Joana Francisco is a London-based artist focusing on various types of art, including film, music and theater. Being born in Portugal, Joana was interested in art from a very young age and represented her school in competitions as a performer and a singer. However, the educational curriculum didn't suit her which left her uncertain about her career path. On top of that, she had to deal with a range of obstacles, including racism, family separation and other teenage problems. Possibly thanks to th...
Jun 09, 2023•5 min
Joana Francisco is a London-based artist focusing on various types of art, including film, music and theater. Being born in Portugal, Joana was interested in art from a very young age and represented her school in competitions as a performer and a singer. However, the educational curriculum didn't suit her which left her uncertain about her career path. On top of that, she had to deal with a range of obstacles, including racism, family separation and other teenage problems. Possibly thanks to th...
Jun 05, 2023•53 min•Ep. 14
Tomás Miguel is a London based visual effects graduate working as a Customer Support Engineer at Foundry. Tomás left Portugal to pursue a VFX education in London. University taught him the core skills of the VFX pipeline and he specialized in his favourite, Texturing. Becoming a texture artist was his career goal until Foundry, a creative software development company, offered him the opportunity to contribute to the industry-standard texturing software, Mari. Before joining Foundry, he worked as...
Jun 02, 2023•3 min
Tomás Miguel is a London based visual effects graduate working as a Customer Support Engineer at Foundry. Tomás left Portugal to pursue a VFX education in London. University taught him the core skills of the VFX pipeline and he specialized in his favourite, Texturing. Becoming a texture artist was his career goal until Foundry, a creative software development company, offered him the opportunity to contribute to the industry-standard texturing software, Mari. Before joining Foundry, he worked as...
May 29, 2023•52 min•Ep. 12
Simon Attang aka simon a. is a London-based artist coming from East London who focuses on several areas of art. Primarily, Simon is a singer, songwriter, rapper and producer but also a filmmaker of his own music videos. Inspired by various genres including hip hop, indie, RnB, classical and house music, he covers a broad range of topics such as mental health, relationships, social media and self-love. Simon thinks about art quite deeply which is reflected in his lyrics, sound, structure and basi...
May 26, 2023•4 min
Simon Attang aka simon a. is a London-based artist coming from East London who focuses on several areas of art. Primarily, Simon is a singer, songwriter, rapper and producer but also a filmmaker of his own music videos. Inspired by various genres including hip hop, indie, RnB, classical and house music, he covers a broad range of topics such as mental health, relationships, social media and self-love. Simon thinks about art quite deeply which is reflected in his lyrics, sound, structure and basi...
May 22, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 6
Vasco Alexandre is a Copenhagen based filmmaker, with a broad range of set experience from different countries, who aspires to become a director. Born in 1993 in Lisbon, he worked as a freelance videographer in Portugal, directing branded content, mini-docs and music videos until 2016. His education experience includes bachelors in Film in London, Erasmus in Madrid and masters in directing in Edinburgh. While studying for his bachelor's in London, he wrote and directed a short film Yard Kings (2...
May 19, 2023•2 min
Vasco Alexandre is a Copenhagen based filmmaker, with a broad range of set experience from different countries, who aspires to become a director. Born in 1993 in Lisbon, he worked as a freelance videographer in Portugal, directing branded content, mini-docs and music videos until 2016. His education experience includes bachelors in Film in London, Erasmus in Madrid and masters in directing in Edinburgh. While studying for his bachelor's in London, he wrote and directed a short film Yard Kings (2...
May 15, 2023•51 min•Ep. 5
Eleanor Follows is a London-based senior VFX artist with more than a decade of experience in various disciplines but primarily specialising in modelling. Starting as a runner and doing minor tasks such as making coffee, working at reception and other things one wouldn’t expect, she worked her way up to collaborating on a whole range of big Hollywood films. Eleanor shares her experience of working in broadcasting companies, a range of different VFX houses and momentarily pivot into architecture. ...
May 13, 2023•3 min
Eleanor Follows is a London-based senior VFX artist with more than a decade of experience in various disciplines but primarily specialising in modelling. Starting as a runner and doing minor tasks such as making coffee, working at reception and other things one wouldn’t expect, she worked her way up to collaborating on a whole range of big Hollywood films. Eleanor shares her experience of working in broadcasting companies, a range of different VFX houses and momentarily pivot into architecture. ...
May 12, 2023•35 min•Ep. 4
Raid Matwi is a London based aspiring actor and a stuntman. Currently, he’s completing required disciplines to apply for a globally recognised certificate to join professional stuntmen. Having completed five out of six he’s going to apply soon to join the British register and become one of them. With his proficiency in different sports and activities, including karate, diving, racing and more, he’s already got experience working as a stuntman, extra and even minor acting roles. We discuss a deep...
May 11, 2023•7 min
Raid Matwi is a London based aspiring actor and a stuntman. Currently, he’s completing required disciplines to apply for a globally recognised certificate to join professional stuntmen. Having completed five out of six he’s going to apply soon to join the British register and become one of them. With his proficiency in different sports and activities, including karate, diving, racing and more, he’s already got experience working as a stuntman, extra and even minor acting roles. We discuss a deep...
May 10, 2023•59 min•Ep. 3
Alaa Alibrahim is a recent screenwriting postgraduate who focuses on scriptwriting and specializes in sound design. As a Syrian refugee, he moved to London a few years ago where he decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking. After successfully completing his studies, he’s currently finding his way into the industry with sound design or screenwriting, while developing the script for TV series. Before moving to London, he worked as a pharmacist in Syria and explored many countries in Europe and ...
May 09, 2023•3 min
Alaa Alibrahim is a recent screenwriting postgraduate who focuses on scriptwriting and specializes in sound design. As a Syrian refugee, he moved to London a few years ago where he decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking. After successfully completing his studies, he’s currently finding his way into the industry with sound design or screenwriting, while developing the script for TV series. Before moving to London, he worked as a pharmacist in Syria and explored many countries in Europe and ...
May 08, 2023•44 min•Ep. 2
Jakub Holub is a freelance motion designer and animator with a background in filmmaking, directing campaigns, adverts, promo videos and more. Coming from central Europe, he studied film at university in London after which he successfully landed a job in a production company until he found out that freelancing is what he enjoys the most. After transitioning to freelancing, he’s been working in animation and motion graphics primarily using After Effects, and plans to establish himself in this area...
May 04, 2023•5 min
Jakub Holub is a freelance motion designer and animator with a background in filmmaking, directing campaigns, adverts, promo videos and more. Coming from central Europe, he studied film at university in London after which he successfully landed a job in a production company until he found out that freelancing is what he enjoys the most. After transitioning to freelancing, he’s been working in animation and motion graphics primarily using After Effects, and plans to establish himself in this area...
May 01, 2023•46 min•Ep. 1
