Rachel Hayward

Currently serving as the Interim Creative Director: Film at HOME Manchester, Rachel has 17 years’ experience in film exhibition, festival programming and film education.  She has led the artistic team for ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival since 2009 and is a co-curator of HOME’s Not Just Bollywood film programme. She led on and co-curated the wide-reaching 2019 programme Celebrating Women in Global Cinema, a year-long programme of films and events highlighting and celebrating women in film from across the world.  Rachel has programmed for Sea Change in Scotland; is a jury member for the Women Over 50 Film Festival and is a participant in the Independent Cinema Office Leadership programme.

In addition to her role at HOME, she has lectured on a range of film and cultural topics and is one of the Trustees of the Alliance Française de Manchester.