Early Development Fund: Projects selected in 2024

A list of projects selected following the 2024 funding call for BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund.

For this fund, region is where the writer is based.

The projects below are at various stages of development therefore a synopsis is not included.

Project TitleProject RegionGenreFormatWriter
Seekers
London
Action-Adventure, comedy
Live action
Josh Feder
The Therapist
London
Fantasy, thriller
Live action
Akwasi Poku
Trees
London
Drama, horror
Live action
Jo Smyth & Fin Oates
The Visit
London
Drama
Live action
Ebele Tate
The Hack 
London
Drama
Live action
Darryl Foster
Boat with No Anchor / Lost at Land (working title)
London
Comedy, drama
Live action
Riffy Ahmed
Reaction 
Midlands
Drama, sci-fi
VR/immersive
Erinn Dhesi
Special K
Midlands
Comedy, thriller
Live action
Alfie Flewitt
The Shame of It
Midlands
Comedy, drama
Live action
Max Tobin
Barge
Midlands
Drama
Live action
Ellie Hodgetts
The Romantic Life of Ghosts
Midlands
Comedy, drama, fantasy, romance
Live action
Luke Kondor
Samefood
Midlands
Comedy
Live action
Nadine O’Mahony
MORPH (working title)
North
Drama
Live action
Sarah Gonnet
TOFFS
North
Comedy
Live action
Adam Bennett-Lea
Georgie Porgie
North
Drama, fantasy, romance
Live action
Sam Arbor
Lost on the Grand Banks
North
Drama
Live action
Josh Dhillon
Mano
North
Comedy, sci-fi
Live action
Varun Raman & Tom Hancock
Junket
South East
Drama, thriller
Live action
Mishaal Anjum Memon
O, Ye Wretched River!
South East
Horror, thriller
Live action
Joseph Francis Williams
Red Giant 
South East
Drama, horror, thriller
Live action

Pardeep Sahota

The Debt Collector
South East
Thriller
Live action
Lee Daniel
Two for the Road
South East
Comedy, drama
Live action
Busayo Ige 
Bloodstock
South West
Sci-fi, thriller
Live action

Mojola Akinyemi

Manic Man
South West
Comedy, drama
Live action
Louis Chan
Bobby & Amy
South West
Drama
Live action
Emily Jenkins