1. Writer – Kitty Percy is an award-winning screenwriter whose feature She Will (dir. Charlotte Colbert) was released theatrically in Her BFI-funded short For Better, starring Alice Lowe, has screened at BAFTA- and BIFA-affiliated festivals including Dinard, Aesthetica and LSFF. Her debut short Red Planet Blue won the 2024 IMDb New Filmmaker Award. An alumna of 4Screenwriting, she also mentors underrepresented writers.
Producer – Chuckie McEwan (she/they) is a BIFA-longlisted, BAFTA Connect-recognised producer with 15+ years’ experience across film, documentary and commercials. A three-time BFI-funded producer, her clients include Disney, BBC, CHANEL, Virgin Media, Red Bull and Xbox. She co-founded Grey Moth Originals to support underrepresented filmmakers and was part of the inaugural BFI x NFTS Beyond Shorts cohort. She is currently developing features with INKCAP FILMS focused on womxn-led stories.
2. Writer – Nora Chassler is a New York–born writer based in Scotland since She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, a collection of flash fiction and fragments, and two poetry books. She co-created and co-wrote the BBC psychological thriller The Ridge and is currently developing multiple screen projects alongside a new novel.
Producer – David Murdoch is an award-winning producer and writer and founder of Scotland-based Sinner Films. He co-created, co-wrote and served as lead UK executive producer on the BBC psychological thriller The Ridge, starring Lauren Lyle. Sinner Films is currently developing a slate of domestic and international projects.
3. Writer – Lucy Brydon is a BAFTA Scotland-nominated filmmaker and author from Edinburgh, based in Her debut feature Body of Water premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival and was released by Verve Pictures to critical acclaim. She is also the author of the novel Shanghai Passenger and an Associate Professor in Writing at Warwick University. She is currently developing her second feature, focusing on complex, genre-driven stories about women.
Producer – Maria Caruana Galizia is a Maltese-born producer and founder of Candle & Bell, a three-time BBC Small Indie Fund recipient and one of Creative England’s Top 50 Emerging Companies. She has produced work for BBC Radio 4, BBC Three, and has two sitcoms in development with BBC Comedy. Her film credits include The Date, Soy Nevenka, and Muscle. Her award-winning shorts have earned RTS wins and BIFA/BAFTA longlists, and she is an alumna of the Venice Biennale, Torino Film Lab, and Edinburgh Talent Lab.
4. Writer – Jamie Crichton is a London-based screenwriter and executive He wrote and executive produced all four episodes of I Fought the Law for Hera Pictures/ITV, and was Lead Writer and Executive Producer on Series 4 of All Creatures Great & Small. His credits include Three Pines, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, The Tunnel, Law & Order: UK and Ripper Street.
Producer – John Sen is a BAFTA-winning executive producer and MD of Esmerelda Productions. After beginning his career as a documentary editor, he spent two decades as a writer-director before becoming Executive Producer of EastEnders in 2019, leading the show through the pandemic with innovative filming methods. His work on Casualty earned two BAFTAs, an RTS, the Broadcast Award and a Rose d’Or, and he has been a major creative force behind more than 300 hours of prime-time drama, including Channel 4’s Second Generation.
5. Writer – Afia Nkrumah is a writer/director and Edinburgh TV Festival Visionary Talent whose television credits include Call the Afia was selected for the WFTV Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab 2025. Afia’s storytelling is defined by distinctive Afrocentric perspectives and female-led narratives exploring Black -British experience through genre and magical realism. Alongside her screen work, Afia is an AI ethicist testing advance AI models for Google Labs, exploring questions of creativity, ownership and representation. Her debut novel Love in Zimbabwe publishes in Sept 2026.
Producer – Lincia Daniel is an executive producer and international co-production specialist known for bringing bold, authentic stories to global audiences. Her recent credits include Executive Producer on El Jardín Que Soñamos, which premiered in Panorama at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival, and Producer on Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea, winner of the Tides of Change Award at Doc Edge 2025. She produced her debut feature Freestyle for BBC Film and Film London, alongside six shorts including Sweetheart and London Tomorrow. A BAFTA and Production Guild member and TV Collective 2025 Breakthrough Leader, Lincia specialises in international financing and co-productions rooted in the African diaspora.
6. Writer – Hannah Jones is a proud, scouse, working-class, intersex, trans actor and writer. She recently starred in the screen-stealing role of Sasha for the critically acclaimed BBC series What It Feels Like for a Girl. On the writing front, she has a twisted political thriller with Hera Pictures; she is developing a queer, mythical romance feature; and has an original pilot set within a space where drug dealing and queer sex work collide.
Producer – Ron O’Berst is a BAFTA-nominated Executive Producer at Hera Pictures, most recently working on the BBC’s eight-part series What It Feels Like for a Girl, based on Paris Lees’ memoir. He was Story Producer on DC Moore’s Mary & George for Sky Atlantic and Starz, which launched in 2024 to critical acclaim in both the UK and US. Before joining Hera, Ron served as Head of Development at Drama Republic and Head of Scripted Development at BBC Worldwide. He began his career at Channel 4 and Discovery Networks International.
