Nanna Leth
Nanna Leth is a Swedish curator and artist based in Stockholm. With a background in filmmaking, she studied at the Stockholm Film School and holds a Master’s degree in Film Studies from Stockholm University. For over two decades, she has worked as a curator, exploring how art can serve as a vessel for storytelling and […]
Alexandra Farias
Alexandra Farias is an American filmmaker and photographer who hails from the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Los Angeles. She got her start on indie film sets and came up through the camera department. She now works extensively in the Los Angeles music scene, shooting and designing album covers. She has directed several short […]
Oli Fyne
Oli Fyne is Scottish Actor, Writer, Director & Producer working across Film, Theatre & TV. Next appearing in Season 2 of ‘Bookish’, created by Mark Gatiss (NOW TV). Previously title role in the feature film ‘Stella’ by Jessica Fox (Sky & STV). Director’s Apprentice to Alice Seabright on ‘Amadeus’ (Sky Original) and Scotsman Award Runner-Up […]
Leo Graf
Leo Graf (born 2000, Switzerland) is a director and VFX artist. He studied Animation at the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. Leo directs commercials and delivers VFX through his production company Nektar. As a VFX artist, he has collaborated with studios including Scanline VFX, FutureDeluxe, and LuxAeterna, contributing to projects such as Solar […]
NAARCA Residencies 2026 Announced
Ashanti Harris
LUX Scotland and Platform are delighted to be hosting a three-day residential event at Cove Park, funded by YouthLink Scotland and led by Ashanti Harris, supporting young artists. In 2020 – 21 LUX Scotland and Platform partnered on a project as part of Now & Next to commission 13 young people to make short moving image works with BBC Arts and Screen Scotland. Building on the […]
Lily Just
Lily Just is a multidiciplinary artist specialising in acting and writing for theatre and film. She took particular interest in social justice, working-class narratives, and human’s connection to nature. Lily’s experience includes collaborations on innovative film and theatre projects, such as co-creating a series of educational films for the Polin Museum, exploring Polish Jewish history. […]
Kirsten Adkins
Kirsten is an artist and filmmaker whose practice combines artists moving image, experimental filmmaking and creative writing. She has a professional background in documentary television having previously worked at the BBC as a director and producer. This informs her practice and research. Her practice combines experimental and documentary practices to explore concepts of place and […]
Finlay Pretsell
Finlay Pretsell is a BAFTA winning filmmaker driven by the authenticity and rawness of non-fiction cinema. He arrived at filmmaking by way of a plethora of uninteresting jobs along with an unrealistic ambition of travelling the world racing his bicycle. Never having formally studied film or anything else and after exhausting all other options, he […]
Anne Milne
Anne Milne is a filmmaker, educator, and writer, based in Glasgow. As well as directing and producing documentaries, she is a co-founder of DocKlub and the DOCMA Collective. Her films have screened widely at film festivals and she is an alum of Berlinale Talents, and a European Film Award nominee. She has also worked with […]
Rebys James Hynes
Rebys James Hynes is a writer, curator and film programmer who works in the Junior Conservatoire department as a Programme Assistant. They are passionate about elevating intersectional art, and creating space for more stories about transness and neurodivergence. In 2025 they hosted ‘Being the Monster: The History and Future if the Trans-Killer on Film’, an […]
Titana Muthui
Titana Muthui is an actor and writer who writes with urgency, clarity, and conviction. A Black woman and recovering alcoholic, she creates work that is inseparable from her lived experience. Storytelling has always been her way of surviving the world, but sobriety sharpened her understanding of just how much representation matters—not only for visibility, but […]