Cassiah Joski-Jethi

Cassiah Joski-Jethi is a mixed British / Indian award winning writer/director who began her career working for Gurinder Chadha OBE after a chance meeting on a train.

Cassiah’s work has been awarded in the West Field Screenwriting Awards (finalist); BBC Script Room Drama (longlist); and at multiple film festivals. She has directed five short films which have screened across the UK and internationally. Her BFI Network award-winning film ‘Catch A Butcher’ – an ambitious British/Indian period horror film – screened at BAFTA/BIFA festivals, and was acquired by ALTER and BFI Player. Most recently, she directed the BBC Studios short award-winning thriller ‘The Pink Pill’, which is currently in its festival circuit. Cassiah is now working on her debut feature projects, one in development with BFI, and also works as a screenwriter having a number of other film/TV projects in varying stages of development.

Cassiah was a member of the BFI Network X BAFTA Crew 2018-2021 (mentored by Angeli Macfarlane in 2018), and is currently a member of BAFTA Connects 2022-2025. She was also a BBC New Creative 2020, completing an original BBC radio drama which premiered on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2021. Recently, she was a Trainee Director on Apple TV’s ‘HIJACK’ mentored by showrunner/director Jim Field Smith. Cassiah has also been mentored by director Claire McCarthy.

This year, Cassiah has been selected for the BFI Network@LFF 2024.