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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.

Olivia D'Lima is an Indian, British actor, writer and filmmaker, with a background in television and film. As an actor she is most known for playing Charli xcx's sister in Julia Jackman's feature film, 100 Nights of Hero, and for her NTA-nominated role in BBC's BAFTA-winning show, Casualty. Most recently as a filmmaker Olivia wrote, produced and starred in her original short film Tell Your Face which premiered at UVFF 2026 and has since gone on to win Best Comedy at Sunderland FF and screen at BFI Southbank. This follows on from her previous BIFA-qualifying and award winning projects..

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.

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.

Shayna Weber is a screenwriter, producer, and director who writes characters who were never meant to fit in the box — so they blow it up. Shayna, and her writing partner, (Rebel Minx) sold their horror feature Gara’s Return which is awaiting release, have completed a horror feature commissioned by Full Moon Features, and hired to rewrite a horror thriller feature. Her produced short Lunch Ladies is a cult phenomenon with forty-six festival wins across more than 150 screenings worldwide. A two-decade veteran of unscripted television — RuPaul’s Drag Race, So You Think You Can Dance, VH1’s Bands Reunited — she brings a producer’s instincts and a writer’s hunger to everything she makes. She currently serves as Creative Executive at The International Screenwriters’ Association. Please can we add the link to their website that I shared earleier. Thank you

Darcia is a British film and television director known for Riches written by Abby Ajayi for Amazon Prime /ITVx,  and feature length episodes of The Chelsea Detective. A new series entitled Three Little Birds created by Sir Lenny Henry, executive produced by Russell T Davies (It’s a Sin, Dr Who) was recently released with the final two episodes directed by Darcia. 

During a career which began in documentaries Darcia has worked with Neal Street Productions, Shondaland, Greenacre Films and BBC studios. She is working with Element8 and ZDF on the upcoming Brontë Girls. 

Her short film First gained U.S distribution and Darcia was selected to join BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2021.  Indignitas is due for release in 2025.