SWEAT
SWEAT (TV Series) - 8 x 30’ chosen for incubator with BBC, BFI & Climate Spring.
Climate Spring in partnership with BFI NETWORK and the BBC Writersroom announced Tommy Ross-Williams as one the seven writers of the first Hot House: Development Lab - a development lab for scripted long form TV and feature film projects about climate change. The partners selected writing duo Joana Nastari & Tommy Ross-Williams with their pitch SWEAT a queer romantic-comedy about young climate scientist Joe as he falls for an enigmatic club kid one hot sweaty London summer. They receive one on one development and the opportunity for development funding from Climate Spring.
Tommy Ross-Williams (they/them) and Joana Nastari (she/they) met making theatre infused with political activism. They are part of a collaborative writing process of artists and activists bringing My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar to Brixton House. They both have solo writing careers. Tommy’s background as a writer is in theatre with work performed at The Bush, BAC & The Park Theatre and their last film won the Film Futures award at Little Wing Festival. Joana has TV projects in development with various production companies and participated in a writers room for Disney. She is also working on a script commission adapted from her award-winning stage and radio play Fuck You Pay Me. Together Tommy and Joana like to make work which centres hope, interdependence and sensuality.
