9 - 15 NOVEMBER, 2026
MEET THE FIFTH EDITION TEAM
Meet the industry professionals behind the Fifth Edition of the Starling Film Festival.
Molly Hall
Co Founder & Co-Director
Molly graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2021 with a Masters degree in Film Studies. Shortly after, she co-founded the Starling Film Festival and is currently one of the Festival Directors as well as the Production Assistant for the Film company, Mad as Birds Films.
Ciaran Wainwright
Co Founder & Co-Director
Graduated SAE institute in 2019 and in 2021 graduated from LJMU with a a Masters Degree in Film Studies. Following graduation, Ciaran co-founded the Starling Film Festival and is currently developing projects and freelancing as a photographer/writer.
Daniel Newsham
Co Founder & Co-Director
Bio coming soon!
Tom McCann
Media Graphics Designer
Tom is currently an art student with the hopes of joining the filmmaking art world as soon as he finishes his studies. Tom designs our festival posters for us and has done since the Second (all festival posters can be found in our archives!)
FULL LIST
FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTORS
Ciaran Wainwright
Molly Hall
Daniel Newsham
JURY - COMING SOON
Fiction:
Student:
Animation:
Documentary:
Horror:
LGBT:
UK Short Feature Film:
International Short Feature Film:
MEDIA GRAPHICS DESIGNER
Tom McCann
Jessi Platt
FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHER
FESTIVAL MANAGER
Valeria Di Pasquale
PROGRAM CO-ORDINATORS
Tom Harris
Thomas Webster
Molly Hall
Dan NEwsham
Ciaran Wainwright
Ethan Lonsdale
Valeria Di Pasquale
Tom McCann
Robbie Lawns
Ali Brooks
Daniel Robertson
Pedro Silva
Rameen Zaidi
Konstantinos Lyrakis
Alessio Ceccangeli
SOCIAL MEDIA
Molly Hall
SPONSORS
SPECIAL THANKS
The Light Cinema in New Brighton
Andy Greenhalgh
Mad as Birds Films