{"id":9788,"date":"2024-06-11T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/?page_id=9788"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:29:09","slug":"director-lab-2024-meet-the-participants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/making-films\/director-lab-2024-meet-the-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Lab 2024: Meet the Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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BFI NETWORK\u00a0south west,\u00a0in partnership with\u00a0Bournemouth Film School<\/a>\u00a0(BFS),\u00a0is pleased to announce our Director Lab cohort that will be taking part in an in-person day of\u00a0tutor-led\u00a0masterclasses,\u00a0followed by workshopping with\u00a0professional\u00a0actors and the chance to be offered \u00a32,000\u00a0from\u00a0BFS\u00a0to make a micro-short based on their script.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Luke Sims<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n


Luke David Sims is a writer-director and cinematographer based in Plymouth, with a First Class BA in Film and a background as a video producer. His work focuses on, and is driven by, character-centric, emotive storytelling.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Katie Bonham<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Katie is a writer-director from a working-class background based in Hampshire. Katie\u2019s work usually explores social commentaries within the surreal and uncanny. Her short film, Mab<\/em>, was awarded the Melies D\u2019Argent <\/em>at Abertoir Horror film Festival and she was commissioned by BBC Arts for short surreal comedy Selfie Stick<\/em>, which broadcasted on BBC4 and is now on iPlayer.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Rachel Tillotson<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Rachel is an award-winning Bristol-based director with a Masters in Film Direction from the Royal College of Art. Her passion is in creating unforgettable stories told from a dynamic female perspective.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Toby Parker Rees<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Toby is an Exmouth-based writer-director. He wrote an episode of Channel 4\u2019s BAFTA-winning anthology series On the Edge<\/em> (which will be broadcast this August), a mermaid story about finding yourself in a body that won\u2019t do what you want it to \u2013 based on his experiences with adult-onset epilepsy. Toby also won the Beyond Award commission from Film and Video Umbrella to adapt his play The Great Dog, Pan <\/em>(written and directed on attachment at Bristol Old Vic) into a short film.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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Ornella Hawthorn Gardez<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ornella is a BAFTA accredited writer-director based in Bristol, creating genre narrative, suspense-filled films that take the audience on a rollercoaster of emotions. Originally from an acting and self-shooting background in extreme sports, Ornella uses these influences to colour her narrative work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Alice Panerai<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Alice is an experienced commercials director based in Bristol, with award-winning work that spans TV, social and cinema. She is currently focusing on short film projects and expanding her experience in narrative filmmaking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Matthew Sterling<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Matthew is a writer, director and producer based in Bath, with South African and Persian dual heritage. His short films have been selected at BIFA, BAFTA and Academy Award-qualifying festivals and have featured on the BBC, Vimeo, and FilmShortage among others. He\u2019s currently mentored by Otto Bathurst through the Directors UK Inspire scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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George Magner<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

George is a Bristol-based filmmaker who co-founded production company Mountain Way Pictures in 2017 and who tells stories about moments of crisis, parallel perspectives, and transcendental moments in ordinary lives. Be it pure drama<\/a>, participatory or research-led films, or corporate\/commercial work, he’s chasing the stories through which we shape our Selves.\u00a0
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