Victoria Adeola Thomas

Biography:

Victoria is an award winning and BAFTA nominated filmmaker who started out as a producer working across shorts and indie features. Previous feature films include Salla Sorri and Jessi Chisi's feature documentary Between Rings [Cph dox 2014], Aljazeera English' Zambia's Boxing Star [2016] and Aiofe Kelly's feature drama Walking With Shadows [Bfi London Film Festival 2019]. She is now focused on developing work as a Writer/Director . Her original screenplays have been shortlisted for the Sundance Screenwriters lab, the Oscars Nicholls Fellowship and in 2020 was one of the winners of the Nicole Kidman/Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey supported Writers Lab. She is an alumnus of the UK's National Film & Television School and previously selected for Berlinale Talents, Jihlava Documentary Film Festivals Emerging Producers program, IFP Week, NYC and and EAVE. She is a voting member of BAFTA UK, BAFTA Scotland and serves as a juror for the BIFA's.