MEET THE TEAM AND WHY WE AIM TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY 

Enrico Tessarin, an award-winning writer-producer with 20 years of experience working in Film, TV, documentary and branding work. A graduate of London Film School and EAVE, after starting his career in music videos and advertising, Enrico has worked as a Producer/Line-producer/Co-producer through his own company Pinch Media on film and tv projects for Amazon, Universal, BBC, Al Jazeera and many others. His work gathered an Emmy nomination, a United Nations award and many more recognitions from festivals all over the world. He is a visiting lecturer in Production at the Master in Producing run by Royal Holloway university since 2018. He has previously taught at London Film Academy, Metropolitan Film School and many others. He is also the founder of online Film Community ‘Shorts2features’. ENT37 is his new solo company.

Arnaldo is an actor and filmmaker who started Aki Studio London in order to tell powerful stories that move and entertain him. This highly motivated and creative film production professional brings business acumen and innate creativity to the team. This potent combination empowers Arnaldo to deliver productions that deliver in terms of both commerciality and critical acclaim. Know for his ability to make quick decisions under pressure, communicate effectively and motivate others, Arnaldo is very much the driving force behind this fast-growing film production company. With a background in running multiple businesses the power of balancing business and creativity is rare but also very powerful combination. Arnaldo helps shorts 2 features with valuable advice as a business advisor. ​

An award-winning Director/ Writer with 25 years of experience working in the film industry; mainly on scripted TV series and short films. A graduate of USC SCA, Myrto started her career in Los Angeles in production. This lead her to South Africa where she moved into Script Supervising, on international co-productions for Warner Brothers, BBC and others. The next step was directing scripted TV series, across various genres, and as a Lead Director she envisioned entire series. Myrto’s other passion was providing Director's Workshops for various institutes aimed at empowering women in film.

Sohail Anjum, born and raised in London, England is a freelance filmmaker, producer and photographer, who has worked in the film and television since the last 14 years. He currently works for ShortsTV, where he leads the acquisitions of short films for Asia as well as managing the Best of India Short Film Festival, which helps to give selected filmmakers a chance at Oscar qualification. In the last four years of managing the festival, Sohail has managed to watch over 7000+ short film submissions.

He has also turned to Executive Producing, where he has worked on three short film projects, things we never said, Cybershot and Me, Raani (currently on a festival run). When not exec producing, Sohail is busy working on developing his documentary and short film projects.

Prior to Shorts TV, Sohail Anjum was based in the UAE between 2013 - 2019, where he worked in content acquisition for a local OTT service where he oversaw strategy for English, Hindi and foreign language films, and TV series, and negotiated license agreements and managed key relationships with regional and international major and independent studios, content providers and filmmakers.

He started off his media career in 1999 as Picture Editor for Eastern Eye Newspaper and then as in-house photographer for Asiana Magazine and was followed by a short stint as Entertainment Editor for a free local newspaper, Asian City. Sohail Anjum is also the co-author on the book, A Divine Destruction, which tells the unfinished story of the Kashmir earthquake in 2005.

James Skinner Is a London-based director, producer and writer, who first developed a passion for filmmaking whilst studying Youth and Community Development (BA) at university. This led to an MA in Media Practice for Development and Social Change, through which he specialised in documentary production. 

“Iveta Drulyte is an accomplished actress and a passionate storyteller dedicated to the art of filmmaking. With a robust background working for broadcasters and streaming platforms, including BBC, HBO, Sky, Netflix, and Channel 4 and gaining valuable experience as an executive producer's assistant on Showtime's TV series "Billions”, Iveta started producing her own films. Committed to continuous growth and exploration in her artistic endeavours, Iveta remains a dynamic force in film and television, inspiring others with her creativity and dedication to storytelling.”

Raghida Ismail is a Lebanese-born, London-based award-winning writer and producer with over 8 years of experience in film. A graduate of the Producer Master’s program at Royal Holloway, University of London, she has worked across short films, documentaries, commercials, and the production of 10 vertical-format projects. Her acclaimed short film First Anniversary was nominated for several prestigious awards. Drawing on her Middle Eastern heritage, Raghida develops original IP that blends cultural authenticity with universal themes, amplifying underrepresented voices through authentic Middle Eastern stories.

Damien Brewer is a British director, producer, and occasional actor whose work blends gritty realism with sharp humour. Since 2020 he has created award-winning shorts including Sticky Situations and One for the Road, and the dramedy Rant. He is now set to make his first feature with Roadman.

Davin is BFI funded film producer, professional editor and film festival director.

He started making films in 2009 and has helped make over 20 short films. He recently produced the BFI Network short ‘Asa’ with deaf director Samuel Dore and starring Nicolas Pinnock through his production company Octarine Films.

Davin also trained with the John Yorke Story Academy and specialises in developing scripts seeking funding. 

As a professional film editor he’s edited 20+ short films, a feature length web series and 4 features to date in a wide variety of genres.

Davin is also a film festival director with Imagination Film Festivals which runs a regular multi-genre film festival in Hackney, London as well as an annual comedy short film festival and sci-fi short film festival.

When he gets the time he also writes and directs short films and has directed 10+ short films to date.