✨We are so excited to share the 12 trailblazing writers, directors and producers selected for this year's NETWORK@LFF!😍👏 They'll be joining us for an intensive 4 day programme of masterclasses, screenings, events and industry insights. Find out more⬇️ network.bfi.org.uk/news-and-featu…

Huge congratulations to all of those selected for NETWORK@LFF this year! 🙌 We're excited to see Scotland-based filmmakers and recipients of Short Circuit support Alia Ghafar and Reece Cargan on the list. 📽️⬇️

So excited to be selected for this year’s NETWORK@LFF! Huge thanks to BFI NETWORK for having me 🙌 screendaily.com/news/bfi-selec…

NETWORK@LFF has officially kicked off! 🙌 We were so grateful to be joined by the director of White Building, Kavich Neang, for a special Q&A and a wonderful ‘Breaking into TV’ session with Jess Loveland, Alice Tyler and Runyararo Mapfumo. ✨✨✨

Now that NETWORK@LFF 2021 has come to an end. We want to give a massive thank you to our amazing cohort. It has been so lovely to spend these (very intense and busy) past 4 days with them. The passion and appreciation they have shown made this all the more enjoyable! ✨💕

Excited to be taking part in this event for Inverness Film Festival on Thurs, chatting about short filmmaking along with Tom Nicoll 🙌

🎦 Delighted to be hosting these BEHIND THE SCENES events this Thu 11 Nov with Tom Nicoll Alia Ghafar Debora Maité Emma van der Putten Duncan Cowles Casci Ritchie and our friends at Glasgow Film Education. If you're 15 - 25 join us if you can - it's a fantastic (and free!) opportunity.

✨INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SELECTION✨ #CFF21 SCUZZ, dir. Alia Ghafar🇬🇧 Kim, a bassist in a Glasgow band, wants an escape from the shallow scene. Through a shared love of music, fast food & teaching her ex a lesson, two strangers find an unlikely connection.

So chuffed to have been selected for the BFI NETWORK BAFTA crew mentorship programme! Being mentored by the brill Laurie Nunn, creator of Sex Education 🥳

Huge congratulations to all of those selected for this year's BFI NETWORK BAFTA mentorship scheme! We're especially proud of #FirstFeatures writer/director Alia Ghafar and #SharpShorts writer/director Razan Madhoon. 👏✨

Congrats to CFF21 #shortfilm winners for their selection at Berlin British Shorts 2022!🎊👏👏 ONE FOR THE ROAD by Eileen Tracey, SCUZZ by Alia Ghafar, PEDWAR by Sam Johnson & THE THING THAT ATE THE BIRDS @thethingthatatethebirds by Sophie Mair & Dan Gitsham 🎥 screened at the #filmfestival this month.

So excited to share ALONE, a new drama I’ve written for BBC The Social 🙌 Best viewed on your phone, watch at the link below 👇

So delighted to be nominated for Best Writer and Best Drama at the RTS Scotland Awards for ALONE, my short drama with BBC The Social 🎉🙌 Huge congrats and thanks to the whole team!

Writer-director Alia Ghafar and producer Misha McCullagh are award-winning creatives based in Scotland, whose #BMWxBFIChallenge short, Hen Do, follows a bride-to-be as she's about to make a bombshell confession.

So delighted to be part of the BFI BMW UK filmmaking challenge alongside @MishaMcCullagh - get ready for our short HEN-DO 💅✨

Still on such a high from LFF last weekend and the premiere of our BFIxBMW short Hen Do 💍✨ Available to watch on BFI Player now! player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watc… #bfi #bmwuk #LFF

Congratulations to Alia Ghafar, the Screen Scotland Screen Educator in Residence at Drummond CHS, on her win last night at the #RTSScotlandAwards for Hen Do! 🏆

Over the moon to have won this with superstar producer @MishaMcCullagh - testament to our amazing cast + crew! 🎉