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Actor, producer, founder of Hello Sunshine, and one of the most powerful advocates for female storytelling in the world.

Reese didn't just wait for better roles.  She built the infrastructure to create them. A blueprint for what it means to lead with purpose.

Writer, actor, and co-founder of Merman.

Sharon Horgan has spent two decades proving that funny, messy, brilliantly real female characters belong at the very top of television. From Catastrophe to Bad Sisters, her voice is unmistakable and entirely her own.

Producer, co-founder of Merman, and founder of Sunburnt Penguin.

Clelia has spent a career building platforms for female storytelling at the highest level and then building them again. A producer's producer, with the creative and commercial instincts to match.

Actor and co-founder of LuckyChap Entertainment.

Margot Robbie took her platform and used it to change what gets made producing I, Tonya, Birds of Prey, and Barbie, the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman. She is the living proof that female-led stories are the biggest stories of our time.

Writer, director, actor, and one of the most important creative voices of her generation.

I May Destroy You was a masterclass in what it looks like to tell a true, uncompromising female story with total creative control. Michaela Coel doesn't make television, she makes art.

Actor, activist, and founder of Primetime, a global platform launched at Cannes in 2019 to answer the industry's favourite excuse: 'Where are all the women?'

With members in over 75 countries and partnerships with BAFTA and the Geena Davis Institute, Victoria built the solution herself!

Actress, writer, activist, and one of the most versatile creative forces working in British and American television today.

From writing on HBO's Barry to adapting Ridley Road for BBC One, to co-creating Chivalry and preparing to write and direct her first feature, Sarah Solemani is the kind of multi-hyphenate who makes everything she touches politically sharp and completely compelling.

Australian-American film historian, TCM host, author, and one of the most dedicated advocates for women in cinema working today.

Her three books,  Backwards and in Heels, The Female Gaze, and Girls on Film, are essential reading for anyone who cares about women's place in film history.

Alicia has given TEDx talks on underrepresentation, hosted the landmark Women Make Film series on TCM, and has spent her career refusing to let women's stories be forgotten. A true champion.

British-Nigerian actress, writer, director, producer, and co-founder of both Apatan Productions and The Mono Box.

Joan became the first Black woman to play the Duchess of Malfi in a major production, and went on to co-write, produce, and star in Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine, which won the HBO Short Film Award, screened at over 150 festivals worldwide, and is now streaming on Netflix and Disney+. Her film Mango is now on Disney+ UK and Europe.

Joan is proof that you can be everything at once, and do it all with grace.

Writer, producer, and a Cariad collaborator whose work across film, television, theatre, and audio consistently puts sharp, funny, female and South Asian voices at the centre.

From BBC One and Channel 4 commissions to Edinburgh Fringe plays, Kiran is one of those writers who makes everything feel alive. We are proud to have worked together.

Liverpool-based creative producer and founder of Redbag Pictures.

A Screen International Star of Tomorrow, UKFC Breakthrough Brit, BAFTA Elevate alumnus and BFI Insight producer, Barrington is one of the most decorated independent producers working in the North of England. His credits span award-winning short films through to television drama, and he is represented by Independent Talent.

Triple BAFTA-winning writer, actor, comedian, and executive producer from Bolton.

Alma's Not Normal is one of the most honest, funny, and politically charged pieces of television to come out of the North in years, tackling class, care experience, sexuality, and mental health with wit so sharp it makes your eyes water. A genuine original.

Writer, director, actor, and founder of Thimble Films.

Louisa is a bold new voice in British cinema, emotionally charged, darkly sensual, and entirely her own. Sister Wives is the kind of short film that reminds you why this medium matters. One to watch closely.

Warrington-born actor, director and producer, and founder of Ludovico Media.

A professional creative since the age of 15, Darren spent a decade as a cast member on Channel 4's Hollyoaks before building a career as a presenter, voice actor and filmmaker. He founded Ludovico to bring purposeful, community-rooted storytelling to the North West, working across short film, theatre and branded content.

Award-winning writer and producer, and co-founder of Terror Arcade, a South West-based horror production company whose lockdown short Time Out accumulated over 100 million views online.

Jess co-created the Scream Queens lab with Cariad, championing female and non-binary voices in horror. With a BFI London Film Festival selection, HBO Max credits, and a debut feature in development, Jess is building something remarkable.

Writer/director from Bristol, and co-founder of Terror Arcade.

Specialising in dark genre and horror, in 2018, Ethan co-founded Terror Arcade, an independent horror production company whose lockdown short Time Out accumulated over 100 million views online.

His short Outside Noise premiered at the 68th BFI London Film Festival in 2024 and was shortlisted for the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2025, reaching the top 0.1% of global submissions. Ethan made his television debut in 2021, writing and directing episodes of The Haunted Museum for Discovery+.

Manchester-based poet, documentary filmmaker and founder of What's The Plan Productions.

Born to Caribbean parents with roots in Jamaica and St Kitts and Nevis, Nathaniel's work is rooted in amplifying stories from underrepresented communities. An award-winning documentarian and published poet, his films include Drowning: The Art of Survival and Ode to Black Women, and he is co-producer of the Manchester Fringe Film Festival.