Our Team
Thomas Bennett
As a Belfast-based artist and writer working with the moving image, the incitement of ideas and questions lies at the heart of what I aim to achieve. Film as a means of dialogue.
Whilst enraptured with the camera from a young age, the road to directing and writing began in the theatre. I wrote and directed a play ‘The Insignificant life and Death of Colin Mckenzie’ (2018) that showed for a successful 2 weeks at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since that point, I turned towards film and directed ‘The Seven Signs’ (2021) which debuted at Raindance (2021). Past this my work has focused on using Hi-8 and Super 8 to explore the effects of medium on narrative and story-telling. My collaboration with Niall began in 2023 and Hi-8 tape work In ‘Wake Of John Doyle’ (2024) was born, it’s list of accolades ever-growing.
Having left the University of Leeds with an international BA in History and Philosophy, I entered the film world via the Props Department in 2021 as a means to explore the industry. Since then I have worked on numerous productions in Northern Ireland from ‘Blue Lights’ (2023) and ‘School For Good and Evil’ (2021) to ‘World on Fire’ Season 2 (2023) and Game of Thrones: Hedge Knight (2025).
Whilst micro-short ‘Now That I Look’ (2024) begins it’s festival run, my next written and directed work ‘Gabriel’s Trumpet’, is entering post-production. Produced by Niall, we are both working towards a Spring 2025 release.
CV available upon request.
Niall McCloskey
For years now I have been working towards a life in visual media. Like so many in my generation, I’ve been entranced by all things film and television from a young age, this is beyond a passion for myself; it’s a way of life.
Pursuing my passions I went to university and achieved a BA in Film-Making, a degree I have been able to put to good use throughout my early career as I have had the joy to work freelance in the Northern Ireland film and television industry since 2021 having had the chance to work on Game of Thrones: The Hedge Knight (2025), The Woman in The Wall (2023), Hope Street (2022-) and many more within the AD department and am a keen member of the Assistant Director Guild UK.
I am actively working towards goals of directing with my previous short films doing well in their respective festival runs, my debut short Better Before being selected as a finalist for 2023s Cinemagic Young Filmmaker awards while my most recent short, co-directed and produced with Tom, In Wake of John Doyle is currently going through a successful festival run being selected for Belfast Film Festival, DIFF (Dublin International Film Festival), The British Short Film Awards Longlist, Louth International Film Festival and more.
I am currently in development for my next independently directed piece as well working alongside Tom to develop our first feature and first series on top of more shorts and visual art pieces.
I believe that with the right team, any story can be made possible.
CV available upon request.