After three years working in film distribution, Ella joined the ICO in 2025. After completing a BA in Geography at the University of Manchester, she discovered her passion for cinema and has since spent the past three years working across film distribution at two companies: Paramount Pictures and independent distributor Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. Ella helped programme the 2024 edition of the Chronic Youth Film Festival at the Barbican Centre and is currently working on programming an exhibition on migration in the making of the Black Country in the Midlands. Wanting to work directly with independent cinemas, Ella is now one of the ICO’s Assistant Film Programmers, with particular interests in foreign-language and genre film.
To contact Ella, email: ella.marsh@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
Ten Favourite Films
- Call Me By Your Name
Luca Guadagnino | Brazil, France, Italy, US | 2017
Bookings Park Circus - All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar | Spain | 1999
Bookings Park Circus - The Time That Remains
Elia Suleiman | France, Belgium, Italy, UAE | 2009
Bookings New Wave - Suspiria
Dario Argento | Italy | 1977
Bookings Cult Films - Wanda
Barbara Loden | US | 1970
Bookings Janus
- Happy Together
Wong Kar-Wai | Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan | 1997
Bookings Janus - Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater | US | 1995
Bookings Park Circus - Oldboy
Park Chan-wook | South Korea | 2003
Bookings Arrow Films - The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark | 2021
Bookings MUBI - The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke | France, Austria, Germany | 2001
Bookings Curzon Film