News Summary

• This year, the program, which is backed by Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television, received over 700 applications.
• Of the selected group, 55% are based outside London, with filmmakers hailing from Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Telford, and Wolverhampton.
• The cohort includes Emmy-nominated animation director Alex Zepherin-Pinnock and Ryan Walker-Edwards, the filmmaker behind the BFI Flare short MAN>CODE.