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Justine Atkinson's fields of expertise include film curation, festivals, distribution, practices of diversity, decolonization, and inclusion. She completed her PhD in film curation in 2023 at the University of Glasgow, where her thesis shifts and expands the definition of film curation, proposing a model of collaborative curation that emphasizes a non-hierarchical process and moves the focus from individual to collective forms of curation. Justine is the founder and director of Aya Films, a distribution and media education company, where she has also worked on the creation of an app called Curate-It. This platform facilitates learning in film curation and equips participants with the knowledge to organize their own screening events. Justine has collaborated with various film organizations and festivals using Curate-It, including the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2022 and 2023, the Dublin International Film Festival in 2024, and the BFI Film Academy in 2024. She served as the Festival Producer for the Africa Motion Film Festival from 2013 to 2019 and teaches four MSc programmes at the University of Glasgow, focusing on areas related to research. Additionally, she has taught at the National Film and Television School in Film Studies and MA Creative Business, and has been invited to lecture on film curation in 2024 at South West University in Chongqing, China.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Teaches four MSc programmes and conducts research in film curation and related areas.