Katie Bonham

Katie (she/her) is an award-winning short film, theatre writer/director and visual artist.

Most notably, her short film, Mab, was awarded the Melies D’Argent, won the Audience Award at Abertoir Horror film Festival, and was shortlisted for the Melies D’Or by the European Fantastic Films Federation at Sitges Film Festival. Mab also screened at festivals worldwide, including Abertoir Film Festival and Frightfest. The following year her short film Midnight was also shortlisted for the Melies D’Argent award, and also screened at Festivals worldwide.

Katie’s work has been commissioned by BFI Network, BBC Wales and Ffilm Cymru, with projects currently in the post-production stage. Katie was commissioned by BBC Arts for her short surreal comedy, Selfie Stick, which featured on BBC4, and is now available on iPlayer. Other platforms where her work is available include iTunes, and American streaming channels, Bloody Disgusting’s, ‘Scream TV’’ and “Bloody Bites”.

Katie also works closely with Resource Productions in collaborating with local charities in mentoring underrepresented youth in filmmaking and delivers filmmaking masterclasses to working-class creatives. Katie is a BAFTA connect member and recently joined Panad as a Lead Creative.

Productions as lead creative. Katie is also a member of DirectorsUK and the female directing collective Cinesisters. Projects in development include 2025 Fringe show #Hysteria, and a slate of feature films which are in the early development stage, and a series of music videos commissioned by Screen South and Arts Council England. 

Ray Wilson

Ray (they/them) is a queer, disabled producer, and founder of Panad Productions. Areas of interest include queer stories, mental health and using genre to explore complex social issues. 

Recent screen projects include short ‘Jelly’ (Ffilm Cymru, BBC Wales) 'The Girl with the Haunted Vagina (BFI Network), Fisitor (Ffilm Cymru, BBC Wales) and BBC/Roughcut TV's 'We Might Regret This’.

Ray's award winning slate has screened at festivals worldwide with TX slots on BBC2 and Channel 4. Their recent Welsh language short ‘Fisitor’ was nominated for ‘Best Foreign Short’ at FilmQuest and was a Méliès d'Argent Award finalist with interest from Arrow and Peccadillo Pictures for distribution. It will air on the BBC in 2025.

Features in development include ‘Beach Body’ by writer Toby Parker Rees: Best Debut Writer nominee (Edinburgh TV Awards) and critic’s pick of the week in every UK paper for their debut short ‘Wet Look’ on Channel 4. They are also in early development with Ffilm Cymru for Ladies of Llangollen - by BAFTA nominated Samantha O’Rourke. Currently pitching for early development funding is Arcana by Méliès d'Argent Award winner Katie Bonham.

Ray’s accolades include Chapter Queer Prize winner for debut short ‘Jelly’, played at BIFA/BAFTA qualifying festivals including Iris Prize and Brighton Rocks. TGWTHV’s laurels include Norwich Film Festival, Final Girls Berlin, Honourable Mention at Brighton Rocks and a Fearmaker of the Year nomination at horror circuit renowned Spooky Empire.

They are a BAFTA Connect member, a BFI Creative Producers Lab alumni and a BBC Comedy Collective member.