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Bafta Rocliffe New Writing Showcase – Film 2019 A huge thank you to our script selection BAFTA Rocliffe patrons include: panellists and judges. They included: Christine Langan, Julian Fellowes, John Madden, Mike Newell, Richard Eyre, BAFTA ROCLIFFE David Parfitt, Peter Kosminsky, David Yates, The Jury Finola Dwyer, Michael Kuhn, Nik Powell, NEW WRITING SHOWCASE Ð Duncan Kenworthy, Rebecca OÕBrien, Sue OLIVIA HETREED Writer & Producer, President WGGB (Chair) Perkins, John Bishop, Greg Brenmer, Olivia MARY BURKE Senior Development & Production Executive, BFI Film Fund Hetreed, Andy Patterson and Andy Harries. FIL M 2019 ANTHONY CHEN Director MONDAY 15 APRIL 2019 // BAFTA 195 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1J 9LN MATIMBA KABALIKA Talent Development Executive, Troika Talent Agency Rocliffe Producers ANDREW ORR Managing Director, Independent Film Company CATHERINE FREEMAN [email protected] FOLASADE OYELEYE Editor FARAH ABUSHWESHA LUCINDA COXON and Margot Robbie. Jones is currently in post CLAUDIA YUSEF Head of Development, BBC Films [email protected] Lucinda Coxon is an on Greed from director Michael Winterbottom JUSTINE WRIGHT Editor BAFTA Producer award-winning writer for film, and in development on an Untitled Alexander JULIA CARRUTHERS television, and stage. Her feature McQueen Project. He is the founder of DJ Films The Panel [email protected] screenplays include The Danish Ltd and was co-founder of Dragon Pictures and Directors SUSAN JACOBSON Director, Pistachio Pictures (Chair) SIAN REEVES Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne Mission Pictures. SHONA COLLINS Senior Creative Executive, Path [email protected] and Alicia Vikander, and Wild Target starring LAURIE COOK Producer, Newscope Films NOUR WAZZI Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, and Rupert Grint. HELEN BLAKEMAN [email protected] URSULA DEVINE Development Executive, Northern Ireland Screen SUSAN JACOBSON She collaborated with Guillermo Del Toro on Helen Blakeman is the creator, lead writer LINCIA DANIEL Producer [email protected] Crimson Peak and adapted Sarah Waters’ novel and associate producer of the BAFTA nominated LUCY FAWCETT Agent, Sheil Land Associates Artwork The Little Stranger for film, which was directed CBBC series Hetty Feather, based SONNY GILL Development & Acquisitions Executive, Independent Film Co. DERMOT FLYNN by Lenny Abrahamson. Her four-part version on the best-selling children’s novel SOPHIE GREEN Head of Acquisitions and Development, Bankside Films www.dermotflynn.com of The Crimson Petal and the White, based on by Jacqueline Wilson – now in its EMILY HARRIS Writer & Director Casting Director Michael Faber’s novel, was screened to critical fifth series. EMILY JACOBS Casting Director, KLS Casting FAYE TIMBY acclaim on BBC2, and starred Romola Garai and Helen is also a BAFTA and [email protected] JESSIE MANGUM Sales Agent & Producer, Goalpost Film Chris O’Dowd. It was BAFTA nominated. She is International Emmy Award GREG MARTIN Acquisitions and Distribution Executive, Embankment Films Music currently adapting Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth for winner, both of which she received for her TV C/O ALICE ATKINSON - AIR EDEL MAX PARK Development Editor, Film 4 [email protected] Working Title Films, and writing a new play for screenplay adaptation of Dustbin Baby (BBC/ JAY TAYLOR Producer, Electric Shadow Company the National Theatre. Kindle Entertainment) starring Juliet Stevenson, EMMA YAP Development Producer David Haig and Dakota Blue Richards. She Find us on Facebook BAFTA DAMIAN JONES wrote the much-acclaimed and controversial film BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum Damian Jones has produced over 30 feature Pleasureland for Kudos/Channel 4 (BAFTA, RTS Follow us on Twitter films