Kaye Ashfield is an award-winning actress and writer. She's best known for playing Liz in Shaun of the Dead and has the most phenomenal career spanning nearly 30 years in the industry. She is soon to be seen in Lazarus and wrote and created Born to Kill for Channel 4 and Man in Room 301 amongst others.

Sali is a journalist, writer and broadcaster specialising in women's issues and film. She is the beauty editor of The Guardian and was nominated as columnist of the year for her work on Empire Magazine. Her YouTube Series "In the Bathroom With.." has won three industry awards. She is also the co-founder of Beauty Banks - an award winning charity that aims to end hygiene poverty.

Olly Richards has been a film critic and  journalist for almost 20 years. Outlets he has worked for includes The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Telegraph, Time Out, GQ and NME. He regularly reviews for Empire and has interviewed all the greats, from Cate Blanchett to Lin Manuel Miranda, Bill Murray to Viola Davis. He also has a copy writing career that has seen him work with Apple, HBO and 20th Century Fox among others.

Jill Robertson cut her teeth on films such as Trainspotting ans Saving Grace and now excels in directing television. She has Grantchester, Pennyworth and The Diplomant among her credits.

Annabelle Mullen was born and raised in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. She attended Georgetown University, then studied law at the University of Puerto Rico and completed her MBA at the University of Miami. A lawyer by profession, and a producer by vocation; since 2009, she produces fiction and documentaries. In 2013, she was invited into the Directors' Guild of America. Her company - Belle Films (Puerto Rico and Spain) develops content in an artisanal way by women, about women for women. We are delighted to welcome yet another industry professional to join our judging panel. 

CARL AUSTIN is an American film and television writer best known for writing the UK feature films PROVOKED (starring Miranda Richardson and Robbie Coltrane) and SHOOT ON SIGHT (starring Brian Cox and Greta Scacchi). His television work includes episodes of ITV’s THE BILL and RTE’s long-running drama series FAIR CITY, as well as developing 18th century crime drama WELCOME TO HELL for RedTed Media. He currently resides in Dublin.

Desiree Burch is an American writer, comedian and actor based in London. Her comedy credits include ‘Taskmaster’, ‘The Horne Section TV Show’, ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘The Last Leg’, ‘The Mash Report’, ‘Live at the BBC’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order’, ‘Soho Theatre Live’ and ‘Backstage with Katherine Ryan’. She has also been seen on Netflix in ‘The Sandman’, ‘A Castle for Christmas’, ‘Master of None’, ‘Flinch’, and is the voice of ‘Too Hot to Handle’. 

Audio enthusiasts may know her from Radio 4 shows ‘The News Quiz’, ‘The Now Show’, ‘Loose Ends’, and ‘Nature Table’, and podcasts like ‘The Guilty Feminist’, ‘You’re Dead to Me’, ‘Films to Be Buried With’, ‘Evil Genius’, ‘Off Menu’, ‘The Adam Buxton Podcast,’ ‘My Mate Bought a Toaster’, and ‘Welcome to Night Vale’.