Michelle Hudson
Programmer, Just Watch Me!

Having spent most of her life in rural
Ontario, Michelle arrived in London three years ago and hasn’t looked back. She has focused mainly on environmental conservation, working for Earth Trek International, Orang-utan Foundation, Global Witness and, currently, the Society for Environmental Exploration, although in her many temporary roles she has worked in finance, the arts,interior design, recruitment, and law. In what little spare time is left to her, she is setting up the Canadian Development arm of K2A, a public-sector economic procurement consultancy.

A committed cinephile, Michelle has most recently worked as a Production Assistant on a low-budget feature film, and has occasionally been spotted as an extra in a certain well-loved Canadian television series and in Bollywood films. If you’re lucky, you might hear her voice coming out of someone else’s mouth on a late-night, low-budget, badly-dubbed, Canadian-themed spy thriller.

Michelle is a graduate of McMaster University’s Arts & Science Programme.

Michael A. Dobbin
Programmer, Just Watch Me!

As well as being an active member of the Canada House CineClub, Michael is a passionate supporter of
Canadian Cinema on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to his work as a director, Michael serves as Head of Film for 1066 Productions (UK) and is currently in post-production as a producer for Alto Films’ supernatural horror feature entitled Credo. He heads up his flagship company Dobbinnian Pictures (Canada) and has been mentored by BAFTA-winning producer of East is East, Leslee Udwin. Michael’s two most recent comedy-shorts as a producer and director have been gaining recognition: Pitch had its premiere at the Winnipeg International Film Festival before going on to win him Best Direction from London’s Portobello Film Festival as well as a nomination for Best Comedy. The Bed Guy has been selected by the British Council under their film festival support scheme and had its premiere at the Portobello Film Festival this year. In April 2006, Michael was short-listed as a semi-finalist in Getty Images short film competition ‘The Next Big Idea’ for his short film Crown & Country: Her Majesty's Folk Brigade.

He's a graduate of the film programme of Ryerson University in Toronto, and among other things, he is a freelance writer, director, producer, and script consultant.