[Coralie Rose](https://www.instagram.com/coralie_blamo_rose/) is a casting director with over 12 years experience in music videos, short films, branded content and commercials for global brands including adidas, Facebook, Rimmel London, Heineken, Unilever, Volvo, Apple, Google and H&M.
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An early pioneer of street casting, she is renowned for her ability to find the freshest faces to deliver on the most challenging of briefs – and was one of the first casting directors to actively promote diversity in her work.
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In 2013, Coralie founded [Road Casting](https://www.instagram.com/roadcasting/), specializing in street casting, with particular focus on celebrating underrepresented people in advertising and film. She was delighted to receive the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award at the 2017 UK National Diversity Awards, honouring the achievements of those committed to diversity, equality and inclusion. On top of that, Coralie was selected as a mentee for the 2019 Women in Film & Television UK Mentoring scheme.

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[Jennifer Byrne](https://www.instagram.com/jennbyrne_/) has a decade of commissioning and development experience working at the forefront of moving image, across editorial, branded, online publishing, broadcast TV and long form documentary.
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She's passionate about telling stories in new and impactful ways and discovering and developing new directors. Jennifer is currently Head of Video at The Face magazine after previously working as Head of Development at SOMESUCH and Head of Video at Dazed where she got to work with some of the worlds best talent in front of and behind the camera.

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Jennifer Byrne

[Coco Mell](https://www.instagram.com/coco_mell/) is an independent fashion focused creative stylist and content curator, who's recognised as a tastemaker within her field, with extensive experience creating within various media formats at a global level across editorial, commercial & musical platforms - where her work has been featured on ASOS, Nike, Converse, adidas, Notion, and so on.
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This has allowed Coco to become a true all round millennial innovator with fundamental comprehension & unprecedented execution skills across crew production, model casting, location scouting & creative direction.

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Coco Mell

Multi-national [Serena Guen](https://www.instagram.com/serenaguen/) founded the award-winning SUITCASE magazine remotely while in her third year at New York University.
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Her accolades include being named as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017, 25 under 25 most influential Londoners by The Evening Standard, winning a Women of the Future award for media and Natwest's Entrepreneurs of the Year Award.
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She is also one of the co-founders of the #CookForSyria movement and cookbooks which generated global awareness for the Syrian crisis and raised over £1m for Unicef.



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Serena Guen

[Akinola Davies Jr.](https://www.instagram.com/akinoladaviesjr/) is an award winning filmmaker, writer & video artist. Some might know him from working with Blood Orange, Tim & Barry, Kenzo, or from his documentary for Carhartt WIP which follows the footsteps of Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most political musical icon, amongst other things.
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His work is situated between West Africa and the UK as he identifies as a member of the global diaspora who is situated within the margins of being part of both worlds. Akin tries to delicately navigate the collision of both colonial and imperial tradition and whilst advocating a return to indigenous narratives.
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He explores themes of community, race, spirituality, identity and gender, telling the stories that bridge the gap between traditional and millennial communities. These themes come with a duality: that of necessity and urgency in regards to the medium of storytelling.
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There is a large emphasise on a necessity for clear intention in concepts and a willingness to experiment with form: the preparation and meticulous research for his films assume a central role and are critical to his image manufacturing. He draws from aspects of collective, individual memory and lived experience.