Creative Team

Marcos Avlontis

Director

Drawn to creative storytelling since childhood, I gained a BA Hons in Creative Writing from Leeds University in 2008.

I quickly realised that filmmaking was my calling, and directing drama has been my passion and aspiration ever since.

In the early years, I wrote, directed and shot many short films and creative projects. My main source of income has been videography and cinematography. While directing narrative fiction has taken a backseat, for financial reasons, I have directed many corporate and commercial projects, which have allowed me to develop my skills and network.

I am a keen collaborator and, as such, I have developed, written and/or produced many of the projects I’ve worked on as DP. The following list of credits is for projects where I took a directorial role:

Commercial

  • Our Future – Digital ad campaign – (Strata Homes, 2024)
  • Home – Brand Film & TVC – (Strata Homes, 2023)
  • Strata Stories – Video Series (Strata Homes, 2022-2023)
  • Avenue – Brand Film (Avenue Furniture, 2022)
  • Malanj Woven – Brand Film (Malanj Woven, 2022)
  • Ready For Change – Brand Film (Strata Homes, 2021)

Documentary

  • It Makes a Difference – Charity film (B:Friend, 2023)
  • StorySLAM for Schools – Charity film (StorySLAM, 2013)
  • Narrative Fiction
  • The Trunk (Mind of Marcos, 2017)
  • That Was Peter Crowe (RicoMark, 2014)
  • A Day In The Life (RicoMark, 2012)

Awards

  • BFI Short Film Fund 2025, longlisted,
  • Center Frame Selects, shortlisted by Michael Jamin

Addy Farmer

Writer/Executive Producer

Addy is a children’s author and screenwriter. She is published by Walker and Random House. Her latest series with Hachette is about the importance of ‘icky’ stuff to the planet’s ecology – mud, slime, fungus and poo. Her fiction writing sweet spot is funny stuff for 7 – 9s with bags of heart.

Two of her picture books, A Bagful of Stars and the Arts Council funded, A Place called Home, were adapted for the stage by Rhubarb Theatre. She has won the Hachette Writing North prize for her middle-grade folklore adventure, The Empty Girl. She was longlisted for her middle-grade supernatural funny ‘The Dangerous Dead’. Her novel, Wilfreda and the Werecat, was shortlisted for the Darley Anderson middle-grade Funny Award.

Addy crowdfunded ‘I Love You, Sunshine’, a children’s book about exploring the effects of suicide through the eyes of a child and her family left behind. This was developed with Child Bereavement UK. The story was animated by Rhubarb Theatre and the project won a place on the Disrupt Festival in 2022.

Addy established her non-profit, Getting There Productions in 2025. Its objective is to produce work which explores social issues directly with humour and heart.

Working with North Lincolnshire Council, she produced ‘I Love You, Sunshine’ as a short film, due for release in Autumn 2026.

Her current slate includes

  • A Day in the Life of a Children’s Author. Collaborative documentary, 2026.
  • Just Between Us (in development)
  • The Hearties. Children’s animation. Co-writer
  • Community Farm, TV Comedy. Co-writer
  • Front Window. Short film, proof of concept for a feature film. (In development)

She began her film work early on as a production manager on a short film, SWORD, and has now returned to film later in life. Addy is part of the LSF Talent Campus 8.0 screenwriting course. She also gained a place on the New Writing North comedy writing room with Saima Fellows.
Addy also served as Script Supervisor on Adopt Me, Please (Golden Chestnut Productions, short, 2026), overseeing continuity and supporting the co-director on set.

Addy served as Script Supervisor on ‘Adopt Me, Please’ (Golden Chestnut Productions, short, 2026), overseeing continuity and supporting the co-director on set. She is an associate producer on a new short, ‘To The Edge,’ in pre-production.

Addy aims to make a difference! Her writing continues to develop from short to long form with her feature film, Front Window.

Judith Bunting

Producer

Judith Bunting is a screenwriter, moving into drama after >20 years as an award-winning documentary director and executive producer.

In 2025, her first screenplay won Best Writer at the Liverpool Indie Awards and Best First Time Writer at the Japan Script Awards. Her second script, a TV Pilot, reached the final of C21 Script Awards.

With I LOVE YOU, SUNSHINE, Judith will combine her practical production experience and budget management with her understanding of story. This is her first project as a drama producer.

Judith cut her teeth at BBC Specialist Factual, as researcher, director, and executive producer. Here, she learned to craft gripping stories on paper and screen, how to pace and balance story-detail with emotion, and how not to waste money while you put it all together.

As executive producer, Judith has overseen programmes for BBCs 1, 2, and 3, Discovery and National Geographic, bringing in great shows on schedule and on budget. Her career highlight was producing the 3½ hour BBC Three event, The Operation, which won record audiences for the channel, and an RTS Best Programme Award.

After taking a career break, Judith joined Deaf-led company, Flashing Lights Media, where she led the team to create five series of CBeebies’ BSL poetry show Magic Hands. She later went on to be elected as MEP for the South of East of England.

  • 2000, The Secret Life of Twins, BBC1 – 7.8m audience
  • 2001, Superhuman, BBC 2, Director, Science et Image, Sante Award.
  • 2003-2006, Body Hits, BBC 3, Wellcome Trust Best Series, Best Programme Awards.
  • 2004, Breast Cancer, The Operation, BBC3, RTS Award
  • 2008, The Neanderthal Code, NatGeo Grierson Nomination
  • 2012, Magic Hands, shortlisted for Broadcast Award’s Best Children’s Series