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 the arts. 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 long-term goals of directing and producing 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.
Internally I am currently working on post-production for the next piece from Tom and myself I had the pleasure to produce; ‘Gabriel’s Trumpet’ as well as working on prep for our next co-wrote/directed/produced piece; ‘The Galley’. I have also been continuing to work within the AD department across several funded Northern Irish shorts.
CV available upon request.