Laura Kirwan-Ashman

Laura Kirwan-Ashman a writer-director whose work focuses on Blackness, queerness, and the female experience. Her roots are in DIY filmmaking; in 2015 she co-founded female film collective Sorta Kinda Maybe Yeah, writing and appearing in their web series of the same name. She was chosen for the Betty Box and Peter Rogers Comedy Writing programme, BBC Comedy Writersroom, Channel 4 Commissioning Mentorship, and the 2018 BFI NETWORK @ LFF programme. She has spoken on panels, taught, programmed, and shown her work at the V&A, ICA, LSFF, LOCO Film Festival, Underwire Festival, and the BFI. Her directorial debut MAGIC, a short doc about self-care and Black women, won the Eye Want Change smartphone filmmaking competition, and her debut feature is in development with the BFI.