The People Behind ShAFF
There is an amazing team of people that help make ShAFF happen every year. From volunteers, to judges find out more below about this talented team. If you'd like to get involved in ShAFF (by which we mean doing lots of hard work in return for a free T-shirt), please get in touch, ideally sending a photo of yourself in a silly hat.
ShAFF ambassadors are climbers, bikers, runners and other active folk who live in or near sheffield and who are famous within their circles. Check out the list of ambassadors who have endorsed ShAFF and what it's all about. there are links to their blogs and websites plus a bit of info about each of them. Being an ambassador means tickets to the festival too, so you might well bump into them in the bar.
Claire Carter
Judge and Presenter
Claire is Kendal Mountain Festival's Film Officer. Coming on board with ShAFF last year means she watches films all year round. She is a writer and poet (she apologises in advance), organises arty events for climbers in Sheffield and is an enthusiastic climber and runner. She studied digital film at the New York Film Academy before concluding its a very complicated way of getting your point across, so has huge respect for adventure filmmakers, and their ability to keep their kit dry. You can follow Claire on Twitter and Tumblr.
Claire Maxted
Judge
Claire is editor of Trail Running Magazine. She's an avid runner and recently returned from attempting the The Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica. She is also an occasional triathlete, a wild swimmer, and rock climber. With three Running Film sessions and three running talks she's going to be busy at ShAFF presenting and interviewing. Never happy sitting still, she's already booked Sunday morning off to head out on a run with Nikki Kimball. Follow Trail Running magazine on Twitter @TrailRunningMag and like the Trail Running Facebook page
Ed Birch
Filmmaker & ShAFF trailer producer
Salt Street Productions, Filmmaker, judge and ShAFF Trailer Producer Young entrepreneur, Edward Birch set up his own production company - Salt-Street Productions - whilst at university and now works full time producing online sports videos. His career started at ShAFF when we showcased his first adventure sports documentary. He said: "Over the years I've lived in Sheffield I have seen ShAFF grow from strength to strength and I do my utmost to help continue this growth. ShAFF is a fantastic film festival, one of the biggest adventure sports festivals in worldwide. I feel very privileged to be a part of it." This year he's screening his latest big hit LOW LINE, other films and returns to produced our trailer.
Hayley Lever
Women in Adventure Judge
Hayley is Co-Director of Derbyshire Sport. Her particular remit is to help judge our new prize category - Best Women In Adventure Film - to encourage female talent both behind and in front of the camera. As a mother of three young girls she's passionate about inspiring women to be active and seek adventure. A keen runner and cyclist she's completed several long-distance events including triathlons and one of the world's toughest marathons, the Swiss MountainMan. Follow Hayley on Twitter @HayleyLever and follow Derbyshire Sport @DerbysSport
Paul Hodgson
Music Judge & ShAFF DJ
Bringing Sheffield producer and DJ Paul Hodgson (aka Grievous Angel) on board fulfils a long-time wish of Matt's to highlight the film soundtracks and all the musicians whose creative energy makes such a huge contribution to the success of a film. In addition to judging the soundtracks, Paul will be pulling together a #ShAFF2015 playlist of the best tunes that we'll be playing all weekend in the Showroom bar. Can't wait? Listen to his #ShAFF2015 Soundtracks playlist on YouTube. Follow Grievous Angel on Soundcloud and on Twitter @grievousangeluk.