working in the Arts Sector joining the Dublin Fringe Festival in May 2019 and the Dublin International Film Festival in December 2019.


Festival 2022 Team

Marketing Director – Vik Kumar 

Development & Marketing Manager – Ailbhe White   

Programme Co-Ordinator - Tania Notaro   

Print Transport – Paloma Dema   

Digital Festival Manager – Dave Taylor Matthews*   

Assistant Digital Festival Manager - Simeon Costello*  

Production Manager - Caoimhe Martin 

Production Assistant - Kate Fitzgerald 

Box Office Manager - Conor Hogan 

Marketing Executive – Alexandra Ayvazova  

Digital Marketing Executive – Christina Collins  

Volunteer Co-Ordinator - Richard Davis 

Assistant Volunteers Co-Ordinator - Dylan Delaney 

Hospitality Manager – Aideen Darcy   

Hospitality Assistant - Nicola Staunton 

Hospitality Assistant - Bobi Murray 

Festival Publicist - Kate Bowe 

PR Assistant - Sean Dalton 
 

Box Office Team 

  • Mary Yeo 
  • Lauren Colhoun 
  • Gráinne Blumenthal 
  • Belinda MacCullagh 
  • Mathew Tallon 

Front Of House Manager - Niamh Cummins 

Duty Manager - Rebecca English 

Duty Manager - Sammy Truong 

Duty Manager - Brianna Clark 

Shorts Programmers –Ruairí McCann & Erifili Missiou 

Screeners – Aisha Bolaji; Colum Culleton; Daniel Sareen; Jack Joyce; Niamh Muldowney; Sandrine Ndahiro 

 

Published: 2nd August, 2019

Updated: 3rd March, 2022

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