Director: Tony Hipwell

Biography: Tony is a multi-award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened at Academy Award, Canadian Screen Award, BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals such as Fantasia, HollyShorts and the sadly departed Edinburgh. Their debut feature, Whoops! premiered at Raindance 2013 and was the only British film selected for the 2014 Raindance Tour. Since then, Tony has worked as the Video Producer for Young Thugs Records and been selected for the inaugural Future of Film Incubator. Tony's most recent project, an adaptation of 'Standing Woman' by internationally acclaimed author Yasutaka Tsutsui screened in competition at Leeds International Film Festival 2021 and is available now on ALTER.