Isla Badenoch

Isla is a writer-director and artist. She is a member of BFI Network x BAFTA Crew, BFI Network South West New Writers Lab and BIFA Emerging Filmmaker Springboard. Isla is an innate storyteller whose work has an individual style grounded in her roots as a documentary filmmaker. Through her distinctive lens, Isla's filmmaking reflects a curiosity to tell stories of kindred spirits; the quietly hidden characters whose voices may otherwise be overlooked. Whether through the identity of a forensic jeweller, a transgender man in rural Albania, or a fisherman hunting for a critically endangered fish - her atmospheric films create an experience of life from a different perspective to encourage compassion. Isla has a holistic approach to filmmaking with an MA in Visual Arts from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, a BA in English Literature and professional experience ranging from programming Sheffield Doc/Fest, as a creative producer for virtual reality and documentary films, and as a writer-director with work supported by BBC Arts, Arts Council England, BFI DocSociety, Hartley Foundation (US), Statens Kunstfond (Denmark) and Frøken Marie Månssons (Denmark).