ALEXANDER HANDSCUH

Bio

Alex gained his first broadcast TV producer credit with Big Talk Productions on BILLI (written and starring Harry Trevaldwyn) for Channel 4’s latest round of Comedy Blap’s. Graduate of the NFTS’ Producing course and participant in the EIFF 2022 Talent Lab. He’s produced shorts that have won an RTS award, been shortlisted for a Student BAFTA and selected for HotDocs, UnderWire and Encounters.

Alex also works in commercials and music promos as a freelance producer. Recently being nominated for a UKMVA and a Broadcast Sport Award for his work. Alex has produced films for PUMA, EA Sports, Fontaines DC and many more.

Writer

BFI NETWORK short: THURSDAYS

Based in: London Contact: amysaralondon@gmail.com

AMY BATY Bio

Amy was recently dramaturge for Rambert’s live streamed dance theatre piece, NOTE TO SELF and Corey Baker’s RENEWABLE MOVES, performed at COP26. She is currently writing NOW YOU SEE ME, a punk feminist cabaret for Las Divinas in collaboration with composer, Micka Luna and developing her new play, GRAB, with the input of director Max Elton.

She collaborates closely with filmmaker Kibwe Tavares, and is currently story editor for THE KITCHEN, a Netflix feature in production written by Daniel Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh, directed by Kibwe. She is also story assisting Kibwe on a Netflix animation film in production, based on Wyclef Jean’s childhood.

In 2020, she won a spot on Bitter Pill Theatre’s Painkiller Podcast with THE LAST MANICURE, an audio piece performed by Miriam Margolyes. Now she has whipped it up into this short film called THURSDAYS... She writes about women: mothers and daughters in all their ugly, painful, beautiful iterations.