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BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum Script Editor for Five Years In addition to our top three finalists, theFORUM LIST includes BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: two additional projects that received more than four nominations Jenni Konner, Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John Madden, Mike Newell, BAFTA ROCLIFFE from our TV industry experts. To contact any of the writers, Richard Eyre, David Parfitt, Cameron simply email [email protected] with your details and we will McCracken, Peter Kosminsky, David Yates, NEW WRITING FORUM connect you with them. Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Nik Powell, Duncan Kenworthy, Rebecca OÕBrien, with producers REBECCA DE SOUZA and GREG BRENMAN CHARLOT by Ian Masters Simon Relph, Sue Perkins, John Bishop and Dave Spikey. WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2016 // BAFTA, 195 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1J 9LN Indo China, 1936: on vacation to the East after Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin finally finds his voice when his tentative new project, Colonial GREG BRENMAN established series Family Business by Tony Grounds. She Subjects, fuels anti-colonial protests led by his number one Cambodian Moderator and Rocliffe Producer FARAH ABUSHWESHA Drama Republic with his produced Tony Marchant’s single film Recovery fan. [email protected] long-term colleague Roanna and co-produced Abi Morgan’s single film Royal EDEN 6 by Simon Davies BAFTA Producers Benn in 2013. The company’s Wedding. Next was Secret Diary of a Call Girl for An astronaut plagued by nightmarish visions and a scientist fleeing his JULIA CARRUTHERS first production was Hugo ITV 2, Me and My Monsters for CBBC and Public past compete in a race against time that could save or doom our species. [email protected] Blick’s award-winning The Enemies for BBC One. Before leaving Tiger KAM KANDOLA FLYNN [email protected] Honourable Woman, an eight-part political Aspect, Rebecca executive produced Prisoners thriller for BBC Two / SundanceTV which Wives by Julie Gearey for BBC One and Love and A huge thank you to our script selection panelists and Directors garnered international recognition. In 2014, Marriage by Stewart Harcourt for ITV. jurors. They included: PAUL CAVANAGH [email protected] Drama Republic produced the second series At Drama Republic Rebecca sits at the heart ALEXANDRA CORY Agent, Berlin Associates SUSAN JACOBSON of E4 teen drama My Mad Fat Diary, written of the company’s development slate, with a ALLY GIPPS Production and Development Executive and Producer, [email protected] by Tom Bidwell, produced in association with passion for working with both new and emerging SAM WASHINGTON Warp Films [email protected] Tiger Aspect. The company’s other productions writing talent. She is developing projects for ANNA HARGREAVES Development Coordinator, Sky Drama include hit series Doctor Foster and an adaptation all the major broadcasters. Most recently she DIEDERICK SANTER Joint Chief Executive Officer, Kudos Rocliffe Producer of An Inspector Calls for BBC One. developed the script for Helen Edmundson’s ED CRIPPS GILES SMART Agent, United Agents [email protected] Before founding Drama Republic, Greg adaptation of An Inspector Calls for BBC One. IONA VROLYK Development Executive, Tiger Aspect produced over 400 hours of critically acclaimed Casting JANE HUDSON Head of Drama Series, ITV FAYE TIMBY TV drama with Tiger Aspect Productions FARAH ABUSHWESHA runs JENNIFER MCCONNELL Script Editor (Eastenders, Wolf Hall) [email protected] including Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, Secret Diary Rocliffe and has produced Danny JOHN JACKSON Writer (Being Human, In The Flesh) LAURA DICKENS of a Call Girl and the multi BAFTA & Oscar- Huston’s The Last Photograph; [email protected] JONATHAN LEWSLEY Development Editor, BBC Independent Drama nominated feature film Billy Elliot. The Party, an Irish Film Board KATIE CARPENTER Head of Development, Sister Pictures Music Following the success of The Honourable Woman, commission to celebrate the Rupert Cross & Dan Hines courtesy of MANPREET DOSANJH Commissioning Executive, Channel 4 Drama Air-Edel Associates Greg will executive produce Hugo Blick’s next centenary of the 1916 Easter OTTO BATHURST Director (Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Criminal Justice) LAURA NAHKLA project, Black Earth Rising, an eight-part drama Rising; Pinewood Studio’s Pressure, PYPO PHIL MULRYNE Development Assistant, Drama Republic [email protected] for