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Xavier Clarke

'Beast', 'Notes On Blindness' directors to mentor UK talent scheme Guiding Lights (exclusive)
Eight first-time filmmakers selected as mentees.

UK mentoring programme Guiding Lights is returning this year with a new iteration, Feature Focus, which will support the development of eight first-time feature filmmakers.

Source: Xavier Clarke / Lighthouse

The 2018 Guiding Lights mentees

Beast director Michael Pearce, Notes On Blindness directors James Spinney and Peter Middleton, Moon producer Nicky Bentham, Adult Life Skills director Rachel Tunnard, and Nina Forever team Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine have all signed up to be mentors for the initiative. They are all alumni of the Guiding Lights scheme.

This year’s crop of mentees, all of whom are aiming to make their first feature, are directors Chris Shepherd, Rose Glass, Marie Lidén, Rubika Shah, Corinna Faith and Nick Rowland as well as producers Rebecca Day and Isobel Pietsch. Scroll down to read bios of each mentee.

Guiding Lights is run by Brighton-based agency Lighthouse and is funded by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund with the...
See full article at ScreenDaily
  • 2/1/2018
  • by Tom Grater
  • ScreenDaily
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