KATIA SHANNON

Bio

Katia Shannon writes and directs heartfelt stories about love and adversity for Film and TV.

Her award-winning films have received international accolades, playing at Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA Qualifying festivals. Her first short Standstill was also long-listed for the Canadian Screen Awards.

Katia holds a BFA in Film Production from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal. In 2020, she was selected for the Netflix x BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative. She has also led the film commission for the region of the Laurentides and edited award-winning feature documentaries with her work broadcast across the USA, Canada, the UK and in festivals internationally.

Katia is a keen photographer and uses photography to experiment aesthetically, informing the visual landscape of her films.

Currently working on

Expanding the world of US & IN BETWEEN into a series and looking for feature projects to join as a director.

Katie Sinclair

Bio

Katie Sinclair is a film and TV producer and executive based in London. She is currently Head of Development for Jude Law’s production company Riff Raff Entertainment. Her credits as development executive include Martin McDonagh’s THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, Andrew Haigh’s STRANGERS and LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER directed by Laure De ClermontTonnerre. She has worked in production and development at Blueprint Pictures, BBC Film, BBC Studios, Sugar Films, Disney and Lionsgate.

Her BFI NETWORK-funded short THE LAST DAYS – starring BRIDGERTON’s Adjoa Andoh — won Best Short Film at Fantastic Festival 2021, and is playing at Academy Award and BAFTA-qualifying festivals across the world during its current festival run. Katie is also part of a collective that produces Canned Laughter, a charity comedy night that has raised over £100,000 for London’s food banks.

Currently working on

Katie is currently producing another short film for BFI NETWORK South East, GIRL ON GIRL, written and to be directed by Laura Tunbridge. She is also developing a host of other short-form project including with directors Bryn Chainey and Jamie D’ispirito, and a debut feature with writer-director Dipo Baruwa-Etti. At Riff-Raff, she is working across a host of film and TV projects.

Writer-director

Wrote and directed the BFI NETWORK-funded short NEW ATLANTIS

Based in: South East Contact: matt@videofeet.com Producer Produced the BFI NETWORK-funded short NEW ATLANTIS

Based in: South East Contact: rhian@videofeet.com

Matt Smith

Bio

Matt is a writer-director originally from Watford. He started making experimental short films during his time at Dartington College of Arts, which showed in competition at many BAFTA recognised festivals. His artist films have also been shown around the world with support from Arts Council England, The Arts Council of Wales and Drac Occitanie –Ministère de la Culture (France), among others. His work often explores unsettling realities and imagined histories, blurring the line between what is real and what is fantasy.

Currently working on

He is now focused on making narrative films.

Rhian Smith

Bio

Rhian is an emerging narrative producer and works closely with writer/ director Matt Smith, who co-founded micro-studio/production company VIDEOfeet. After producing several digital media projects supported by Arts Council England exploring the use of film and live performance she produced the UK tour of the official adaptation of Ted Hughes Gaudette with OBRA Theatre Company (FR) then co-produced a series of artist films in the Gers region of France.

Currently working on

Alongside NEW ATLANTIS, Rhian and Matt are currently developing their first feature.