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Aleksandra Sykulak is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter working across  fiction, animation and games. She was born and raised in Warsaw. Her  writing occupies the space between tragedy and comedy – always touching  on real, tangible feelings, but often through obscure, slightly ironic  scenarios. Aleksandra is a graduate of The National Film and Television  School, where she wrote numerous short films, many of which screened at  festivals around the world. She is also the author of a graphic crime  novel El Diablo and the director of a short documentary In A Knot, which  premiered at an Oscar-qualifying Kraków Film Festival. She is currently  developing both live-action and animated projects for TV and for film.

Richard  Glover is an award-winning actor, who recently wrapped shooting upcoming feature films DESPERATE JOURNEY, directed by Annabel Jankel and PROMENADE. He can now be seen in the BBC 1 series BEYOND PARADISE for Red Planet Pictures. He can also be seen in the 8 episode limited series A SMALL LIGHT, for Disney+ and in GHOSTS S4 for BBC One. Recent highlights include the feature film CENSOR and AGATHA RAISIN 3 for Sky 1.

In the past few years, Richard has become a regular in Ben Wheatley films. First off, he appeared in SIGHTSEERS (playing 'Martin'). Then as 'Friend' in the movie A FIELD IN ENGLAND and alo he appeared in Wheatley's HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD.

Richard has also appeared in other movies such as the Disney movie INTO THE WOODS, playing 'The Steward' to Chris Pine's 'Prince Charming'. He was also (delighted to be) an X-Wing pilot in ROGUE ONE and played Brigadier Nicholson in DARKEST HOUR. He also landed a fun role in the Horrible Histories film BILL.

As for TV, Richard was in the BBC/HBO TV adaptation of J.K.Rowling's first adult book THE CASUAL VACANCY, in which he plays 'Simon Price'. More recently, he popped up in the successful BBC drama INFORMER.

Tahiyah Taylor is a Trinidad born freelance producer and writer/director, now based in London, where she moved to pursue her lifelong dream of being a filmmaker. Her love for cinema sparked early in life and over the last three years, she’s gained experience assisting on advertising
 sets and producing personal projects, including narrative shorts, documentaries, and music videos. 

“There is a personal connection to the story of Route Cause, I am very excited to share this project as I know it’s something a lot of people can relate to and it’s a very special thing to feel seen.”

Alice Henley is an award winning Screen and Theatre Actress. She has worked with HBO as series regular Livia in "Rome", acted opposite Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's "‪Eastern Promises‬" and was the lead in CBBC comedy "My ‪Almost Famous‬ Family". She toured Italy for six months with "‪Romeo and Juliet‬" and then moved to London permanently working as an actress, writer and producer..

She has co-written and produced short film "Another Day", which deals with the growing epidemic of male suicide, and has written, produced and acted in "Lal", the story of the East End girls who kept Britain going while the boys were away fighting World War II. She currently has two projects in development with her production company Henley Black Productions.

Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Eliab Daniel is a writer, director and photographer of Eritrean Heritage. Raised in South London, his taste and visual language is a blend of these different cultures and the observations that come from them. Heavily influenced by East Asian Cinema and its spiritual and meditative qualities, Eliab strives to bring these qualities to new characters and worlds. In his stories, nuance and authenticity are an important element of exporing working class and immigrant pockets of society. Visual language, emotive intuition and a strong cultural identity all shape the message that he has to tell