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.
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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
Jagoda Tlok
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