BBC Two. Comedy Content and teen thriller Don’t Hang PHILIP SHELLEY Script Editor & Consultant (C4 Screenwriting Course, Artwork Up. Her production work includes the directorial Waking The Dead) KATY EDELSTEN REBECCA DE SOUZA started debuts of BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan [email protected] REBEKAH WRAY-ROGERS Producer (This is England Õ88 & Õ90 and her career as a story researcher Athale and BAFTA nominee Tom Harper. She Utopia) & Executive Producer, Duck Soup Films on EastEnders before working on founded the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing RICHARD COOKSON Senior Development Executive, Kudos Find us on Facebook ITV’s The Bill where she was a Showcase, is the author of the Amazon best BAFTA SERENA BOWMAN Head of Development, Company Pictures BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum script editor for five years. She seller Rocliffe Notes – A Professional Approach SOPHIA RASHID Script Editor (Eastenders, Holby City) joined Tiger Aspect in 1999, for Screenwriters & Writer-Directors and now Follow us on Twitter TOBY BENTLEY Script Editor, The Forge @rocliffeforum where she developed and script edited several writing her second book Rocliffe Notes on Low @BAFTA single films and serials. Her credits include Budget Filmmaking. Farah was recently listed by Sign up for BAFTA news and events at award-winning dramas including My Fragile Heart Stepfeed as one of 11 Inspirational Arab Women www.bafta.org and Murder, both by Abi Morgan and BBC One in Film. BAFTA and Rocliffe request that attendees do not solicit industry guests with copies of their scripts or projects. BAFTA and Rocliffe cannot provide contact details of attendees. Exiles EXILES RASHEED/RASHEEDA WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN by ANDREAS HADJIVASSILIOU by WALLY JIAGOO by RYAN J. BROWN [email protected] Agent Diana Tyler MBA: [email protected] Directed by [email protected] Directed by PAUL CAVANAGH Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON [email protected] SAM WASHINGTON [email protected] Music by [email protected] Music by DAN HINES Music by RUPERT CROSS c/o Air Edel RUPERT CROSS c/o Air Edel c/o Air Edel Rather than imprisonment, criminals are tattooed Inspired by true events. A female detective, a gay activist then exiled from overpopulated cities and must With her father in a coma, a transgender Muslim woman and a Drag Queen unite to stop a serial killer in 1970’s fend for themselves in the wilderness. returns to Bradford to run his business while concealing her San Francisco. true identity from her family. Andreas Hadjivassiliou lives in Norwich Ryan J. Brown is a writer and actor originally from and is studying for an MA in Scriptwriting Born and raised in London to Mauritian parents, South Yorkshire. We Are Your Children is his first foray Rasheed/Rasheeda at UEA. His first screenplay, titled Many Wally Jiagoo is a resigned Aston Villa fan, into television drama and the competition is the first Rooms, reached the semi-finals of the Shore unexpected lover of dogs, and recovering Scrabble writing contest he has entered. He lives in London Scripts competition in 2015. He is currently obsessive. In 2005 he was chosen to be part of and has been writing comedy and drama for stage working on his second feature-length script, Soho Theatre’s Core Writing Group, where his and screen for several years. He recently wrote, a play and a TV pilot. first attempt at writing a full length play resulted performed, and produced a sketch show at the in a staged reading by the National Youth Theatre Leicester Square Theatre. CAST in 2006. In 2010 he was a shortlisted finalist for the Sky BBC All Mixed Up sitcom competition. In 2014 he CAST NATALIE WALTER was selected to be on the Channel 4 Screenwriting Diane/Pam/Martha Independent Talent Course, which assisted him in landing an agent. JESSICA CLAIRE Marla Nancy Hudson SHARON D CLARKE CAST OÕBrian Scott Marshall Rasheed MARTIN MCDOUGALL Sarah MUZZ KHAN Nancy Hudson BOBBY RAINSBURY Narrow Road Agency Gerry Lee Morgan Frankie Finnerty MATTHEW JURE Simon & How Narrator NIGEL BETTS Are ChildrenWe Your LEONIE HILL Angel & Francis Her Lin/Barman/Passerby Actorum Lady Ria PAUL COURTENAY HYU ALIM JAYDA Nancy Hudson Access Artiste Management Ltd. Val/Don Waheeda Naaz DEREK EZENAGU LENA KAUR Milburn Browning Sainou Man Abdul Wahjeed (Abz) AARON VODOVOZ ASSAD ZAMAN Simon & How Payne Management Scott Brenda Betteridge SEAN HART TRACY BRABIN Curtis Brown Wintersons Narrator Narrator LIA BURGE AMERJIT DEU Wintersons United Agents.
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