GABI CARPENTER

Bio

Gabi Carpenter is a Chilean director and producer based in the UK.

She is familiar with producing short and long-form content including documentaries, narrative and commercials. Gabi has worked in high-end drama series for Amazon and Netflix, and with leading TV channels like the BBC and CNN.

Currently working on

TREASURES OF THE WORLD, a documentary series for C4 and BBC World News.

Chloe Culpin

Bio

Chloe is a freelance producer who has worked on a range of BBC, BFI and privately-funded shorts that have gone on to screen at festivals such as Edinburgh International Film Festival, Rhode Island Festival and Aesthetica. She also produces in the commercial space, including music videos for Louis Theroux and Jessie Buckley and campaigns for charities such as St Mungos. Chloe also writes and directs; her next short film, BURN OUT is funded by the BFI NETWORK / Film Hub Midlands. Alongside her producing, Chloe works as a Script Executive with US-based company, Stage 32. She is also in development on a feature with Clover Films.

Currently working on

Chloe is producing the BFI NETWORK-funded GIRL ON GIRL with Katie Sinclair, written and directed by Laura Jayne Tunbridge that is due to shoot later this year. She is also in prep for BURN OUT, which she will direct, produced by Messy Films. Chloe is also in post for three shorts: SANDRA GETS A NEW FRINGE (directed by Mike Beddoes and Penelope Yuelet), funded by the BFI Midlands and shot in May 2022. HAM, an entirely non-male production, is due to begin its festival run in the new year and QUEER FEAR, Chloe’s first short that she wrote and directed, is currently in post. When she’s not working on narrative Chloe is working on a range of commercial projects.

Cheri Darbon

Bio

Cheri Darbon is a producer with a background in commercials, television and independent films. Her work has spanned major broadcasters including Channel 4, BBC and Sky.

She has recently worked on Luna Carmoon’s debut feature with BBC Films and the BFI as associate producer. Other roles also include exec assistant to Anne Mensah in the UK Series team at Netflix, production manager for BBC Films and production coordinator on BAFTA-nominated Death of England: Face to Face, for The National Theatre & Sky Arts.

Currently working on

This past year she has filmed a number of shorts, including Peter Moor’s BUFFLEHEAD (Producer), Abdou Cisse’s FESTIVAL OF SLAPS (Producer, BBC Films), Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s FOR LOVE (Co Producer, BBC Films) and Mika Watkins’ directorial debut, WASURENAIDE 忘れない で (Associate Producer, Film4). Since being selected as part of the BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew cohort (2020) Cheri has established June & Stella Productions, continuing to develop inspiring stories and champion filmmakers from around the world.

Samuel Dore

Bio

Samuel is a Milton Keynes-based drama director who has an interest in exploring stories of coming of age, identity, people being marginalised from society, ordinary people in extraordinary situations, and the clash of fantasy and reality. Many of them are about Deaf identity, sign language and Deaf culture as he is profoundly Deaf / BSL. His films have been shown at film festivals both nationally and internationally, winning awards in the process and have been shown on Film4, CBBC, Sky on Demand and TogetherTV.

Currently working on

Samuel is currently pursuing a career in HETV through BBC Elevate and Directors UK, which he is a member of and developing various feature length screenplays.

Emily Everdee

Bio

Emily Everdee is a BIFA-nominated, UK-based independent Film Producer and founder of Everdee Media. She is a BAFTA Elevate 2022-24 producer, a BFI Flare 2022 mentee, a former Film & TV Charity JBA Awardee and a BAFTA and Warner Bros. scholarship alumna. She’s a graduate of the MA in Producing at the NFTS. Emily has been previously selected for the EIFF Talent Lab, BFI South East Producers’ Programme, and the Film London Production Finance Market (New Talent). Emily has a slate of feature film and TV projects in development.

Currently working on

Associate Producer - LAYLA (BFI / Film4 feature film)

Rhona Foster

Bio

Rhona is a visual artist and film director from Edinburgh, now based in Margate. She studied BA Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art from 2013-2017 and before that HND Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh College.

Since graduating she’s been making short films with support from organisations including BFI NETWORK, BBC Scotland, LUX and Bloomberg New Contemporaries.

Thematically her work explores social issues of class, gender and identity and is characterised by absurdity, dry humour and playful design elements.