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Source: Glasgow Film Festival

Ross MacKay, Sophie Peacock

Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) has selected participants for two talent development programmes ahead of its 25th edition (February 26-March 19, 2025).

Nine creators and projects have been selected for the Animatic talent lab, for Scotland-based creatives and studios developing an animated feature film, series or short film.

Scroll down for the full list of selected participants

The projects include Ross MacKay’s sci-fi comedy The Last Resort, in which a teenager breaches the perimeters of a futuristic paradise.

The nine projects will take part in a six-month training programme including sessions, one-to-one meetings and pitching workshops, delivered by executives from companies including Aardman, Netflix, BBC, Paramount and Screen Scotland.

GFF has also selected eight participants for its New Talent Mentorship Scheme, that provides six months of support and training for emerging professionals from backgrounds currently under-represented in the industry.

Participants include writer and script executive Sophie Peacock, who has editorial credits on the His Dark Materials trilogy and BBC drama Dope Girls, and is developing her debut feature.

The participants will be assigned a mentor with expertise in their chosen writing field, with mentors including directors Ben Wheatley, Laura Carreira and Prano Bailey-Bond.

Both schemes will culminate during GFF’s Industry Focus programme, from March 3-6 during the festival. The full programme for the festival will be announced in January 2025; with the Industry Focus programme unveiled in February.

Glasgow Film Festival 2024/25 talent development participants

Animatic

Ana Stefaniak, OOF Animation with series Flipside

Hannah Kathryn Kelso with series Overlords

Abigail Lamb with series Lochs & Legends

Eleanor Stewart, Clubhouse Animations with series Dolly Doctors

Ross MacKay with feature The Last Resort

Iain Gardner, Animation Garden with series Badger Beats

Sammi Duong with series To Myself And The Forest Of Tigers

Wilma Smith with series The Three Graces

Steven Fraser with series Chosen

New Talent Mentorship Scheme

Chak Hin Leung

Lara DeImage

Lipa Hussein

Jess Kelly

Brian McIver

Ewan Mcpherson

Sophie Peacock

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