Molly O’Shea is a writer and actress. She cut her teeth working with the critically acclaimed, Olivier-nominated immersive theatre company You Me Bum Bum Train. It was there she was headhunted by BBC Entertainment, sealing her fate as a producer in the making. A fate director Dame Jane Campion unsealed shortly after by reading Molly’s script and calling it “incredible.” After much insecurity, Molly eventually conceded that maybe when the first woman to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes tells you you’re a writer, you should listen. Jane continues to support Molly’s writing and in 2017 asked Molly to give a speech with her about the struggle for young women in film. Molly used this opportunity to tell the gatekeepers of the industry about her period and The Muppets. At 18 Molly was told that although she was talented she was too fat to play pretty and too pretty to play fat. Identifying as neither of those things, she cried for several years before writing a one-woman show that explored this dichotomy. It premiered in 2019 to rave reviews and received four stars across the board.

Ella Jones is an award-winning film and TV director based in London. Her recent television work includes HBO’s horror-comedy series THE BABY, comedy-drama BACK TO LIFE for BBC and Showtime, and PANDEMONIUM for BBC1. She is currently in post-production as Series Director and Executive Producer on 6×1 hour comedy-drama series SWEETPEA for Sky with See-Saw Films and Fanboy. Ella’s short films have played at festivals internationally including Phoenix, LOCO, Cambridge and Encounters, and she has feature projects developed with Damian Jones Films, Netflix and Creative UK’s Breakout development scheme. She has been mentored by BAFTA-winning director Becky Martin (Veep, Succession) through BFI Network’s BAFTA Crew scheme, and has also taken part in BFI Network@LFF and Berlinale Talents. Ella is repped by Abby Singer and Emma Obank at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates (film & TV) and Caviar (commercials) and in the USA by Larry Salz, Lucinda Moorhead & Amanda Hymson at UTA (film & TV) and Chromista (commercials). She holds an 0-1 visa for the USA.