Based in Leeds, and from Liverpool & South Africa, Mosa is a programmer of Black, African and Archive films in a freelance capacity for international film festivals such as Africa in Motion (Scotland) and Festival Kontoret (Oslo). At Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, Mosa has a permanent role as Creative Engagement Officer and amongst other things at the cinema, she curates a new permanent strand of African films called ‘Cinema Africa!’

Prior to working at the Hyde Park Picture House, Mosa co-founded Black Cinema Project, a space to watch and discuss Black films with Black people, which has toured a five-film programme in 2022, ‘Women’s Stories from the Global South (& to Whom They belong)’ funded by the BFI to cinemas and festival nationally in conjunction with Cinema Rediscovered film festival.

Mosa also supports local programmers to create DIY cinema spaces in Leeds and is passionate about diversifying the film offer on the big screen and legitimizing informal cinema spaces.

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