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RICHARD SMITH
	Since graduating with distinction in screenwriting from the University of Salford six years ago, Richard has been writing exclusively for film. His first feature script, psychological chiller Trauma, was directed by Marc Evans, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari. Produced by Warner Bros/Little Bird/BBC Films, it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and was selected for Edinburgh and Toronto. It opened on 175 UK cinema screens in August 2004. Richard's half-hour film, Leonard, won the award for Best Television Screenplay in the 2001-2002 BAFTA Scotland Awards. Other awards for Leonard include the Audience Award at the 2002 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, the Organization Prize at the 2002 Algarve Film Festival, the award for Best Single Drama at the 2002 Mental Health Media Awards and Best Fiction at the 2002 Tehran Festival for “the highly professional skills in driving the narrative and for its sense of humour in dealing with a human relationship…” A two-hander with Dennis Lawson and Stuart Wilkinson, directed by Brian Kelly, produced by Stella Maris Films/Scottish Media Group/Scottish Screen, it premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2001. Richard has recently completed the feature adaptation of Leonard; remake rights are secured by New York-based Kinetic Arts, supported by Crab Apple Films and Scottish Screen. He’s currently writing the feature script, Big Deal, with Celador Films (based on the book by Anthony Holden) and true-life television film, Auntie Rita, with SMG, originated by himself. A one-time stand-up comedian and Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular, with experience in producing/directing amateur theatre, Mono is Richard’s film directing debut. He’s represented by The Rod Hall Agency.

ABIGAIL HOWKINS
	A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a first class degree in Fine Art, and several years community and professional theatre experience in production and performance at Dundee Repertory Theatre, Abigail has been working freelance in independent and broadcast film and television production for 7 years. These projects ranged 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 and many more. As a producer, her short drama projects include: Wish (written and directed by Rene Mohandas and funded by Cineworks and the London Production Fund) which premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival and won the Scottish BAFTA award for Best Short Film in 2002; Manji, a BBC Tartan Short (also written and directed by Rene Mohandas) umbrelled by Gabriel Films; Swansong, a Digicult project for Film Council / Scottish Screen written by Joern Utkilen and directed by Nicholas Bone, and most recently, Score, also written and directed by Richard Smith for Filmaka.com Abigail is a co-founding director of Diversity Films CIC, which runs a new filmmaker development and training programme in underrepresented communities in Glasgow, and has her own production company Alcoba Films. Abigail also delivers production training and mentoring on the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Digital Film and Television BA (Honours) course as an industry practitioner.

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