including: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, nomination) and has scripted numerous episodes @rocliffeforum The Lady in the Van, Dad’s Army, of teen soap Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures/C4). Helen @BAFTA Belle, The Iron Lady, Adulthood, wrote for the much-loved Call the Midwife, series Sign up for BAFTA news and events at Kidulthood, The History Boys, 7, in 2018. www.bafta.org Gridlock’d, Millions, Sex and Helen also writes for theatre and has numerous Drugs and Rock & Roll, Powder prime-time projects currently in development. BAFTA and Rocliffe request that attendees Room and most recently, Goodbye Helen is Chair of the BAFTA Children’s do not solicit industry guests with copies Christopher Robin in collaboration with Fox Committee, a member of the BAFTA Council of their scripts, projects or CVs, or request contact details. BAFTA and Rocliffe cannot Searchlight and starring Domnhall Gleeson and a board member for the Liverpool Everyman provide contact details of attendees. & Playhouse Theatres. Midas MIDAS FLY IN THE OINTMENT LIVERPOOL FERRY by ROB MARSHALL by CARYS WATFORD by LEE ARMSTRONG Directed by NOUR WAZZI Directed by SUSAN JACOBSON Directed by SIAN REEVES Composer ROSHAN GUNGA Composer GARETH MURPHY Composer PETE BLYTH A teenage boy develops Midas syndrome, the golden Cork, Ireland. 1980. Set against a backdrop of great Liverpool Ferry is a coming of age story about a touch, and has to control his perception of the world social change, two teenage girls form a punk band Northern Irish teenage girl, Sarah (16), escaping in order to survive. and forge a trail of disruption in their quiet, religious Belfast via ferry to England, where it is legal for coastal town. her to undergo abortion. ROB MARSHALL has come up with stories since he was a young kid, and written scripts for many CARYS WATFORD is a Writer/Director LEE ARMSTRONG wrote, produced and years. He’s mainly written for himself, submitting passionate about making female-led films directed a short film On Call in 10 hours with a to occasional competitions, and has made it Fly in the Ointment packed with personality and heart. £2K budget in 2017. It got nominated for best through the first sift once or twice, or been asked Her short films have competed at Oscar- and short film at British Independent Film Festival, to send something else. This is the first time he’ll BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide. Carys’ Lift Off Film Festival and London Independent see (part of) a script performed. latest short film Space Girls (an adventure film Film Awards, and got shortlisted at the London centred around four 9-year-old girls who want Short Film Festival. CAST to be astronauts) screened at over 30 festivals and Narrator/Sally won the Grand Prize Children’s Live Action Short CAST ANNIE MCKENZIE Award at Rhode Island International Film Festival Narrator Global Artists (2018). Fly in the Ointment is Carys’ debut feature FELICITY DAVIDSON John script. Carys is a member of 2018’s BAFTA Crew Amanda Sarosi Associates MICHAEL AJAO Film & TV Programme and she made the Final 15 Jules United Agents Shortlist for Zealous’ 2018 Emerge Film Prize. MICHAEL WORKEYE Tash Olivia Bell Management RHODA OFORI-ATTAH CAST Sarah Olivia Bell Management Liverpool Ferry Narrator/Conor’s mother/Brendan SAOIRSE-MONICA JACKSON Tzuki EAMONN HEARNS Independent Talent ALEX JARRETT c/o Roclif fe Mum/Doctor Middleweek Newton Aoiffe JOANNE CRAWFORD Dave/Jeff SIOBHAN CULLEN Susannah Norris Agency ROBIN PEARCE Jonathan Arun United Agents Orla Doctor Lloyd LOUISA HARLAND BRIAN PROTHEROE Emptage Hallett United Agents Niamh LARA WOLLINGTON Daisy & Dukes Karen BARBARA DRENNAN Olivia Bell Management Patrick/Father O’Brien KEITH DUNPHY Jonathan Arun Conor DONAL FINN Independent Talent .
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