Behind the Scenes - The Screen Industries Meetup

A relaxed evening for film and TV professionals, freelancers and employers working across the screen industries.

Our Screen Industries Meetup digs into the biggest challenges facing the sector right now, with inspiring speakers and honest conversations that focus on action, resilience and real-world impact.

Alongside plenty of time to network, this event will explore the current funding landscape and feature a candid conversation between two award-winning producers about the creative, often cobbled-together routes they have used to finance their films.

The evening will begin with informal networking, followed by a conversation with Elle Dimond, Stephen Shearman, and Mikey Corker titled From Idea to Screen: Creative Financing and Career Choices.

After a short break for more networking, we will move into a panel discussion, Finding a Way Forward: Funding, Commissioning and New Models, with Adam Gee and Sabrina Scollan, hosted by Adam Millbank.

Stephen Shearman

Stephen has spent the last twenty years at the sharp-end of production; producing and directing some of the most watched factual tv on the planet. In 2025, he co-founded Pica Pica Films to collaborate on ground-breaking and original feature documentaries that help us all gain a deeper understanding of the world around us and give platform to voices seldom heard. He wants Pica Pica to become a movement: championing real human voices and stories in a world increasingly dominated by AI-generated noise.

Mikey Corker

Mikey is an Emmy-winning documentary director and cinematographer, known for visually striking, human-centred storytelling. In 2024, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for HBO’s 100 Foot Wave. His directorial debut feature documentary Savage Waters premiered to acclaim and went on to win multiple international awards. Mikey’s work spans premium documentary, branded films and long-form storytelling, collaborating with production companies, broadcasters and global brands. With an instinctive, cinematic approach, he is particularly drawn to stories rooted in place, resilience and human connection.

Adam Gee

A highly experienced Commissioning Editor and Executive Producer, specialising in multiplatform and digital-first content. He is Head of Documentary Campus Masterschool in Berlin, a prestigious documentary incubator. He has won over 90 international awards for his productions, incl. 6 BAFTAs, an Emmy, 3 Royal Television Society awards & the Grand Award at the New York International Film & TV Festival. He has been a Commissioning Editor at CAA (L.A.), Channel 4 (London), Red Bull Media House (Salzburg) & Little Dot Studios (London). He works with crowdfunder.co.uk on matters of alternative media funding.

Sabrina Scollan

Sabrina is a TV producer with 14 years of experience in production and development across unscripted formats and factual series. She helped create Emmy-award-winning Wild Babies (Netflix), Secret World of Sound with Sir David Attenborough (Sky/Netflix/CBC), and Predator vs. Prey (Nat Geo/ITV). She works with broadcasters, streamers and production companies to turn research, access and audience data into commission-ready concepts. A Broadcast Hotshot 2015, WCSFP Emerging Producer 2021, and Jackson Wild judge, Sabrina focuses on building partnerships that feel authentic to audiences and deliver measurable business outcomes.

This event is open to anyone working or who has worked in screen industries. It will allow you to widen networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration going forward.

Tickets are £5 and include soft drinks, plus food from Eat a Pitta. The bar from Lost and Grounded Brewers will also be open for purchasing additional drinks.

Many thanks to our headline sponsor SLX Events, our event partner RWK Goodman, and supporting sponsors MyWorld, City of Bristol College, West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, UWE, and Distillery II.

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