New Creatives Meet The Film Creatives

New Creatives

Meet the Film Creatives

Meet the participants of our New Creatives Film scheme.

Each of these 16-30 year olds are located in the South East, and are working through their journey on this scheme from idea to distribution. As our scheme carries on, we will be updating each of the pages after each call, so stay tuned for more information.

Hover over the images below to find out more about the individuals and click on them to see their work. For more New Creatives, click the pink buttons below.

New Creatives Film - Call 2

<br><br><br><br><br><br>McKenzie Alexander

Director/Writer (24)
Ding, Ding - Next

Mckenzie Alexander graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 2018 in Acting. He has since co-founded a company that produces works of theatre and film. The company, Mint Face, are collaborating on the project Ding, Ding - Next on the Screen South New Creatives scheme in alliance with BBC Arts and Arts Council England. Mckenzie has previously worked as a theatre practitioner taking his work through the UK and Europe, and has worked as an actor across theatre, film, and music video platforms. Mckenzie aims to create pieces of work which trigger audiences to think more broadly about our current social climate, working towards a kinder future. Mckenzie Alexander is represented by The Foundry.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Katie Bonham

Writer/Director (30)
Selfie Stick

Katie Bonham is a multi-award-winning writer and director. Bonham’s work has been globally recognised for its poignant and original vision through combining social commentaries on Britain within a variety of genres. Her short films have screened at film festivals worldwide, including two world premieres at Frightfest Horror Film Festival. Her work has also prominently featured during various pop-up cinemas in support of mental health awareness week. Bonham has received various accolades for her short films, but most recently her work was nominated for the prestigious Méliès d'Or award at Sitges International Film Festival in association with the European Fantastic Films Federation.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Catriona Carswell

Director/Animator (22)
Headless Population

Catriona is a recent graduate from Norwich University of the Arts. She has worked on four animated films: Producer and animator on NORWICH LOVE LETTERS which has screened at festivals and events across Norwich; SMOKE, her graduate film, is a story about loneliness and materialism, and screened at the Curzon Cinema; she produced and animated on ERROR, a CG film about humans in the future relying on technology too much, to a fatal end; She has also worked on THE BIG UP, a what-if comedy about gravity not working, as background artist and animator.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Sophie Gresswell

Writer/Artist (28)
Where Are You From?

Sophie Gresswell is a visual artist with a particular interest in identity and exploring the ways in which we as humans communicate, miscommunicate, manipulate and perceive. Graduating with a BA in Fine art from the University of Northampton in 2012, Sophie then travelled on an artist residency to Shenzhen in Southern China in 2013. More recently she was part of the Testbeds program in 2017 at the University of Bedfordshire. In 2018 Sophie was awarded Arts council funding to create a responsive installation entitled ‘Luton Journeys’. In 2019 Sophie worked with young people to develop a projection installation for The Dunstable Centre and was also the associate artist for ‘Lutopia’ a socially engaged digital art event commissioned by Luton Council as part of their People Power Passion arts and culture program.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Joshua Hext

Director/Director (25)
This Camera is Broken

Joshua is a Filmmaker, Production Designer and Costume Designer based in the South East of England. He has worked on productions for Adobe, Channel 4 Random Acts, National Film and Television School, Warner Bros and the BBC. He studied Art Direction with the Film Design Institute under Terry Ackland-Snow (BATMAN, ALIENS, LABYRINTH). For his directorial efforts he has won ‘Best Film by a Filmmaker under 25’ at Fish-Eye Film Festival and been named one of ‘Top 15 Filmmakers outside of London’ by Levile magazine.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Katerina Holmes

Writer/Director (18)
Speak to Me, Listen to Me

Katerina (Kitty), is a filmmaker, wheelchair user and Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) user. In 2019 she attended the Resource Productions BFI Film Academy Network Course at Pinewood Studios. Her work often seeks to challenge, and provoke thought within audiences, as well as being of a very high standard due to her dedication to her craft and motivation. She is currently studying at Treloar’s College. SPEAK TO ME, LISTEN TO ME is her first film.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Josh Merritt

Director/Writer (30)
Breathe

Josh is a neurodivergent writer and director of stage, screen and wireless. Listed as one of The Guardian's 'Five to look out for'. He was recently invited to screen his short film 'Echoes' at Salford University, where a psychological conference and panel discussion was centred around it. His work has featured on BBC Radio, been screened at the British Film Institute, in London's Olympic Park, on TV, and played to packed houses of hundreds at London's Arcola Theatre. He was one of the Barbican's Young Filmmakers for two years, producing numerous short films - one of which won 'Best Film Noir' in Shooting People's 'Sin City 2' competition, culminating in a mass multimedia show that was rated ***** by The Independent.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Anita Pico García

