A huge thank you to our script selection panellist BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: BAFTA ROCLIFFE and judges. They include: Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John Madden, Mike Newell, Richard Eyre, David Parfitt, David Yates, NEW WRITING SHOWCASE: 2021 JURY Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Duncan Kenworthy, Rebecca O’Brien, Sue ADAM TYLER BAFTA Award-winning Writer/Director, Screwball! (2017) Perkins, John Bishop, Greg Brenmer, CHILDREN, FAMILY AND YA MEDIA Olivia Hetreed, Andy Patterson, Andy Refugee (2016) Harries, Christopher Hampton and SUPPORTED BY THE LONDON BOOK FAIR ANDY VENTRIS Director, London Book Fair Elizabeth Karlsen. THURSDAY 27 MAY 2021 CECILIA PERSSON Media & Entertainment Executive DARREN NARTEY Acquisitions Manager, ITV Rocliffe Producers ELLIOTT PALMER Animation Development Producer, King Bert FARAH ABUSHWESHA NINA HAHN BEN WILLBOND Productions [email protected] IAN FRANCE Commissioning Editor, Sky Kids MPONA LEBAJOA is Senior Vice President is a comedian, writer and [email protected] KARA SMITH Writer/Director, Apple Tree House of International Production & producer. Co-writer LOUISE BUCKNOLE VP Programming Kids, ViacomCBS Networks Development for Nickelodeon and co-star of the BAFTA- BAFTA Producer International BETH WELSH International, and Head of nominated comedy Ghosts VANESSA AMBERLEIGH Genre Lead Preschool at BBC Children’s In [email protected] ViacomCBS International (BBC1), Ben is also an House Productions Studios (VIS) Kids, with over original cast member of BAFTA Children and Young People Manager 25 years’ experience in creating the multiple-award-winning LISA PRIME and producing content for kids spanning all genres, children’s TV show Horrible Histories (CBBC/BBC1) 2021 PANEL [email protected] and initiating projects such as Deer Squad, Spyders, and with the team, went on to co-write and star in DAVINIA ANDREW-LYNCH Founder of Andlyn Literary Agency Director and The Twisted Timelines of Sammy & Raj. three series of family adventure fantasy Yonderland HELEN CLIFFORD Marketing Manager, London Book Fair HENRY DALTON (Sky 1). Other credits include Good Omens (Amazon [email protected] JAMILA METRAN Director of Kids Networks, Sony Pictures Television Prime/BBC2), BAFTA and Emmy-nominated JAVID REZAI Writer, Hollyoaks sketch show Tracey Ullman’s Show (BBC One/HBO), Audio-Visual Engineer JOANNE LAU Writer, CBeebies’ Kit and Pup, CBBC’s Class Dismissed IAN THRELFALL and The Thick of It (BBC2). [email protected] JOSEPH CHANNON Planning Executive, Nickelodeon UK KAREN REED Writer, Dennis and Gnasher Unleashed Casting Director ORION ROSS FARAH ABUSHWESHA KAY BENBOW Independent Children’s Media Specialist and former FAYE TIMBY CDG is Vice President, Animation (MODERATOR) Controller of CBeebies (2010-2018) [email protected] The Walt Disney Company is a BAFTA-nominated KELLY-ANNE PERERA Vice President, Baozou EMEA, working with Composer producer whose Film and KYLE JENKINS Programme Executive/Manager, Milkshake! C/O MARIA ADAIXO - AIR EDEL independent studios and TV credits include No Return, LUKE FROST Script Editor, BBC Children’s [email protected] producers for Disney’s global The Singapore Grip, The ABC MARK TALBOT Chief Creative Officer, Beano Studios platforms including Disney Murders, The Last Photograph SEYI ODUSANYA Writer, JoJo and Gran Gran Find us on Facebook Junior, Disney Channel and and Netflix Original SHAZIA BEGUM Kids Content Manager, Sky Kids BAFTA Disney+. Current and recent projects include new Irreplaceable You. She has written two books BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing TONY COOKE Writer, CBBC’s Diddy Movies, Class Dismissed Competition & Showcase takes on Disney classics Chip ’n’ Dale: Park Life on filmmaking and awarded the BFI Vision and 101 Dalmatian Street; pre-school hits PJ Masks Award 2020. Follow us on Twitter @rocliffeforum and Gigantosaurus; original children’s series @BAFTA Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Counterfeit Sign up for BAFTA news and events at Cat, Sadie Sparks and Best Bugs Forever; and the bafta.org BAFTA-winning Disney XDFC shorts programme. BAFTA and Rocliffe request that attendees do not solicit industry guests with copies of their scripts, projects or CVs, or request contact details. BAFTA and Rocliffe cannot provide contact details of attendees. Hattie Harrison Hattie SCAREDY KAT MINA AND OLIN’S AMINAH’S AFRICAN APOTHECARY ADVENTURE by HATTIE HARRISON by GAVIN LAING by MARIAMA IVES-MOIBA Composer: PETE BLYTH Composer: PETE BLYTH Composer: ROSHAN GUNGA Everyone worries, but 10-year-old Kat worries all the Facing eviction from their castle home, an out-of- London-born Aminah must give up on her swimming time. Sitcom following Kat’s journey to conquer her touch wizard must swallow his pride and work with dreams when her parents decide to move back to Sierra fears by learning about other people’s. a relentlessly optimistic schoolgirl to open a magical Leone to open a clinic. potion shop.

HATTIE HARRISON has always loved both GAVIN LAING is a Scottish writer with a passion MARIAMA IVES-MOIBA is of English and Sierra writing and comedy and started to combine the for comedy, animation, and engaging queer Leonean heritage. Her scripts are informed two in 2016 through creating a blog. This led to stories told with humour and heart. Gavin’s short by her deep love of history, travel and magical her being picked from 15,000 nominees as 1 of film My First Spellbook won a Royal Television realism. Her children’s play ‘A Concrete Jungle Laing Gavin 3 finalists for Mumsnet’s ‘Best Comic Writer’ Society Award and enjoyed a seven-year run in Full of Wild Cars’, won the Trinity College award. Since then Hattie has written and filmed film festivals around the world including TIFF International playwriting competition, and short sketches for Nickelodeon Jr’s social media Kids and the Chicago International Children’s she went on to study an MA in Scriptwriting platforms, co-written various sitcom scripts Film Festival. Gavin previously worked in at UEA. Currently, she is part of the BBC and produced online comedy content. Hattie production on several BAFTA award-winning New Voices programme, and has been chosen is currently studying a diploma in ‘Writing and BBC children’s series and at Sony Pictures for a three month paid placement in BBC Producing Comedy’ at The National Film Animation in creative development. He is a Children’s animation. and Television School (NFTS). graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program, and a current participant in BAFTA LA’s Newcomers Program. Mariama Ives-Moiba Mariama 2021 SHORTLISTED WRITERS CAST KATIE LEE AND ALEX MILWAY ELLA SCHREY-YEATS JULIET COWAN The Lost Tapes Of Roxy Jones Bloomfields Welch Management Curtis Brown FREYA ALDERSON Hex ESTHER SMITH KUDZAI SITIMA SARAH MCCONNELL Growing Pains Curtis Brown Independent Talent RACHAEL HILTON Agnes Tinker The Medieval Marvel JESS CARRIVICK The Treacle Centre HUGH SACHS MATHEW HORNE PATRICIA DONOGHUE MURPHY United Agents United Agents The Rainbow Ends At Blarney ISABELLA PAPPAS MUZZ KHAN 42 MP Curtis Brown All writers can be contacted via [email protected]

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