Naman Ramachandran Industry stalwarts including director Cheryl Dunye (“Bridgerton”), actor, writer, director Romola Garai (“The Amulet,” “Becoming Elizabeth”), producer Elizabeth Karlsen (“Mothering Sunday”) and Sky Comedy commissioning editor Tilusha Ghelani have joined the illustrious roster of mentors at The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland.Now in its second year in the territory, the lab, which supports women and non-binary writers over 40, is set up to discover new writing voices from across Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The initiative is produced by Untamed Stories’ Julia Berg and Ruth Spencer and TWL co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon.
It is presented with support from Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton, Coco Francini and Georgie Pym’s Dirty Films. The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland is in association with Birds’ Eye View, Dancing Ledge Productions, Curzon CM Development Fund, Maisie Williams’ production company Rapt, London-based film and TV agency Dench Arnold, Screen Scotland, Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, Ffilm Cymru Wales and BFI Network.
The other mentors and speakers for the program include Farhana Bhula, senior commissioning Executive, Film4; Ana Garanito, head of scripted, Green Door Pictures; Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, producer, “Top Boy”; Emily Mortimer, writer, director, producer, “The Pursuit of Love”; Alice Seabright, writer, director, producer, “Chloe”; and Claire Wilson, writer, “Rocks.”The program will run September 2022 to Feb.
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