Bafta Rocliffe New Writing Showcase: Childrenõs Media
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BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: A huge thank you to our script selection panelists and jurors. Jenni Konner, Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John Madden, BAFTA ROCLIFFE NEW WRITING Mike Newell, Richard Eyre, David Parfitt, The Jury Peter Kosminsky, David Yates, FARAH ABUSHWESHA Rocliffe - Moderator SHOWCASE: CHILDRENÕS MEDIA Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Nik Powell, KAY BENBOW Controller, CBeebies Duncan Kenworthy, Rebecca OÕBrien, Sue Perkins, John Bishop, Greg Brenmer, ANNE BROGAN Managing Director, Kindle Entertainment Supported by The London Book Fair Olivia Hetreed, Andy Patterson HELEN MCALEER London Book Fair/ Walker Books and Andy Harries. SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2017 // BAFTA 195 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1J 9LN The Panel Rocliffe Producer TIM CLAGUE Nelson Nutmeg Productions FARAH ABUSHWESHA TONY COOKE Writer TOBI WILSON is currently Sarah began her career at Absolutely Productions [email protected] RICHARD KINNING Creative Director, a senior writer on Cartoon before moving to Aardman Animation, where BAFTA Producers The Amazing World of Gumball Network’s UK animated series, she worked for seven years on numerous LISA PRIME [email protected] JAMILA METRAN Sony TV (Pop) The Amazing World of Gumball. productions including Planet Sketch, Big Jeff, and ALEXA TAMSETT SUE NOTT Producer Now heading into its sixth Timmy Time which was nominated for and won [email protected] KARA SMITH Writer season, Tobi has written across the BAFTA award for pre-school animation at Director SIMON SPENCER Producer five seasons and over 150 episodes, and was part the British Academy Children’s Awards in 2010 SUSAN JACOBSON DANNY STACK Nelson Nutmeg Productions of the writing team who won the BAFTA award and again in 2013. [email protected] ZINA WEGRZYNSKI Kindle Entertainment for writing at the British Academy Children’s Casting Awards in 2013 and then again in 2016. Tobi Sarah has worked in the animation industry FAYE TIMBY [email protected] also wrote episode ‘The Shell’ which won the for 15 years and worked on co-productions Best Children’s Series and the Children’s Choice in Canada, Korea and Europe, set up studios Music ALICE ATKINSON Award at the British Animation Awards in 2016. for in-house productions and worked for [email protected] both independent production companies Most recently, Tobi has written on the second and broadcasters. Find us on Facebook series of CBBC’s DangerMouse and is currently BAFTA working with Nickelodeon UK on the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum development of a new animated series, for FARAH ABUSHWESHA, a Follow us on Twitter which two scripts have been commissioned. BAFTA-nominated producer and @rocliffeforum best-selling author, is a champion @BAFTA of new talent. Her most recent Sign up for BAFTA news and events at SARAH FELL is the Executive feature films include Irreplaceable www.bafta.org Producer of The Amazing World You with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, of Gumball, Cartoon Network’s Michiel Huismann, Christopher Walken and BAFTA and Rocliffe request that attendees UK animation hit show, where Steven Coogan and Danny Huston’s The Last do not solicit industry guests with copies of their scripts or projects. BAFTA and Rocliffe she is currently delivering its Photograph. She is the founder of the BAFTA cannot provide contact details of attendees. fifth season after joining the Rocliffe New Writing Showcase. production in 2011. Sarah works in the Original Programming department covering series and shorts production. KLEPTO AND THE SHALLOWS UPSIDEDOWN Klepto and the Barnsley Mummies BARNSLEY MUMMIES by JAVID REZAI by RACHEL MURRELL [email protected] [email protected] by MAGGIE BOWLER Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON [email protected] Composer ANDREA BOCCADORRO Composer RUPERT CROSS Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON Composer PHILIP POPE Three 13 year-old misfits try to balance school life with Megan auditions for an afterschool circus skills class saving the world from monsters. to learn trapeze, but another student is determined to An impulsive girl steals a ring from a mummy and stop her. unwittingly triggers an ancient curse, drawn back into JAVID REZAI is a British-Iranian-Italian a world of magic and sacrifice. screenwriter and director. After graduating from RACHEL MURRELL is a scriptwriter specializing Goldsmiths University in 2013 and receiving a in preschool animation. Her credits include MAGGIE BOWLER started out as a film Vogue Certificate from Conde Nast College of Little Princess, What’s the Big Idea? and Bob the editor. Maggie fell in love with documentary Fashion and Design, Javid became Fashion and Builder. UpsideDown emerged from Rachel’s Shallows and worked in television as a freelance editor Editorial Assistant at British Esquire. In 2016, passion for contemporary circus, research at the for many years before returning to drama. She he made the short British drama Another Life National Centre for Circus Arts in Hackney, and completed a diploma in script development at which premiered at the Festival Internacional de interviews with practitioners of inclusive circus. the National Film and Television School before Cine de Madrid. In 2017 his second short film, Learning circus is all about emotional resilience, freelancing as a reader, most recently for the the Iranian-British coming of age Pegah, was taking risks and building trust and so is the BBC’s Writers Room. A script editing workshop screened at the prestigious 65th annual Columbus perfect setting for stories about teenagers’ lives. encouraged Maggie to start writing and her first International Film and Video Festival. screenplay was developed on an NFTS course before she began work on a spec television series. CAST CAST Narrator Narrator CAST FELICITY DAVIDSON CAROLINE WILDI Klepto Amanda Sarosi Associates RKA Talent HANNAH ROSE-THOMPSON Tandi Megan Winterstons ANNA LEONG BROPHY ANNA LEONG BROPHY Down Upside Lucy Budge Narrow Road Ð Rachel Mohi Narrow Road Ð Rachel Mohi FELICITY DAVIDSON Scooter Ayisha Amanda Sarosi Associates JONATHAN CASE HANNAH ROSE-THOMPSON Nan Scott Marshall Partners Ltd Winterstons CAROLINE WILDI Rita Teen Boy 1 RKA Talent HANNAH ROSE-THOMPSON DANIEL ABBOTT Newscaster/Narrator Winterstons Winterstons DAN MARCH Kerry Teen Boy 2 Cheryl Hayes Management CAROLINE WILDI JONATHAN CASE Chil d 1/H a cker RKA Talent Scott Marshall Partners Ltd DANIEL ABBOTT Tommy Winterstons DANIEL ABBOTT Child 2 Winterstons JONATHAN CASE Mr Johnson/Eddie/Nerdy Kid/Vipero Scott Marshall Partners Ltd DAN MARCH Child 3/Carey Cheryl Hayes Management ANNA LEONG BROPHY Narrow Road Ð Rachel Mohi.