Writer/Director (23)
What a Circus

Driven by her passion for art, film & design, Anita Pico's first short 'Camille' won the Audience Award at Durham Film Festival. Born in Spain, she graduated with a Summa Culm Laude Degree in the United States, moving to the United Kingdom to pursue her film career. Her new short 'Blacks or Whites' recently premiered at the British Film Institute in London.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>India Plummer

Director/Writer (24)
Ding, Ding - Next

India Plummer is a young actor, writer and director. She graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 2018 where she met the future members of Mint Face theatre company. India starred in the company’s first film Juno. India is currently collaborating with Screen South New Creatives scheme, BBC Arts and Arts Council England on Mint Face’s first commissioned short, Ding, Ding – Next, which is her directorial debut. India hopes to carry on creating relevant, original work and collaborating with the individualistic, wonderful people in the arts sector. India Plummer is represented by The Foundry.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Xavier Singer-Kingsmith

Writer/Director (23)
Unapolagetic

Xavier SK is a passionate filmmaker and choreographer who is interested in work that inspires social change and instils empathy. He gets excited by stories that educate, challenge and allow audiences to put themselves in other people’s shoes. In 2017 he completed his BA Hons degree at Falmouth University gaining a 1st in Dance & Choreography. Since then, he created a short film for Random Acts called The Kaleidoscope Boy in partnership with Channel 4 and Screen South. It has been screened at U. Dance and Encounters film festival. This year he choreographed and performed his own solo work Join the Dots for Brighton Open Air Theatre and The Chateau.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Audain Thompson

Director/Writer (26)
A Conversation with My Enemy

Audain Thompson is a young writer-director, developing his voice in the creative industry. With a strong academic background he is looking to continue his journey within the creative industry. A Conversation with my Enemy being his first short film, he is looking to use this as a catalyst to help him achieve his ambitions within the industry.

New Creatives Film - Call 1

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Sian Fan

Writer/Director (27)
Spirit Corp.

Sian Fan is an emerging artist working in digital media, installation and performance. She works with movement, the female body and technology to explore the relationship between the organic, the metaphysical and the virtual. Sian has exhibited her works internationally at spaces including Tate Modern, British Council, ICA, Sluice and Firstsite. She is currently studying a Fine Art Masters at Central Saint Martins, where she has been awarded the prestigious Mona Hatoum Scholarship.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Rehmat Rayatt

Director (29)
Terra Firma

Rehmat Rayatt is a photographer and filmmaker with a background in documentary. Her photographs have been published in The Guardian and The Telegraph and exhibited at the Southbank Centre London, and her films have been selected and won awards at film festivals globally and been shown at BFI London as well as broadcast on Sky Arts.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Simi Abe

Writer/Director (21)
Black Fish

After studying Creative Writing at university, Simi Abe aspired to write for film and TV. However, driven by a love of stories and a fascination for film, she decided she wanted to both write and direct which led her to applying for the BBC New Creatives Scheme.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Isabel Palma

Director (30)
Manmade

Isabel Palma is a British-Spanish writer, director and artist based in Oxford. With a background in Fine Art, she studied languages and literature before deciding to focus her artistic practice exclusively on filmmaking. Isabel's previous work includes the recently completed short drama Runaway, about to start its tour of the film festival circuit, and Abby Elvis, currently nearing completion. Drawing on her fine art roots, her directing style combines striking visuals with intimate storytelling and strong choreographed or performative elements. Her goal as a filmmaker is to tell universal stories from a unique or new perspective, questioning narratives we've heard before by subverting them.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Marcus Forde

Writer/Director (20)
Our Largest

Marcus Forde is a writer and director, eager to find out how far he can bend reality. He is currently studying for a BA in Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. 'Our Largest' is his directorial debut, and he hopes to continue exploring themes of whimsy, boredom, and the surreal in future work.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Chris Dunleavy

Writer/Director/Animator (27)
It's Not the End of the World

Chris Dunleavy is an animator and director from Essex, graduating from Norwich University of The Arts in 2013. He has worked as an animator and motion designer for over 5 years. For the past two years he has worked with Edge film and animation company Agile Films as an animator and visual effects artist, working for brands such as Adidas and AT&T

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Zac Spearman

Writer/Director (23)
Through a Screen Darkly

Zac Spearman is an aspiring filmmaker with a background in human and social geography. He’s Interested in watching and making character and psychological-oriented drama.

<br><br><br><br><br><br>Jordan Buckner

Writer/Designer/Director (28)
When the Tides Went Down

I am a working artist and animator, born in a dead part of England, and making work about what that means. I've been working as a freelancer on a variety of animation and illustration projects for the past five years, but recently, things changed, and I'm now working independently on more personal things. Outside of my practice, I lecture in Art Direction for Animation at the University of Portsmouth, and teach Digital Painting at the University for the Creative Arts.

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