Meet the Mentors

  • Emily Greenwood

    Emily recently directed her 6th short film, STOP DEAD, a proof of concept for horror feature THE STILL MAN, with Shadowhouse Films (HOST, DASHCAM) and BFI Vision Award recipient, Lunar Lander Films. An alumna of various talent programmes, including BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew, the EIFF Talent Lab, the Berlinale Talent Campus, Film London's PFM Micromarket, BFI's Think-Shoot-Distribute and Guiding Lights and featured in a special issue of MOVIESCOPE magazine celebrating Women In Film.

    https://www.emilygreenwood.co.uk/

  • Jude Goldrei

    Jude has produced award-winning short films including Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham’s SXSW and Sundance London-selected The THING THAT ATE THE BIRDS (BFI/Gunpowder & Sky), Aurora Fearnley’s MURMUR, animated series ZEBRA FACE for Channel 4, and Joy Wilkinson’s MA’AM (Bumble’s Female Film Force winner). She previously worked as an executive producer on behalf of the UKFC on 70 short films, including a BAFTA winner. She has worked for the British Council’s film team, Universal Spirits, Into Film, Creative England, BBC, and Bankside Films. She was selected for Vipers Nest, Binger FilmLab, iFeatures, Film London’s Microwave, Guiding Lights and the European Genre Forum.

    http://www.lunarlanderfilms.com/about/

  • Ashleigh Ashley

    Creative producer who works across television, film, advertising and music promos. She has a passion for stories that explore and celebrate the human condition and is a strong advocate for gender equality, all round diversity and mental health in the screen industries. Notably, in 2020, Ashleigh founded the diversity segment of the Advertising Producers Association’s Masterclass. Ashleigh was selected for BAFTA Elevate 2022-2024.

    https://www.ashleighashley.co.uk/

  • Louis Bhose

    “just a tired lil guy trying my best to be a good director who says smart things.”

    Louis’ recent short film ‘CALVING’ screened at BFI London Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, Fantastic Fest, winning PRIX CANAL+ at Clermont-Ferrand. Louis won the 2018 NME award for best music video and he won a D&AD wooden pencil for a twitter advert.

    https://www.louisbhose.com/

  • Isla Badenoch

    Filmmaker and artist living in the rural borderlands of the UK and Ireland. Isla’s work has been selected for numerous OSCAR / BAFTA-qualifying festivals, long-listed for a BIFA, broadcast on BBC4, Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Picks, WaterBear and Minute Shorts.

    Her work has been funded by BFI, DocSociety, Film Wales, Arts Council, BBC Arts, LUX Scotland, Screen Scotland and Statens Kunstfond. She is an alumni of BFI New Writers Lab, BFI Midlands Directors Lab, BBC New Creatives, LUX Now & Next, Reclaim the Frame’s Filmonomics and Directors UK Inspire. She is a mentor at Boom Satsuma in Bristol and for the Emerging Voices Film Foundation, and is a continuing member of BAFTA Connect.

    https://www.islabadenoch.com/

  • Tom Nicoll

    Scottish writer and director, whose films have screened at festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Tallinn Black Nights, and Edinburgh International Film Festival. He has had a short film funded through Creative Scotland's SFTN Emerging Talent Scheme which screened on the BBC, and is in funded development for a feature film.

    https://www.tomnicoll.co.uk/

  • Angus Finney

    Experienced film, TV and streaming business specialist, author, trainer and an executive producer. He managed Europe’s only Film Production Finance Market for 10 years for Film London and is the former managing director of Renaissance Films where he worked across development, packaging, financing, sales and marketing. His current work includes executive producing for Manchester’s horror oufit Grimmfest and the long running Greenland-set series End Of The World.

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278265/

  • Matthew Lawes-Wickwar

    Founded production company Other Brother Studios in 2016. He is an award winning Producer and Editor, 2017-2019 BFI Network x BAFTA Crew alumni, 2022 - 2025 BAFTA Connect member, Screenskills mentee, Creative UK mentee, Norfolk / Suffolk County Council Innovation mentee, Creative Enterprise Foundations for Film and TV cohort 2022.

    First feature film as editor DANIELLE BRANDON completed in 2024. As a Producer feature film COCOON is currently in development with the BFI. He has helped to produce 15x short films, screening at 173 film festivals internationally, winning 13x awards to date. Two of these shorts have picked up distribution deals.

    https://www.otherbrotherstudios.co.uk/about