Clare Downs

Biography

SCRIPT CONSULTANT Co-Director of the Association of Independent Producers (1978-1980). Director of International Creative Affairs for the Ladd Company/Warner Bros (1981-1983). PRODUCING THE DRESS (1985) BAFTA, Gold Plaque, Chicago. HIGH SEASON (1987) Best screenplay - San Sebastian Film Festival. Co-producer BORDERLINE (1993) Locarno. Best Director, International Film Critics Prize, Thessaloniki Film Festival. DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING Founder member of the Script Analysis team of EAVE - since 1989. Joint Head of Studies of the Scottish/Irish EAVE Regional Programme (1993), EAVE Greek Regional Programme (1994). The Southern African Producer Training Programme, AVEA (2000- 2005). Script analyst of the EAVE International Programmes - TIES THAT BIND – EAVE Asia, and B’EST – Baltic Bridge East and West. EAVE ON DEMAND - Georgia; South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, Palestine, Armenia, Cairo, Ukraine, Seville. Senior/Visiting Tutor in Script Development /Producing at the National Film and Television School, UK. Script consultant to FOCAL funded IFA-SC, the Independent Filmmakers Association - South Caucasus Training programme (2006 – 2009). Evaluator/Analyst - Malta Film Fund since 2011. Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Script analyst for Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab - since its inception 2011. Clare has delivered numerous script-writing workshops, and Master classes in Screenwriting and in Development Strategies, internationally. VARIOUS SCRIPT CONSULTATIONS The Kindergarten Teacher (Cannes - Critics’ Week 2014)), United States of Love (Berlin - Best Screenplay 2016), Mellow Mud (Berlin - Crystal Bear 2016), The Apprentice (Cannes - Un Certain Regard 2016), Interchange (Locarno 2016), Wajib (Locarno, Toronto 2017), Suleiman Mountain (Pingyao - Best Film & Audience Award 2017), The Accused (Venice, Toronto 2018), Cat in The Wall (Locarno 2019), 200 Meters (Venice, 2020 – Audience Prize), Walk With Angels (Krakow – Best Film, Locarno 2021). Girls Don’t Cry (Cannes - Un Certain Regard 2021). Murina (Cannes - Directors’ Fortnight 2021, Camera d’Or). Our Men (Cannes – Directors’ Fortnight 2021). Holy Emy (Special Mention, Locarno 2021). Costa Brava Lebanon (Venice Horizons, 2021). Leonor Will Never Die (Sundance – Special Jury Prize Innovation 2022). To The North (Venice 2022). Autobiography (Venice, Toronto, 2022). Mami Wata (Sundance – 2023). Tiger Stripes (Critics Week Grand Prize Cannes, 2023). Girls Will Be Girls (Sundance - World Cinema Audience Award and Best Actress, 2024). Happyend (Venice Horizons 2024). To The Victory! (Toronto, Platform Competition Award 2025). Nagi Notes (Cannes – Main Competition 2026).