7. Writer – Misha Vertkin is a queer Azeri-British filmmaker from working-class Devon and a Directing Fiction graduate of the National Film and Television School, where he studied on a Screenskills/AMD. His work has earned awards from the BFI Future Film Festival, Encounters/Fresh Flix and the Media Innovation Awards, with his NFTS grad film nominated for Best Postgraduate Drama at the RTS Awards and highlighted by The Guardian as one of “Five to Watch”. He currently works as a 2nd Unit Director in high-end television for Netflix, Apple TV+, Sky and Disney.
Producer – Laura Jackson is a film and television producer and experienced executive with a background in West End Theatre. She is driven to work with artists and truth-sayers, and to enable them to make bold, provocative work. She helped to develop and is executive producing CHORK, the long-awaited next feature film of British auteur filmmaker Shane Meadows (THIS IS ENGLAND, DEAD MAN’S SHOES) and works as a UK producer and service producer on international co-productions including a couple of projects with Pablo Larraín (SPENCER). Laura is currently producing series 2 of Guy Ritchie’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated THE GENTLEMEN for Netflix, Moonage and Miramax TV, having been a block producer on series 1. She also associate produced Disney+ original series CULPRITS from director J. Blakeson (I CARE A LOT, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED) for Stephen Garrett’s Character 7. Prior to this she was at Studiocanal UK where she worked across the acquisition of a raft of titles including HELL OR HIGH WATER, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE and TRAIN TO BUSAN. She is repped by Will Peterson at Independent and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School.
8. Writer – Jack King is a self-taught writer/director from His independent debut feature The Ceremony premiered at Edinburgh international Film Festival 2024, winning the inaugural Sean Connery Award, 2 BIFA nominations and a recent BAFTA nomination for outstanding debut. Jack has a made a prolific number of shorts and music videos over his career, his most recent shorts include; Prints (Clermont-Ferrand, 2019) and Predators (BFI London, 2023 & London Critics’ Circle nominee). He is currently developing a slate of international feature projects.
Producer – Hollie Bryan’s debut feature as producer, THE CEREMONY received a BAFTA nomination for outstanding debut & two BIFA nominations including breakthrough producer after winning the Sean Connery prize at Edinburgh Int. Film Festival in 2024. She was Associate Producer on Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’ with Rebecca O’Brien at Sixteen Films and has produced several independent and publicly funded short films which have played at major festivals, including the multi award winning short doc HANGING ON, and PREDATORS which was nominated for a Critics Circle Award. Hollie runs Cosmosquare Films which was awarded the BBC Small indie fund in 2025.
9. Writer – Gavin Williams’ debut feature as a screenwriter, Await Further Instructions, was a New York Times Critic’s Pick and later streamed worldwide on Netflix and Shudder. In 2025 he sold his thriller series Haven to Sharp House, while his sci-fi feature The Poison Forest was optioned by Amazon Studios and his comedy-drama Synch Estate received BFI Young Audience Content Fund support. He co-founded Feature Creep Films in 2017, with their Fox Digital Studios/Disney-commissioned short The Mime screening on FX, FXX and Hulu. His award-winning short Sleepworking played at sixty festivals, and his 30-minute comedy-drama Baited Breath aired on HTV West. He has also been commissioned by Carlton TV, Blackjack/Channel 5 and Durham Gala Theatre.
Producer – Stella Nwimo is a film and television producer whose work spans independent features and high-end drama. She developed and produced Catherine Linstrum’s psychological thriller Nuclear, Campbell X’s multi-award-winning Stud Life, and the South African-set Low Rider, nominated for the Sean Connery Award at Edinburgh. Her credits also include the documentary Youngun, Menhaj Huda’s Everywhere & Nowhere, and features such as Kat and the Band and The Krays’ Mad Axeman. She is a producer on Olive Nwosu’s Lady for Film4, Screen Scotland and the BFI, selected for Berlinale Panorama and Sundance, where it won a Special Jury Prize. Stella’s television work includes Top Boy, Gangs of London, RTS-winning Three Little Birds, and most recently Virdee for BBC One.
10. Writer – Ann de Vries is a talented writer and narrative designer known for crafting engaging, immersive stories, She joined Tripledot Studios as a contract dialogue writer on Piper’s Pet Cafe and, within two years, became the studio’s narrative design lead, overseeing story development across multiple projects. Blending literature, technology, and art, Ann creates narratives that resonate with players while pushing the boundaries of interactive storytelling. Her vision and creativity continue to drive the success of the projects she leads.
Producer – Jo Lewis is a producer and creative director working across cinema and narrative games, specialising in story-driven projects that span linear and interactive forms. Her credits include Andrea Arnold’s Oscar-winning short film WASP and her production work includes films by Mike Leigh, Anthony Minghella, and Ridley Scott. She is producing the Canadian co-produced feature documentary OWEN Executive Produced by Slash of GUNS ‘N’ ROSES, and attached to direct ECHOLALIC for Erebus Pictures (HOARD, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO). She also develops cinematic narrative games, including BLUE NOTE selected for the Games London Game Changer Accelerator and showcased at SLUSH.