JURY
Zoë Ellender
BIO
Zoë is a British Filmmaker drawn to telling female-led stories. Since graduating film school in 2019 she has worked extensively as a Director's Assistant in the Film and HETV industry, receiving mentorship from a number of established Directors. In 2024, Zoë wrote and directed award winning short film, Francie, which hauntingly explores post-natal psychosis and the impact it has on women and their families.
Zoë is always keen to find new adventures and new stories in her life and hopes to bring this exploration into her filmmaking. Alongside working in the Writers Room on a new HBO series, she is also currently in post-production on her third short film and in the early development stages of a comedy feature.
Bradley Peake
BIO
Bradley Peake is an actor, dancer, and filmmaker. Partially growing up in Portugal where Bradley trained in dance, he spent the rest of his teenage years in the UK performing on stage. Since graduating from the intensive one-year MA programme at Drama Studio London in 2023, Bradley has starred as the lead in an independent feature film, two commercials, and multiple short films, including an award-winning short film that Bradley was the Writer, Producer and Director of called 'PURE', which had its World Premiere at Curzon Soho at the end of 2024, and saw success during its festival circuit run in 2025.
Alongside this, Bradley has been a leading UK figure in vertical dramas (the micro-drama boom that's taking place across the global industry), starring in 13 series thus far. This recently led Bradley to be interviewed by Spotlight, published in January 2026, and subsequently speaking at Spotlight HQ in February 2026 as part an industry panel regarding this ever-expanding new area of the industry.
Currently, Bradley can be seen in a Mercedes-Benz commercial in association with Sky UK, airing on TV until this October.
Kieran Dee
Winner of Best Cambridge Film and Best UK Short Film
BIO
Kieran is a Cambridge born writer, actor and director. His journey in storytelling began at the Cambridge based Young Actors Company. A founding member of touring company MoonLoaf Theatre, his work includes award winning one person plays 'Hematoma' and 'TIFO'. Kierans style focuses on comedic portrayals of real life issues. Using comedy to get to the heart of a story in projects for stage and screen. His collaboration with Alan Hall and Gabe Thomson on the award winning 'Hungry Like The Wolf' was the beginning of his film directing career and he is currently working on other projects. Zoë is always keen to find new adventures and new stories in her life and hopes to bring this exploration into her filmmaking. Alongside working in the Writers Room on a new HBO series, she is also currently in post-production on her third short film and in the early development stages of a comedy feature.
