Finlay Pretsell is a BAFTA winning filmmaker driven by the authenticity and rawness of non-fiction cinema, with an ambition to immerse the viewer in an experience they wouldn’t usually have access to. He’s drawn to the human condition, fascinated by genuine characters who come out from behind the facade. Finlay arrived at filmmaking by way of a plethora of uninteresting jobs along with an unrealistic ambition of travelling the world racing his bicycle. Never having formally studied film or anything else and after exhausting all other options, he discovered a fledgling Scottish Documentary Institute which was based at Edinburgh College of Art. His debut theatrical feature Time Trial follows Tour de France cyclist David Millar on his last race which was broadcast and screened globally in film festivals and cinemas and is now on Apple TV, Amazon Prime etc. Filmmaking opened up a world beyond his dreams and became a natural way to interact and access people and stories enabling him to create meaningful experiences through film.