Women in Film and TV launches 2025 four nations mentoring scheme

The UK’s Women in Film and TV (WFTV) has revealed its 2025 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme, designed for mid-career women working in film, television, and creative media.

The six-month program brings together mentees from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to receive one-to-one mentoring with senior industry professionals, peer-to-peer training and tailored career and personal development workshops.

It is designed to accelerate mentees’ careers in an industry where women remain underrepresented in leadership roles.

This year’s mentors include Cecile Frot-Coutaz from Sky; writer and actor Charlie Covell; location manager Emma Pill; Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter; Quay Street Productions’ Nicola Shindler; Merman’s Rebecca Parkinson; film producer Soleta Rogan; cinematographer Sophie Darlington; Suanne Rochester from Wild Child Animation; Hello-Halo’s Wendy Rattray; Netflix’s senior manager for production training and industry engagement EMEA, Alison Small; and content creative Jon Mountague among others.

Leading the scheme is WFTV’s director of mentoring Sarah Wright, with mentoring producers Hannah Corneck in Wales, Hazel Marshall in Scotland, Helen Bullough in the North of England, and Sarah McCaffrey in Northern Ireland heading up their respective nations.