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Bafta Rocliffe New Writing Showcase – Film 2020 A huge thank you to our script selection BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: panellists and judges. They included: Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John BAFTA ROCLIFFE Madden, Mike Newell, Richard Eyre, David Parfitt, Peter Kosminsky, David Yates, NEW WRITING SHOWCASE Ð Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Duncan 2020 Film Jury Kenworthy, Rebecca OÕBrien, Sue Perkins, John Bishop, Greg Brenmer, Olivia Hetreed, FILM 2020 Andy Patterson and Andy Harries. ANNEMARIE JACIR Writer/Director, Wajib, When I Saw You CLINT DYER Actor, Black Mirror, Writer/Director, Death of England (NT) TUESDAY 7 JULY 2020 COLM MEANEY Producer, Actor, Con Air, Intermission, The Last Right Rocliffe Producer EMMA BERKOFSKY Head of Development at Lionsgate UK, FARAH ABUSHWESHA Military Wives, How To Build A Girl [email protected] SIR CHRISTOPHER KATE DICKIE LOUISA DENT Managing Director, Curzon Artificial Eye BAFTA Producer HAMPTON Actress OLIVIA HETREED Writer, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Wuthering Heights JULIA CARRUTHERS ROMOLA GARAI Actor, Atonement, The Hour, Writer/Director, Amulet [email protected] BAFTA and Oscar Red Road, Filth, SOPHIE HOLLAND Casting Director, The Witcher, The Kill Team winning writer-director, Game of Thrones, Rocliffe Development Exec TIM CORRIE Former BAFTA Chairman and Director of DLT ltd ZSOFIA SZEMEREDY Palme D’or nominee The English Game TODD BROWN Head of International Acquisitions, XYZ Films [email protected] Atonement, Dangerous Liaisons, The Singapore Grip, Director IAN ARYEH The Father 2020 Film Panel [email protected] Audio-Visual Engineer ANNA GRIFFIN Producer at Griffin Pictures & Wellington Films IAN THRELFALL AVA STRIKER Development Executive, Mubi [email protected] BENNET MCGHEE FARAH ABUSHWESHA Head of Development, Film4 BEN COREN Casting Director Producer (MODERATOR) CATHERINE FREEMAN Development Executive, RubyRock Pictures FAYE TIMBY Mogul Mowgli, Bo66y, VS Producer CHRIS WALLEY Actor, BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, Young Offenders, 1917 [email protected] Director, Carmilla Irreplaceable You, EMILY HARRIS Composer The ABC Murders, EOIN OÕFAOLAIN Head of Development and Acquisitions, Sharp House C/O ALICE ATKINSON - AIR EDEL The Singapore Grip JOHN GIWA-AMU Producer, The Machine, The Call Up [email protected] LAWRENCE MASON Creative Assistant, Netflix LEE BRAZIER Producer, Yesterday LUCY FAWCETT Literary Agent, Sheil Land Associates Find us on Facebook BAFTA MARTHA HOOD Development Executive, Altitude Film Entertainment BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum MDHAMIRI A NKEMI Editor, The Last Tree, Blue Story Follow us on Twitter NIAMH ALGAR Actor, BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, Calm With Horses, @rocliffeforum The Virtues @BAFTA RACHEL DE-LAHAY Screenwriter, BAFTA Elevate, Noughts and Crosses Sign up for BAFTA news and events at SARAH ARNOTT Talent Manager, Zero Gravity Management bafta.org SIAN HARRIS Screenwriter, BAFTA Elevate, Man Down SONNY GILL Acquisitions & Development Executive BAFTA and Rocliffe request that attendees SUSAN JACOBSON Director, Handy do not solicit industry guests with copies URSULA DEVINE Development Executive, Northern Ireland Screen of their scripts, projects or CVs, or request contact details. BAFTA and Rocliffe cannot YAW BASOAH Producer, Dark Pictures provide contact details of attendees. YVONNE DONOHOE Producer, Blinder Films Lawrence Pumfrey Lawrence PEAKLAND THE BURNING HILL MOTHER WILD by LAWRENCE PUMFREY by DOMINIC FLINT by CLAIRE TAILYOUR Directed by IAN ARYEH Directed by IAN ARYEH Directed by IAN ARYEH Composer PETE BLYTH Composer RUPERT CROSS Composer MARCOS DÕCRUZE A British Western, following an ex-mining family - A thriller set in Brazil where the botched robbery of A pregnant woman on the run from a pandemic is now bandits – as they seek revenge by kidnapping the a young British ex-soldier by two desperate teenagers forced to raise her half beast daughter in wilderness. daughter of their wrongdoer. spirals them all into deadly conflict with corrupt cops Can maternal love run out? and favela gangsters. LAWRENCE PUMFREY has been working in CLAIRE TAILYOUR was born in Johannesburg the UK film industry for nearly 10 years, as a Having always loved storytelling, DOM FLINT but grew up in the UK and USA. She has an freelance script consultant and editor for the BFI, recently had his debut novel published and is MFA from USC and directs television including Icon UK, Kudos and DMC. Balancing film and now working to realise his ambition to write for Jimmy McGovern’s Moving On. Dominic Flint TV development work with a life as a singer- film and television. Dom has a particular interest Whilst starting out in LA, Claire wrote web songwriter in indie band Beach Baby. Having left in crime and thrillers. Although drawn to dark series and assisted screenwriter Mark Goffman the music industry behind him, he’s now decided themes, he has also written lighter material. (West Wing, Law and Order, Sleepy Hollow). to stop just advising other writers and to have a From early years in Ghana, Dom grew up Her first script Turnpike was a semi-finalist in go himself. Peakland - a grim British-Western - is mostly in Essex and London, and now lives the Sundance Script Lab and the Academy his first feature-length script. on the South Coast. Married to a Brazilian, Nicholl Fellowship. he spent time living in Brazil and is fascinated Claire has written short films including Sundance by other cultures. London/Langham’s Ruby’s Skin starring Olivia Cooke and Directors UK/Arri’s Belittled starring Kiran Sonia Sawar (nominated Best Writer, Underwire ‘19). Claire Tailyour CAST FOR ALL THREE PIECES 2020 SHORTLISTED WRITERS Director Actor BEN COHEN Ability IAN ARYEH TARA FITZGERALD JANET MOORE My DecisionÕs Made Dench Arnold United Agents MATT HEALEY Her MajestyÕs Rat-catcher Actor Actor CHARLES ENTSIE No StringÕs Attached NAOMI ACKIE IAN HART KAIYA STONE Grim Hamilton Hodell ARG talent ISLA URE The Tides Actor Actor ALEX BEATTIE Poker Dollface JONATHAN AJAYI TOHEEB JIMOH Markham, Froggatt and Irwin Troika All writers can be contacted via [email protected] Actor Actor FRANK BLAKE LUCIAN MSAMATI Curtis Brown Diamond Management Actor Actor BRENDAN COYLE JACK OÕCONNELL The ArtistÕs Partnership Conway van Gelder Grant.
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