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Alcoba

abigail howkins biog

Prior to setting up Alcoba Films, Abigail worked freelance in independent and broadcast film and television production for 7 years on a variety of projects ranging from short films and promos to TV series and feature films including Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, Annie Griffin's The Book Group and multi award-winning shorts such as Peter Mackie Burns Milk, Angela Murray’s The Choir, Nick Higgins' Hidden Gifts and many more.

Abigail has worked with many award-winning Scottish film and television drama production companies including Antonine Films, Autonomi, Brighter Pictures, Gabriel Films, Ideal World, Lansdowne Productions, Mandragora Productions, Pirate Productions, Saltire Film and TV and Wark Clements.

During her freelance career, Abigail has also directed and produced numerous corporate and third sector film projects for a diverse variety of clients including London 2012, Glasgow South Regeneration Agency, PHEW!, Reid Kerr College and Culture & Sport Glasgow.

As a drama producer, her previous shorts included:

Wish
17" short 35mm drama funded by Scottish Screen, London production Fund, Great Britain Saskawa Foundation and Japan 2001.
Written and directed by Rene Mohandas Production Company: GMAC
Screenings: British Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2005 Selected for 'We're British but...' British Council Identity & Language Programme touring major European cities including Cologne, Hanover, Berlin, Warsaw and Vilnius, 2005 Selected for British Council Cultural Identities Short Film Package for its relevance to diversity, multi-culturalism and the experience of the immigrant in the UK, 2004 Travesias (Crossings) - Multi Cultural Films, Madrid, Spain, 2004 Winner, Bronze Remi Award for Dramatic Independent Film & Video, Worldfest, Houston, USA, 2002 Winner BAFTA Scotland Best Short Film Award, Glasgow, Scotland, 2002 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France, 2001 Scottish Shorts, Curzon Soho, London, UK, 2001 Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland, 2001 Premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, 2001

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Manji
9" short 35mm drama for BBC Scotland Tartan Shorts/Scottish Screen
Written and directed by Rene Mohandas Production Company: Gabriel Films Ltd
Screenings: South Asian Shorts, Hollywood Masala, Los Angeles, USA, 2004 Out of Control, 3rd I, New York, USA, 2004 Deeside Area Film Festival, Shotton, Wales, 2003 San Fransisco International Asian American Film Festival, USA, 2002 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France, 2002 Britspotting, Berlin, Germany, 2002 Finalist, 8th Kodak/BAFTA Short Film Showcase, London, 2002 Nominated for BAFTA Scotland Best Short Film Performance Award (Amrik Singh), 2002 Artic Directors, Finland, 2001 London International Film Festival, England, 2001 Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland, 2001 Theatrical Premiere, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland, 2001 Terrestrial Premiere, BBC Scotland, 2001 International Sales handled by SND Films, Amsterdam

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Swansong
4" short drama for Digicult funded by Scottish Screen/UK Film Council
Written by Joern Utkilen and directed by Nicholas Bone Production Company: Magnetic North Productions Ltd
Screenings: Tirana International Film festival, Austria, 2004 4th KaraFilm Festival, Karachi, Pakistan, 2004 Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2004 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France, 2004 Premiered at 11th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, 2003 Watch a clip here

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Abigail is also co-founding director of Diversity Films CIC, which runs a new filmmaker development and training programme in underrepresented communities in Glasgow.