Alex Polunin
Alex Polunin is a twice BAFTA-nominated film and television producer who currently enjoys a first-look deal with BBC Drama. Having produced some of the UK’s most urgent and iconic short films of the last half decade – including British by the Grace of God (Locarno), Kingdom Come (Venice), Father of the Bride (SXSW), Egungun (Masquerade) (TIFF/Sundance) and She Always Wins (TIFF/Sundance London) – Alex has been developing a slate of debut feature films with BBC Film and Film4 while part of the La Cinef residency and Sundance Labs, including: Rhys Marc Jones' Black Church Bay, Rafael Manuel's Filipiñana, and Olive Nwosu's Lady, as well as Sean Robert Dunn's The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, which is currently in post-production in Scotland with financing from Mubi, BBC Film, BBC Scotland, the BFI and Screen Scotland.
Ossian International – United Kingdom
Ossian International is a twice BAFTA-nominated film and television production company and one of the UK's leading out-of-London emerging producers, currently supported by a first-look deal with BBC Drama.
Projects in development
Lady, dir. Olive Nwosu (feature)
Black Church Bay, dir. Rhys Marc Jones (feature)
Filipiñana, dir. Rafael Manuel (feature)
Projects in production / post-production
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, dir. Sean Robert Dunn (feature)
Released films
British by the Grace of God, dir. Sean Robert Dunn (short)
Kingdom come, dir. Sean Robert Dunn (short)
Father of the Bride, dir. Rhys Marc Jones (short)
Egungun (Masquerade), dir. Olive Nwosu (short)
She Always Wins, dir. Hazel McKibbin (short)
Rotterdam Lab participants 2024
See the names of the emerging producers joining us for the Rotterdam Lab 2024.