Runyararo Mapfumo
director
Runyararo is a writer and director. Her most recent short film Dawn in the Dark, which was backed and funded by BFI Network and BBC Films, will premiere at BFI London Film Festival 2019. The film has also been selected for the BAFTA-qualifying Underwire Film Festival 2019, earning Runyararo a nomination for directing. Her previous short film Masterpiece premiered at BFI LFF 2017 and screened at a variety of BAFTA qualifying film festivals throughout 2017 and 2018, and was selected as a BFI Network Pick of the Month and a Vimeo Staff Pick. Runyararo is currently developing her first feature and other short films.
Siona Davis
producer
Siona is a producer. After working for Lucasfilm, Universal and Marvel as a Visual Effects Coordinator she has returned to producing and is in post-production with a Genera funded short film, Mush, featuring Geoff Bell, and developing two projects currently shortlisted for funding. Her previous work includes Last Leg, which was selected for a dozen film festivals and awarded Best Short Film at the London Independent Film Festival 2016 and Klavierkunst, which was selected for Sheffield Documentary Festival 2016. Siona’s interest in altruistic storytelling has taken her across both fiction and non-fiction in her quest to bring anthropology to the centre of her productions.