23 August 2023
Catch me at the Edinburgh TV Festival, joining Channel 4's Shaminder Nahal to judge the Ones to Watch × Random Acts Live Pitch Award. 1 August 2023
I'm delighted to have been selected by BAFTA Connect to become a member of BAFTA. 29 May 2023
Unreal! with Olivia Neill, my film exploring love, dating and sex in virtual reality, has launched on BBC iPlayer. It's Critic's Choice in both The Times and the i newspaper. 21 March 2023
I Want to Get Better with Jameela Jamil has been nominated for Best Social Series at the Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards. 1 February 2023
I've been selected as part of the Women in Film & TV 2023 Mentoring Scheme, and will be mentored this year by documentarian Jeanie Finlay. 28 January 2023
My series I Want to Get Better with Jameela Jamil, exploring young people's mental health, is now streaming on Snapchat and web browsers. 11 October 2022
Leila Navabi: Funny, Gay & Welsh airs tonight on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer. 12 September 2022
I recorded an episode of the Short Films, Big Questions podcast, with Ieuan Coombs and Will Liney, which you can listen to here. 10 June 2022
Lesbian. has won the Torc Award for Excellence in Short Form at the Celtic Media Awards 2022 in Quimper, Brittany. 8 April 2022
Archive on 4: The Ministry of Fun - a radio documentary I've made with composer Ben Gernon - airs tonight on BBC Radio 4. 30 March 2022
Lesbian. has been shortlisted in the Celtic Media Awards' Best Short Form category, as part of an international selection representing Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia and other nations. 23 March 2022
Lesbian. has been nominated for RTS Cymru's inaugural Digital award. 10 December 2021
My documentary How to Make It on OnlyFans features on tonight's Gogglebox, at 9pm on Channel 4. 9 December 2021
My documentary How to Make It on OnlyFans airs tonight at 10pm on Channel 4, and will be available to view on All4 afterwards. 8 September 2021
Lesbian. has achieved a double nomination for the Iris Prize - the world's largest short film prize. It will be competing in Iris's international competition as well as in the Best British Short category - one of only three films this year to be selected for both. 27 August 2021
Hayley Goes... Naked, an episode I made of presenter Hayley Pearce's BBC series, has dropped on BBC iPlayer. The episode tells the "naked truth" about nudity, sexuality, social media, and body confidence. 9 August 2021
Lesbian. has been selected for the Bafta-qualifying Aesthetica International Short Film Festival in York, this November. 9 June 2021
I'm speaking at this year's Sheffield Doc Fest, as a panellist in Channel 4's discussion session "The Female Gaze". 4 February 2021
Lesbian. has been released on All4 and YouTube today. To mark LGBT History Month, it's being hosted on the Channel 4 front page all month, alongside It's A Sin. 10 December 2020
Comedian Gareth Gwynn sets out to convince Brecon to secede from Wales. The first in Gareth's & my two-part radio series, Gareth Gwynn Declares Independence from Wales, airs on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Sounds at 6:30pm tonight. |