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Samm Haillay

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A member of BAFTA, EAVE and ACE Sam Haillay designs and delivers mentoring and training through Attagirl, the Venice College Cinema, Rotterdam Film Lab, Film London, BFI, Graeae Theatre, Screen Yorkshire, and Locarno Open Doors amongst others. He is also Head of film and a consultant on the greenlight committee at New York based film fund ViewPark and recently ran the writer’s room on a YA episodic show for KC Global Media. Through his previous company, Third, Samm produced eight features all of which received red carpet premieres (Cannes, Venice, Toronto Sundance etc) collecting 35 wins and nominations. All gained global distribution, theatrically and/or on various broadcast and streaming platforms.

His most recent film Island of the Hungry Ghosts won Best Documentary at Tribeca and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. In 17 years of operations Third raised and acquitted over £7m of investment.