FESTIVAL TEAM

Dr. Susan Liddy lectures in the Department of Media and Communication Studies in MIC, Limerick for her day job! She has published extensively on the screen industries and is especially interested in equality and diversity issues.

Susan is President of Women in Film and Television International and Chair of Women in Film and Television Ireland. She is a board member of the Writers Guild of Ireland, Raising Films Ireland and the Irish Film Institute. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the National Talent Academy Film and TV Crew South and the Mid-West Film and TV Training and Education Group. She regularly organizes and contributes to debates about the Irish screen industries nationally and internationally.

  Manuela is our Festival Administrator supporting the Catalyst Team since 2022. She is an experienced Arts Administrator working for over 6 years in the Limerick region. She is managing all day-to-day administration work for various non-profit organizations in Limerick and all over Munster. She has extensive skills in accounting and budgeting, as well as managing all invoices and payments. Her main work area includes managing budgets for Funding Applications and liaising with all funding stakeholders. She has a great knowledge of Child protection policies and procedures. Manuela holds a QQI Level 6 Special Purpose Award in Training and Development and has invented and facilitated various workshops for Children and Adults since 2018. 

 Céline Roustan has been a curator and champion of short films for over half a decade, programming and writing for the popular website Short of the Week, passionately promoting directors and their respective films. Currently a programmer at SXSW and the Palm Springs ShortFest, she has previously been on the programming teams of the Toronto International Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Dublin International Film Festival. She has attended several international film festivals and markets as a jury member or an industry speaker, guiding filmmakers toward their paths of further success. In 2022, she joined French production company Films Grand Huit and is now handling the distribution of their films. 

  Paola Tokarz is a third-year student pursuing the Creative Broadcast and Film Production course at TUS. 

She has had the exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience through a work placement with Catalyst, Ireland's leading premier EDI film festival, which has provided her with invaluable industry insights and learning opportunities

Shane is a Secondary School Teacher at Crescent College Comprehensive Limerick and a Catalyst Board Member. Within his own school he is Arts and Culture Officer and amongst other initiatives leads up the Student Film Club.