This was the first of three script development Labs commissioned by all-digital film production and distribution company, Slingshot.
On the strength of the reputation of PAL’s Screenwriters Labs, Slingshot sought PAL’s help in designing and delivering a Lab to develop the scripts for their slate of low budget films aimed at bringing new British talent to the screen.
“One the most inspiring and creatively exhilarating weeks of my professional life.” Ash Ditta, screenwriter
Lab director
Susan Benn
Mentors
Ian Rickson - director
Roger Smith - writer
Participants
Claudie Blakely - actor
Harry Chadwick - film crew, runner
Rachel Connors - co-founder & producer, Slingshot
Johann Cruickshank – film crew, gaffer
Arvind Ethan David - co-founder, producer & MD, Slingshot
Shaun Dingwall - actor
Aschlin Ditta - writer
Roger Eaton - director of photography
Adam Forgash - writer/director
Tim Gardener – film crew, focus puller
Don Gilet - actor
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Cate Hall – film crew, makeup
Kyle Holford – film crew, sound recordist
Shuman Hoque - Head of Technology & Post-Production, Slingshot
Jeni Howland - Lab co-ordinator
Julian Kerridge - actor
David Lemon - writer
Dominic Leyton - writer
Gary Love - director
Helen McCrory - actor
Jackie Oudney - director
Mike Parker – film crew, runner
Vito Rocco – director
Jim Warren – film crew, production manager, Remote Productions
Visitors
Chris Atkins - producer
Edmund Bing - photographer
Iain Canning - producer, Becker Films
Erin Cramer - writer/ director
Brett Foraker - Creative Director, Channel 4
Stephen Frears - director
Uzma Hasan - assistant to the producers, Slingshot
Thomas Høegh – non-executive director, Slingshot
Matthew Justice - producer, Lunar Films
Oliver Milburn - producer
Luke Montagu - Director, Metropolitan Film School
Peter Read - CEO, Entertainment Insights
Michael Riley - Head of Physical Production, Slingshot
Robbie Stamp - producer, Stamp Brothers Productions
Colin Vaines - Executive VP, European Production & Development, Weinstein Company
Johanna Von Fisher – Producer, British Independent Film Awards
Funded by
Slingshot