Talks
I'm an internationally established public speaker. I have delivered talks at conferences around the world and am regularly invited to speak at globally recognised film festivals.
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In addition to the public appearances listed below, I have featured on BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Leeds, Yorvik Radio, ITV Calendar, That’s York TV and hosted introductions to multiple screenings at City Screen & Everyman Cinema in York.
October 2025
Norsk filmklubbforbund Cult Film Seminar, Oslo
The Ultimate Super-Happy-Zombie-Romance-Murder-Mystery-Family-Comedy-Karaoke-Disaster-Movie-Part-Animated-Remake-All-Singing-All-Dancing-Musical-Spectacular-Extravaganza: The Happiness of the Katakuris as a model cult film
October 2025
2025 Annual Conference
The National Museum of the Pacific War
Fredericksburg, TX.
‘Baptized in the fire of the H-bomb’: Japanese monster movies and the Pacific War
November 2024
Double Dragon film club
York
Public introduction to Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
November 2023
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, Make Your Mark: Establishing a Signature Style; Filmmaking on a Budget: Hear from our Official Selection; Host, Closing Awards Ceremony
June 2024
University of Bristol
‘Sticky monsters: kaijÅ« as ecoGothic nightmares’
Keynote, Horror and Affect PGR Symposium
May 2024
Pint of Science
York
Everything I know about the world, I learned from kaiju movies
November 2023
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Host, Closing Awards Ceremony
June 2023
Sheffield Hallam University
Cinema and Social Justice (with Martin Hall and Lauren Stephenson),
Keynote, Heritage, Community, Archives: Methods, Case Studies, Collaboration Conference
March 2023
Screen Industries Growth Network
Leeds
Cost of Living (with Martin Hall)
The Future is Northern: Skills and Training Conference
March 2023
Hebden Bridge Film Festival
Filmmaker Q&A – Shorts Competition, panel discussion
March 2023
Hebden Bridge Film Festival
Can Film Affect Change?, panel discussion
March 2023
Conversations in Social Justice Podcast
Cost of Living (with Martin Hall)
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isj/episodes/Cinema-and-Social-Justice-e20biua
November 2022
Kaiju Curry House Podcast
The One with Steve Rawle
http://ukkaiju.com/transnational-kaiju-exploitation-globalisation-and-cult-monster-movies
November 2022
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, Filmmaker Insights Panel: Establishing a Unique Style; Building Your Crew: How to Find a Producer; host, Closing Awards Ceremony
November 2021
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, The A-Z of Filmmaking: Turning an Idea into Reality; Documentary Filmmaking: Delivering Authenticity; Independent Filmmaking: Working to Budget; Funding Models: Accessing Finance
November 2020
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York (virtual)
Chair, From Idea to Reality: Bringing a Vision to Life; Recipe for Success: Producing Award-Winning Film, in conversation with producer David Parfitt
April 2020
York St John University
Transnational Kaiju
School of Languages and Linguistics Colloquium
November 2019
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, The A-Z of Filmmaking; BFI Network Masterclass; Programmers Secrets: Film Festival Insights Masterclass; In conversation with producer and BFI executive Mary Burke
November 2018
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, Coffee Morning: From Script to Screen: Developing a Must-See; BFI Network Masterclass; Programmer Insights: Finding Success at Festivals
November 2017
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, 2016 Showcase Screenings + Q & A; Coffee Morning: Understanding the Process from Script to Screen; York St John Media Production Showcase
June 2017
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, Q&A with Adam Shakinovsky, producer of Acoustic Kitty
November 2016
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, Programming Film Festivals Masterclass (involving programmers from six major UK national and international film festivals); 2015 Showcase Screenings + Q & A
November 2015
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York
Chair, 5th Anniversary Screening + Q & A; Evolution of Short Film Masterclass
May 2015
University of Liverpool
‘Tragedy and the legacy of an Indie ‘Meta-Movie’: Adrienne Shelly and Waitress (2007)’
Indie Cinema (and Women) symposium
November 2014
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Introduction/interviewer, Japanese Screening
May 2014
University of Liverpool
‘The Cinematic Frame of the Contemporary Television: Aesthetics, Technology and Breaking Bad’
TV is the New Cinema Symposium
May 2012
Aberystwyth University
'Digital independent cinema, authorship, and crowdfunding: An alternative approach to conceptualising cinema outside the Hollywood system'
Research Seminar
November 2012
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York
Introduction to Warp Film Screening