MWFF Critics Lab 2022: Meet the Mentors
Now in its fifth year, the MWFF Critics Lab aims to support a new generation of screen critics. This year, we’re thrilled to announce that Lesley Chow and Aimee Knight will be joining the MWFF Critics Lab as mentors. In just a few weeks they will be talking all things criticism with this year’s cohort of emerging critics. Keep an eye out for their work online as we approach this year's festival!
Lesley Chow is author of the book You're History: The 12 Strangest Women in Music. She is associate editor of the film journal Bright Lights and has also published in The Monthly, Times Literary Supplement, Senses of Cinema, Cineaste, The Quietus, Slate, Salon and CNN. She has appeared on international film juries including Venice, Berlin and Istanbul, and was President of the Critics' Jury at Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. Her primary interests are music in film and pleasure in pop.
Aimee Knight is The Big Issue's film editor. Her work is published by Literary Hub, Little White Lies, The Guardian, Kill Your Darlings and more. She's been a mentee and mentor at Melbourne International Film Festival's Critics Campus, and was selected for the 2021 Berlinale Talent Press program. Aimee is currently writing a creative nonfiction book about Jim Henson's cultural legacy.