To Run Is To Return

An accomplished young doctor known for their professional but blunt nature is forced to rectify a horrible mistake or drown in their repressed memories.

Fiction

Team

Precious Wura Alabi, Writer/Director

A filmmaker and actress, Precious wrote, directed and starred in BFI funded, BIFA and BAFTA qualifying short film (SPIN), 2023 which went on to be nominated for Best International Short at Palm Springs International ShortFest. This film was developed whilst Precious was qualifying as a pharmacist having studied pharmacy at King’s College London. Prior to (SPIN), Precious wrote and directed the experimental short film Cuckoo Chick (2020) which was shot on an iPhone, platformed on ‘Girls In Film’ and was selected for a number of small festivals. Before this she had written a short play Losers (2019) which played at Theatre 503 to sold-out audiences. Her creative education includes B3 Media where she completed the Origin Programme and became an Associate Artist. As an actress, she has appeared in Boiling Point (2022) directed by Philip Barantini, starring Stephen Graham and trained with the National Youth Theatre and Identity Drama School of Acting. She additionally works as a Performance Director for Musicians and is in development for two short films and two feature projects. She is also a BAFTA Connect member.

Victoria Wijeratne, Producer

Victoria is a producer, self-taught composer for film & TV and a BAFTA Connect member. Her work includes the feature film The Liability in 2012, directed by Craig Viveiros and starring Tim Roth among others. Her work so far has given her exciting opportunities in her field, including being invited to Berlinale Talents as a sound studio participant in 2015. Having worked in the film industry for many years in various fields, she feels compelled to explore producing as a means to tell stories and experiences as a person of colour that resonate with her, and film has felt the natural medium to do that. In 2019 she worked as a runner on Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor's upcoming feature Bone, and working within production in early 2020 on Sky’s upcoming TV comedy Kisses & Bumflicks. She was accepted on to the B3 Origin mentoring programme in 2021, which is designed to help Black, Asian & multicultural creatives working across the fields of film. This led her to work with writer/director/actor Precious Wura Alabi as a producer on her fiction short (SPIN) which was backed by the BFI and recently showed at BAFTA/Oscar accredited film festivals such as Palm Springs International Film Festival.