July 27, 2026
Longlisted Grierson DocLab Alumni
Following the publication of the 2026 longlist for the Grierson British Documentary Awards, we took a closer look at the credits to see which of our ever-growing network of Grierson DocLab Alumni worked on productions that made it.
A group of Grierson DocLab trainees at the 2025 Grierson Awards ceremony.
No less than 18 previous trainees across various Grierson DocLab training programmes made the longlist.
The films and trainees are...
- Attack on London – Sema Basharan (Junior Editor), Nali Raouf (Archive Assistant Producer), Laila Edwy (Researcher), Jyoti Rajput (Researcher)
- Black is Beautiful – Lwimbo Kunda (Associate Editor), Chandler Pierre (Assistant Producer)
- Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth – Phoebe Thomas (Production Coordinator)
- Children of the Blitz – Martha Slater (Development Researcher)
- Chris Hemsworth: Road Trip to Remember – Ben McGeorge-Henderson (Science Producer)
- Confessions of a Brain Surgeon – Abi Makin (Production Coordinator) and Phoebe Thomas (Production Coordinator)
- Grenfell: Uncovered – Samantha Keon (Assistant Editor)
- Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars – Aisha Clarke (Producer) and Mei Leng Yew (Shooting P/D)
- Murder in Monaco – Sladana Tegeltija (Assistant Editor)
- Naming the Dead – The Body in the Sand – Louise Haines (Production Coordinator)
- State of War: Fighting the Narcos – Esme Ramlal (Associate Producer)
- The Dunblane Tapes – Abi Makin (Senior Production Coordinator) and Ollie Clay (Researcher)
- The Mother of All Cons – Eloise Millard (Producer) and Georgia Sawyer (Compliance Producer)
We are incredibly proud that this record number of alumni have been credited on films that have been longlisted, proving the importance of training, paid placements and investing in under-represented talent.
