For our next session which will be taking place virtually, we have invited Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, the BIFA & BAFTA-nominated writers of Rye Lane (2023) and Laura Carreira, the BAFTA-winning writer of On Falling (2024), to lead a session on the craft and language of writing for Film.

The writers will take us on the process and fundamentals of crafting their award-winning feature screenplays, the session will explore all aspects of the craft around plot, characterisation, theme, structure and dialogue. The session will also cover writing outlines, treatments and the key stages of developing a feature length screenplay.

How do you build the world of your characters on the page? How do you develop an idea into a script? How do you map out a story? The session will also explore how to best approach producers, development execs and agents that will ultimately take your work from script to screen.

The session is for writers embarking on their feature screenplays who want to create believable and realistic characters on screen.

NATHAN BRYON

Nathan Bryon is an actor, BAFTA nominated writer and a Sunday Time Best Selling Author.

Nathan has secured a 3 picture book deal with Penguin Random house. His first book Look Up! (June 2019) was the number 1 picture book from a debut author and illustrator in 2019, On the Sunday Times Bestseller list  and Won the overall Waterstones Children’s book prize in 2020. Clean UP! The follow up was published in July 2020. Illuminated optioned the book to develop into a TV series. Nathan’s newest book in the series SPEAK UP was published in 2023.

Nathan co-created and wrote BAFTA nominated, RTS nominated and Rose D’or nominated comedy ‘Bloods’ for SKY and HULU, the 1st series  6×30 TX’d in May starring Samson Kayo, Jane Horrocks, Lucy Punch, Julian Barret, Adrian Scarborough to name a few.

Nathan’s debut feature film RYE LANE which he co-wrote with Tom Melia was released in 2023. The movie was made in partnership with BFI, BBC Films and Fox Searchlight and received 2 BAFTA nominations for Best British Film and Best Leading Actress and 16 BIFA nominations. Nathan has various TV and film projects in development with Hera Productions, Bonafide Films, Genial Productions, Heyday films and TV and Sister.

TOM MELIA

Tom Melia is a BIFA & BAFTA nominated writer for Film and TV. Tom has written over 60 episodes of Hollyoaks, was a member of the writing team for Sky’s hit comedy Bloods, Brassic and Zero Chill for Lime Pictures and Netflix. Tom’s debut feature film RYE LANE which he co-wrote with Nathan Bryon was made in partnership with BFI, BBC Films and Fox Searchlight. The film received 16 BIFA nomination and 2 BAFTA nominations.

His next feature is Lionsgate’s The Survival List about a TV producer who gets stranded on a deserted island with a so-called survival expert, who turns out to be a fraud. The film will star Blake Lively with Marc Platt (producer of La La Land and Wicked) attached. Tom is currently developing several feature projects with Vertigo Films, BBC and Pulse Films.

LAURA CARREIRA

Laura Carreira is a Portuguese filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland.​

Her short film The Shift premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2020 and was nominated for the European Film Awards and the London Critics' Circle Film Awards. In 2021 it won the New Talent Award at IndieLisboa. Her debut feature film On Falling was produced by Sixteen Films and BRO Cinema - with the support of the BFI, BBC Films, Screen Scotland, ICA and Goodfellas.

On Falling had its World premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2024 and its European premiere at the 72nd San Sebastián Film Festival where Laura won the Silver Shell for Best Director. The film also won the Sutherland Award at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. In 2025, On Falling won a BAFTA Scotland for Best Film and Laura won a BAFTA Scotland for Best Screenwriter. The film also received four nominations at the British Independent Film Awards (Best Debut Writer, Best Debut Director, Best Writer and Best Director).

​Carreira was selected as a BAFTA Breakthrough UK and chosen as The List Number 1 Scottish Artist in the Hot 100 List of 2025. On Falling won the Discovery Award for Best European Debut at the European Film Awards 2026.