Meet the queer creatives selected to join the 2025 BFI Network & BAFTA Mentoring programme

The BFI Network and BAFTA have unveiled the six burgeoning LGBTQ+ talents who have been selected for this year’s BFI Network & BAFTA Mentoring programme in partnership with BFI Flare.

The selection of six creatives chosen will receive access to a bespoke day-longevent at BAFTA, career and wellbeing coaching, accreditation to both BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival, access to BAFTA Connect, a dedicated membership option for emerging and mid-career talent, and mentorship from leading industry figures. Past mentors have included It’s A Sin and Queer As Folk creator Russell T Davies, Girls writer Lena Dunham, Jack Rooke of Big Boys fame, the multi-disciplinary artist Isaac Julien, and Looking and All Of Us Strangers director Andrew Haigh.

Alumni of the programme include Layla director and

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