Bafta and BFI Flare are teaming up for the 10th year to support six LGBTQIA+ creatives with their film or television debuts through a professional development programme.
The cohort includes Cherish Oteka, who won the 2022 Bafta in best British short film for their docudrama The Black Cop. Oteka is currently directing and producing a feature documentary about the Gay Games.
Also selected is Glasgow-based producer Isabella Bassett, whose credits include development coordinator for BBC Studios continuing drama River City; writer and actor Zak Ghazi-Torbati, who is developing a musical TV series with Left Bank Pictures; filmmaker Charlie Tidmas, who has a feature in development with BFI Network; and writer and actor Miles Sloman, who is developing a TV series with Sid Gentle Films.
The six filmmakers will participate in events and workshops at both Bafta and the BFI as well as networking opportunities during the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (March 13-24), wellbeing and career coaching.
Alumni of the programme include Layla director Amrou Al-Kadhi, Georgia Oakley, Aleem Khan, Dionne Edwards and Paris Zarcilla.
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