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Film Competition 2021

Meet the judges

Our expert panel of judges will meet in June to decide the 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place winners in the Primary and Secondary categories of the Childnet Film Competition!

A big thank you to all of our judges.

Our expert panel of judges will meet in June to decide the 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place winners in the Primary and Secondary categories of the Childnet Film Competition!

Get to know the expert judges a bit better by clicking on the pages below.

David Austin OBE

Chief Executive, British Board of Film Classification David, please can you tell us a bit about yourself and your role at BBFC? I’m the Chief Executive of the BBFC, and I think I have the best job in the world as I get to lead this brilliant organisation. I’m responsible for its day to day […]

Jim Filippatos

Vice President of Global Public Policy, Disney Jim, what do you enjoy most about your job? The Walt Disney Company is an incredible group of storytellers with innovative and creative partners in every region of the world. Collaborating every day in that environment to help bring Disney magic to guests and audiences around the world […]

Catherine McAllister

Head of Editorial Standards, BBC Children’s Catherine, can you tell us a bit about yourself and what your role is at the BBC? I’m Head of Editorial Standards for BBC Children’s & Education, which means I’m responsible for helping our TV and digital teams make sure that the content they make is appropriate for our […]

Stan McCoy

President and Managing Director, Motion Picture Association EMEA Stan, please can you tell us a bit about the MPA? The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is the leading advocate of the film, television, and streaming industry around the world. Our members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. One of the key missions of […]

Lisa Prime

Programme Manager: Children & Young People, BAFTA Lisa, can you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do at BAFTA? I’m the programme manager for children and young people, overseeing BAFTA’s events and initiatives for under 18s. It’s a very varied job and might involve producing events, previews, masterclasses; running competitions for BAFTA […]

Mark Reid

Education, British Film Institute Mark, can you tell us a bit about yourself and what you do at the BFI? I’ve been at the BFI for a long time – more than 20 years. before that I was a teacher. I’ve always wanted to work in education somehow, and this is a great job So […]