Dionne Edwards

Dionne Edwards is a screenwriter and director. Her short We Love Moses screened at over fifty festivals worldwide, including LFF and TIFF. It has picked up nine awards, including the Jury Prize at Dinard 2017, Best of British at Encounters 2017 and Short Film of the Year at the Critics’ Circle Film Awards 2018. We Love Moses is licensed for television by Cine+, Canal+ and HBO.

Dionne directed That Girl, a 30-minute drama in Channel 4’s ‘On the Edge’ series. It stars Chanel Cresswell (This Is England) and Alexandra Roach (Black Mirror) and was broadcast in August 2018 to excellent reviews. Dionne was on the BFI Flare LGBT Filmmakers’ Mentorship programme 2016/17 and was mentored by director Desiree Akhavan (The Miseducation of Cameron Post. She directed second unit on the third series of Top Boy (Netflix, 2019) and shadowed director Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men). She went on to direct two films of ‘Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle’ for the BBC.

Dionne is currently in post for her debut feature film Pretty Red Dress which she took to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab in January 2019 and completed the Director’s Lab in Summer 2019. Starring Natey Jones, singer Alexandra Burke, and new talent Temilola Olatunbosun, it tells the story of a south London family and how their lives revolve around one red dress. Protagonist Pictures is handling world sales. The film is produced by Georgia Goggin for the UK’s Teng Teng Films, in collaboration with the BFI, BBC Film and the Sundance Institute. Bennett McGhee, who produced 2020’s Mogul Mowgli, is executive producer.