Meet The Team

Erik Shaw

Erik Shaw, Producer at the local tv station YourTV Chatham brings his love of film to the panel for the CK Film festival. Not a day goes by where he may quote some line from a movie... depends on what kind of day it is. This is Erik's third year on the panel and he can't wait to see the amazing talent the CK film festival will bring.

Rochelle Davis

Rochelle Davis, who brought the iconic character Sarah to life in The Crow, joins the judging staff to bring her views on art to the team.

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Walter Riggi

Walter  Riggi has been in the Music Business since he was a teenager. He’s played in various bands and out of a need to record them and keep the cost down he started a recording studio in his parents basement. At this same time he also began helping his Dad with his video company shooting wedding videos. When Walter  Riggi was 22 he was signed to indie label, JLT Records, and began Production on his first record. That album was never completed and Walter  Riggi moved on and started Riggi Media Int.. This company combined both of his passions, recording and video production. Through Riggi Media Int. Walter  Riggi has worked with Jennifer Hudson (Remix for “It's Your World”, 2014), Celine Dion (Remix for “Back to Life”, 2013), Jackie Green (Black Crows) to name a few. He has worked on cable TV series such as,  “House to Home” (1 season), “Culinary Chat” (4 seasons), “Profiles of the Powerful (4 seasons) all 3 series on Cogeco, “Open House Market Place” (1 season) on A Channel (now known as CTV), “Networth TV” starring Terry Bradshaw (2012, 3 episodes), “The Art of Living” with Marilu Henner (2012, 2 episodes). In 2010 he worked on the pilot episode of “Fear of Frying” starring Brian George (Babu from Seinfeld). He has also won 2 Aegis awards for his reality series ``Reality Wedding Video``(2010), ``Fashion Video Production`` (2010) and has received two Idyllwild Film Festival nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Short Film (2016) for “Terminii” which was produced and filmed by Walter  Riggi.

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Atefeh Rahmani

Atefeh Rahmani is a director and filmmaker from Iran and a member of ISFA official. She also has worked as an assistant director and programmer in short films, documentaries and feature films.

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Alfonso Espinos

Canadian Creative Director, Chief Editor, illustrator and founder of Studiocomix Press, the home of independent comics and commercial print shop. In 2017 he was invited to participate as Executive Producer in the Documentary "Heroes Manufactured"

Nathan Flint

Nathan is new to the team but has had a love for any kind of movies, especially horror. He joins CKIFF to bring his Australian charm to our festival.

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Jamie Hemmings

Jamie Hemmings is a Canadian journalist and editor. The majority of her written work has focused on pro wrestling. She is also a co-host of The Figure Gore podcast.

Eric Bertrand

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James Taylor

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Allison Oster

Haha I hate bio’s never know what to say..

I’m from Scarborough Ontario Lived in Chatham 9 years and still loving it.

I’m a committee member for CKExpo :) 

I play Bagpipes, Classical guitar and Piano.

Shelley Foster

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Joseph Benoit

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Amber Olivier

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Brian Olivier

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Jeremy McCarthy

Jeremy has worked in the Canadian media and entertainment industry since 1997, and has successfully launched new and innovative products that allow consumers to access what they want, where they want, when they want. A bonafide film nerd, Jeremy attended Seneca School of Communication Arts with a focus on script writing, production planning, and entertainment marketing. Over the course of the past 30-years, Jeremy has worked with and for with such companies as Bell TV, Rogers Cable, TMN, Super Channel, The NFL, CHUM Television, Alliance Atlantis, and most recently TekSavvy where he manages the IPTV product, TekSavvy TV. Top five favourite movies; The Empire Strikes Back, HEAT, Black Hawk Down, Fletch, and Rushmore. 

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Lisa Lucier

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Mike Thain

​I've been a movie fan for as long as I can remember. The Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night horror hosts were the people who first instilled in me a love for giving myself over for an hour or two, in the dark, to a story teller. My mother who had a love for the classic black and white cinema of the 1930's to the 1950's and who dropped everything most weekday afternoons to watch Bill Kennedy at the Movies on Channel 50 from Detroit taught me that not all great films have the Universal Monsters in them. Bogey, Bacall, Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, Elwy Yost on TVO on Saturday nights were all gifts my mom gave to me while I was growing up. Then it was 1983 and  I  was "grown up" and went off to school in London where I discovered the New Yorker, a repertory theatre at Richmond and York, The Western Film Society, and many of the other local theatres where I saw films, both great and awful, and loved every one. During this time I had an "in" at a local video store. I was able to rent, for free, any movie my heart desired. As long as I took it out early enough so that I could bring it back in time for the evening rush. I watched everything. Rom Coms, Horror, Classics, Italian Post Apocalyptic films, Action, Comedy, Cult Classics. The early 1980's were a golden age for movie buffs and I was a very happy film nerd. I must admit that I let my love for smaller films telling great stories get overwhelmed by the need to see the latest blockbuster action/superhero/alien invasion movie but I've grown a little impatient with cartoon armies fighting cartoon armies for almost three hours and and want to get back to what I loved about watching movies in the first place-great stories. I am pleased and honoured to have been asked to participate in the Chatham-Kent International Film Fest and look forward to seeing some wonderful movies.

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Tammy Wood

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