Olivia Thomas (she/her)
Programmer, British and Yorkshire Short Film Competitions
A proud Yorkshire trans woman, Olivia joins LIFF programming the British and Yorkshire shorts for 2024. She is a lead programmer with Leeds Queer Film Festival through which she programmes the Queer Shorts for LIFF and she has also programmed for Bradford Queer Film Festival and Trans Pride Leeds Film Night.
Her programming interests include British queer films, Brazilian cinema and documentaries about protest and activism. When not at the cinema she moonlights as a Sunday league footballer with West Yorkshire Whippets FC.