Talent Guide

Simone Ling

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Fast Track 2024

Bio

Simone Ling is a producer and educator whose feature credits include Mosquita Y Mari (Spirit Award nominee) and They (Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival nominated for a Queer Palm and the Camera d’Or). Award-winning short projects include documentary My Lunch With Suki, narrative Moving Out, and VR piece Emerging Radiance. A member of the PGA, MPEG/IATSE and BAFTA, she is deputy Chair of BAFTA’s Learning, Inclusion and Talent Committee and teaches at the AFI Conservatory. Consulting and curating for festivals, filmmakers and labs worldwide, Simone shepherds her own slate with a focus on being in the margins.

Current Project

Burning Well

Logline

In a re-imagining of the Prodigal Son story, on receiving news of his mother’s illness, a young trans man returns home to mend complicated relationships and rediscover what love and family really mean.