International Horizons: Scripted 2025/26 – Meet the Delegates

Find out more about the nine selected indies taking part in the second iteration of International Horizons: Scripted.

Aimed at boosting production of scripted drama in the three nations, International Horizons: Scripted will provide companies with the skills, knowledge and networks necessary to thrive in international markets.

The nine successful delegates who have been selected to take part in International Horizons: Scripted are:

Bethan’s TV credits include “Sherlock”, “Aberfan:The Green Hollow”, “A Poet In New York”, “Mistresses”, “Under Milk Wood”, “War And Peace” (Bbc), “Les Miserables” (Lookoutpoint/Twc & Masterpiece) “Dangerous Liaisons” (Playground Entertainment/Startz/Lionsgate).

Co-founder/Co-Creative Director with Michael Sheen of REDSEAM – a company dedicated to developing/producing innovative film and tv drama made in Wales. Their first production, “The Way”, co-created with writer James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis was broadcast on BBC ONE early in 2004 – “thrilling new drama is like nothing else on TV – the Guardian.

A recipient of BBC’s Small Indie Fund they work with both experienced and new writers and are exploring future technology in performance with Welsh National Opera and VERE VR funded by Media Cymru.

Emmy, Bafta and Grierson Documentary Award nominated and Bafta Cymru winner, Bethan was the recipient of the BAFTA CYMRU 2019 Sian Phillips Award for significant contribution to TV drama.

Brian is an award-winning TV and Film Producer. He has produced the 2026 9 part thriller/comedy “How To Get To Heaven from Belfast” for Hat Trick/ Netflix , the 2023 international Emmy Award and BAFTA winning film series of Channel 4’s flagship comedy “Derry Girls”, ITV’S 2024 3-part drama “Breathtaking” from creator Jed Mercurrio, the 2024 IFTA Awards Short Animation Winner “A Wind And The Shadow”, the 2020 IFTA Awards Best Picture Winner “Ordinary Love” starring Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson, the 2019 IFTA and BIFA Nominee “The Dig” executive produced the 2024 “The Wise Guy” co-produced the 2023 feature “Ballywater” and produced over 20 short films including the 2015 Academy Award nominated and BAFTA Award Winner “Boogaloo And Graham”, the 2019 IFTA Awards Short documentary Nominee “El Hor” and Royal Television Society Winner “#WeAreYou”.

Chris is a film producer with over twenty years of experience in scripted and documentary content. He is working with local writing talent and building a strong scripted slate. His credits include “The Invention”, “Hellboy: The Golden Army”, “Quantum of Solace”, “Hostage to the Devil”, and 2023’s award-winning “Lie of the Land”. A BFI Vision Award recipient, he is developing “Monster(s)”, “Frontiersman”, “Appropriate Adult”, and “American Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story”. He recently produced Netflix’s “Senna”, Brazil’s most expensive TV series, acclaimed for its authentic depiction of Ayrton Senna. Currently, he is producing the feature documentary “The Day After” and the film “Turret”.

David is a writer and showrunner best known for his debut show ”The Rig”. Released on Amazon Prime in January 2023, the first series topped the Prime chart for four consecutive weeks, making it one of the most watched streaming shows in the UK for that quarter. It also topped streaming charts around the world, including reaching No.2 in the US and No.1 in many other international territories. One of the largest home-grown productions ever made in Scotland, both the first and second series were wholly shot at First Stage Studios in Edinburgh making extensive use of both practical sets and effects, and cutting edge VFX. The second series of ”The Rig” launched in January 2025, again reaching the No.2 spot in the US and showing strong viewing numbers around the world.

David was named a Screen International Rising Star in 2022 and was one of the selected writers chosen for Chris Chibnall’s inaugural Future UK Showrunners scheme across 2023/24. Alongside developing projects with a number of leading indies and broadcasters, David recently created his own company, Inconceivable Productions Ltd, to allow him to develop work independently and bring projects direct to market.

Ed is the founder of Wales based Fiction Factory Films where he has written, directed or produced over 250 hours of award-winning drama across all genres earning more than 90 nominations and awards and distribution to over 100 countries, streaming on Netflix, ITVX, Britbox U.S. and BBC iPlayer. Some of his credits include “Tree on a Hill/Pren Ar Y Bryn”, “Hinterland/Y Gwyll”, “Pen Talar” and “House of America”. Ed is also a playwright whose work has been translated into 10 languages and performed all over Europe Australia and the Americas. They include “Song From A Forgotten City”, “Gas Station Angel” and “On Bear Ridge” (Royal Court London). He is an Arts Foundation fellow and Honorary Fellow of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Jenny develops and produces scripted content at Pirate Productions. Recently she co-produced “Recipes for Love and Murder”, 10-part drama series for MNET and Acorn TV.

Pirate is an award-winning writer-led Scottish company with a local and international outlook. Pirate collaborates with the best creative talent behind and in front of the camera to bring stories to an audience which wants to be challenged and entertained. Projects focus on strong female characters on complex emotional journeys and like their audiences, Pirate is always looking for new ways of storytelling.

Prior to joining Pirate, Jenny ran the Glasgow Film Office, promoting Glasgow as a world class production hub. Before that she worked freelance in TV, film, and theatre production. Jenny’s passion is finding exceptional projects and working with others – local talent as well as international production and distribution partners – to bring these projects to the screen.

John runs Good Gate Media, a Cardiff-based film, HETV & gaming studio. His films have won awards at BAFTA Cymru, BIFA, Berlin, Toronto & Tribeca. His film “The Machine” won three BAFTA Cymru’s (Best Picture, a BIFA and the Screen Award for UK distribution) and was then commissioned to be made into a $9m TV Pilot by NBC Universal. Over the past year, Good Gate projects have included “The Man in My Basement” (in partnership with Disney, starring Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins, directed by Nadia Latif), which is set to premiere at TIFF; “H is for Hawk” with Plan B and Lionsgate (starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe); and a BFI/Film4-backed thriller feature shot in Lagos, Nigeria. GGM is now expanding into scripted television and has a strong slate of projects in development with studio partners. 

Louise is Co-Creator and Executive Producer on BBC’s BAFTA award winning “Blue Lights”, which has been recommissioned.  She started her career at the BBC in Belfast working in production across radio, TV and online services. She flew the BBC nest and started working on independent shorts and features, producing her first feature film, “A Bump Along the Way” in 2018. She joined Hat Trick at the start of 2020 to run their most westerly outpost in Belfast, seeking out new and exciting projects across Ireland.

Morven is the Head of Development and Executive Producer at Mam Tor Productions. In collaboration with Tally Garner, she has executive produced the BBC One and Amazon series “Chloe” and the BBC and HBO series “Half Man”. Additionally, she leads Mam Tor Productions in Scotland.

Prior to her current role, Morven script edited “Pure” (Drama Republic), the second season of “A Discovery Of Witches” (Bad Wolf), and “River City” (BBC Scotland). She also worked across development slates for the BFI Film Fund and BBC Scotland Drama Development.

International Horizons: Scripted is funded by the BFI awarding National Lottery Funding, Creative Wales, Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Scotland.