Meet the Raindance Teams
Raindance Film Festival
Elliot Grove
Founder / CEO
Suzanne Ballantyne
Head of Programming / Artistic Director
David Martinez
Executive Director
Jacky Orozco
Festival Producer/ Finance Manager
Tristam Kimbrough
Festival Producer
Nina Menon
Head of Marketing
Harvey Puttock
Filmmaker in Residence & Festival Technical Manager
Zygmunt Bannock
Programme Co-Ordinator
Maximiliano Santana
Script Competition Coordinator & Festival Programmer
Anna Taborska
Programmer
Ruth Cortes
Film Programmer
Gaia Antonini
Film Programmer
Denise Foley
Open Courses Director
Roger Alarcon
Technical Team
Raindance Film School
Zulfiqar Choudhry
Principal/CEO – Raindance Film School
Romana Carén Lakinger-Njari
MA in Filmmaking Programme Leader
Jenna Hawkins
MA in Screenwriting Programme Leader
Margaret Browne
Academic Registrar
Ufuk Gokkaya
Undergraduate Academic Director
Sophie Knighton
Lecturer
Josh Farrell
Lecturer
Josh Armstrong
BA and HND Lecturer
Bailey Graham
Marketing Coordinator
Shyala Smith
Marketing
Raindance Bucharest & Raindance Vancouver
Nadia DiMofte
Executive Director
Raresh DiMofte
Project Manager
Raindance Los Angeles
Julia Verdin
Hub Manager
Raindance New York
Tim Lorge
Hub Coordinator
Raindance Montreal
Mark Pragai
Hub Manager
