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May Miles Thomas

May won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2000 for One Life Stand, the UK’s first digital feature film. She then went on to make critically acclaimed noir thriller, Solid Air, starring Gary Lewis, Brian McCardie and Maurice Roeves. After this, May started to explore different forms of filmmaking and she won the Creative Scotland Award in 2007 to create The Devil's Plantation, an interactive website and multi-media project which examines the secret geometry and ancient paths of Glasgow. The project won the Best Interactive category at the BAFTA New Talent Awards in 2010 and has since been developed into a full length feature film with premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2013.

Simon Meek

Simon Meek is a former journalist and TV producer who created The Story Mechanics, the multiplatform and gaming division of prolific Scottish production company, Tern TV. Focusing on digital storytelling and the creation of narrative-led interactive experiences, projects include Slabovia, a revolutionary multiplatform project for Channel 4 Education which was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award in 2008 and a Webby in 2009. Simon’s most recent project is a digital adaptation of The 39 Steps, described by The Guardian as “the most impressive example of interactive storytelling ever seen”.

Mondo Ghulab

Mondo started his career in 3D post production before joining the hugely successful game developer, Rockstar. He was an animator on Grand Theft Auto from 2004 and became animation director for the legendary game in 2009. Mondo was also animation director for Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3 before leaving Rockstar last year to pursue his own projects as a director. He has recently completed a short film called The Strange Awakening of Gracie Ambrose and is working on a range of things that use CGI, animation and platforms.

An exciting panel session looking at new forms of storytelling for the screen, with 3 Scottish creators breaking new ground.