MUSIC MENTOR

A sonic alchemist, conductor of creativity and restless collaborator across the realms of music and production. Abraham Moughrabi’s credits range from keyboards & sampler with UK dub-reggae group Resonators to composition and production with Latin-Grammy Award winning artist, Buika. His first foray into solo work with hazy electronics and blissed-out vocals, the Jinn EP, drew plaudits from Nick Luscombe (BBC Radio 3, Late Junction) to Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6). He’s managed projects funded by Arts Council England, PRS for Music, EU Interreg IV and the British Council - producing music, soundtracks, installations and events. He currently co-runs The Rose Hill arts hub and studios as well as steering Jinn Records, a label, production house and cultural conduit with a passion for inspiring global artists.

Instagram: @aaamouai  @jinnrecords

Website: linktr.ee/aaamouai

FILMMAKING MENTOR

Callum Johnston is a filmmaker and producer born and bred in Crawley, West Sussex. His films have screened in cinemas and festivals globally including multiple premieres at Cannes Film Festival. In 2021 he set up a cultural film hub in his home town called Crawley Film Initiative which helps mentor and train young people between 16 - 24 years of age, and helped launch Crawley's very first film festival, the British Cultural Film Festival.

Instagram: @callum_andrew_johnston

Website: www.cfimedia.org

MUSIC MENTOR

Kassia Zermon, AKA Bunty is a multi discipline artist and vocal looping pioneer alongside the likes of Shlomo, beard man and dub FX. Best known for pioneering underground experimental vocal loop shows and fronting UK leading Dub act Resonators. Bunty’s powerful one woman orchestra combines her love of sound art & sound systems with her West London and North African roots to create unique and expansive music.

She is the creative director at The Rose Hill (where LYC sessions take place!). Run by artists and musicians, The Rose Hill is an independent venue, recording studio, label, creative hub and co-working space. Nestled in the heart of Brighton, they curate a monthly programme of adventurous music and performance, supporting artists, curators and community projects. She will be mentoring alongside Abe, musician and producer, who also works at the Rose Hill and runs Jinn Records, a label, production house and cultural conduit with a passion for inspiring global artists.

Instagram: @buntylooping

Website: linktr.ee/BuntyLooping

VR AND TRANSMEDIA MENTOR

Myra Appannah is an artist, musician and Unity/Unreal developer. They were Creative Lead of SOMNAI (2018) - a large-scale story experience with pioneering use of live performance, real-world sets, kinaesthetics, VR, AR, projection mapping and spatialised audio, named by the UK Innovation & Research Council as “One of the most influential British immersive productions of the last 20 years.” They have also worked across commercial clients as Creative Director including the world’s first sustainable fashion immersive experience set across the Arizona desert.

They are also a BAFTA and Sundance nominated film writer. Myra co-founded BRiGHTBLACK with Simon Wilkinson to explore radical ways of creating with immersive technologies. They have toured the world with immersive works, running residencies and learning labs with major institutions such as the BFI, Factory International (Manchester), University of Cambridge and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence,  the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sydney Opera House, the National Institute of the Dramatic Arts (Australia), British Council and hundreds of grassroots organisations

Instagram: @myra_appannah  @brightblack_productions

Website: www.se14ltd.com  www.brightblack.info

PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR

Sarah Brownlow is a passionate photographer and educator committed to breaking down barriers and expanding opportunities for marginalised individuals. Through her lens, she brings to light the often-unseen narratives of society's overlooked communities. As both a teacher and advocate, Sarah is a dedicated agent of social change and her work goes beyond photography, teaching skateboarding to underrepresented groups, promoting inclusivity and fostering confidence and resilience with young people.

Instagram: @sarah_brownlow

Website: www.sarahbrownlow.com

VR AND TRANSMEDIA MENTOR

Simon Wilkinson has been making virtual reality experiences and player-centred transmedia culture since 2010. His solo VR works have featured at Tate Modern and toured to 36 nations in the past 15 years. He has been commissioned to make many VR works including for Tour de France, Roundhouse London, Fed Square Melbourne, Mutek Argentina. The worldwide tour of his large-scale VR experience ‘Whilst The Rest Were Sleeping’ (2014 to 2018) saw him reviewed by Cineuropa as “one of the most notable names in Europe to be dealing with VR”. In collaboration with Myra Appannah, as part of BRiGHTBLACK, they created Immersive StoryLab, which has been deployed through 47 editions for cultural institutions worldwide - including South Africa, Western Balkans and Venezuela. Simon’s skill set includes writing for film and theatre, Unity/Unreal engine, software development, music engineering and film.

Instagram: @circa69uk  @brightblack_productions

Website: linktr.ee/circa69   www.brightblack.info