Four Seconds Flat

While play-fighting, Adam reminds Eve he could have her unconscious in four seconds flat. Eve must decide whether this is a joke or a threat.

Fiction

Team

Leyla Coll-O’Reilly, Writer/Director

Leyla is a poet, film and theatre maker from Glasgow. Leyla’s first short film Groom was Scottish BAFTA and Critics Circle Award Nominated. It won First Prize for Direction at Academy affiliated Flickers Fest, Best Cinematography at Interlink Berlin, Best Short Film at World of Film Festival, and Best Short Film HB Festival. It was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival. Leyla was mentored by director Lynne Ramsay. She was named as one of Screen International Rising Stars 2022. She is currently developing two features, one with Screen Scotland First Features programme and another with Young Films, with mentorship from Olivia Hetreed and commissioner, Film4.  Her theatre show Daddy Drag was the winner of 2019 Autopsy Award celebrating artists making ground-breaking work in Scotland, her show Hopeless was shortlisted for Saboteur’s Best Spoken Word show 2017. Her poetry book In Public/In Private was released last year with Burning Eye Books. She developed a play with National Theatre of Scotland through The John Mathers Rising Star Award and her play Ms Campbell’s Class 4th Period was published with Bloomsbury Press in 2023 and performed globally as part of Wonderfools Positive Stories for Negative Times.

Sherie Myers, Producer

Sherie has extensive experience across the UK’s biggest scripted indies and is currently running a production company called Pixledge Pictures. She is a freelance producer and most recently associate produced Andrea Arnold’s upcoming feature Bird and co-produced The Tower for ITV, written by Homeland showrunner Patrick Harbison. Her credits include Sky, BBC, Netflix and HBO shows, including the Emmy and Bafta award-winning I May Destroy You and true crime series The Serpent. As part of her personal client and work base, she works with Stormzy's brand #Merky, is currently running both a film and series development slate, working with both new and established British talent. Sherie is also a part of the 2023-2024 cohort of Inside Pictures.