BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund Q&A: Meet the Writer
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Are you a writer with a great idea for a feature film that you don't yet have a script for? We're pleased to invite you to this insightful discussion and Q&A with one of our BFI NETWORK-supported writers from the south west, Mojola Akinyemi. Mojola was awarded a grant in 2024-25 to develop her speculative-fiction project Bloodstock, a prescient and compelling story that was also chosen for further funding to take it to first-draft script.
"THIS IS MODERN BRITAIN. THIS IS THE FUTURE. THIS IS HOW WE PROTECT OUR SOVEREIGNTY." In a version of Britain not too far from our own, where one has to earn the right to seek asylum, 'Bloodstock' follows two entirely different women whose collision disrupts everything they thought they knew.
Join us at this online event, hosted by BFI NETWORK South West, to find out what to expect as a writer awarded BFI funding, what it takes to develop an idea into a stand-out treatment doc, how to work successfully with a script editor, and what happens next. There will be time at the end for your questions.
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Mojola Akinyemi
Mojola Akinyemi is a writer-director and first-generation Nigerian immigrant living in the UK. Her short film Baby (dir. Simisolaoluwa Akande) was selected for the 2025 London Film Festival, as well as the Aesthetica Short Film Festival. Her debut play, Great Mother, was longlisted for the 2022 Bruntwood Prize and 2023 Women’s Playwriting Award. Her most recent play, Cara and Kelly are Best Friends Forever For Life, has recently enjoyed a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festiva and the Soho Theatrel. Her work commonly explores themes of race and gender, placing character at the forefront of her complex narratives. Bloodstock is her debut feature film. She describes it as being a combination of the speculative fiction and dystopian genre, a near-future version of Britian that we were once inching towards but are now hurtling into. Website
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