Darren Langlands is an award winning Writer, Director and Editor who grew up by the seaside in sunny Sydney, Australia. After years of extensive travel, he now calls the mostly dreary north of England home - don't ask, people do silly things for love.

Darren's films have been shown at festivals and film events all across the UK and internationally in places as far flung as Australia, Canada, Ukraine and India.

Darren's debut comedy short "The Santa Lie" was officially selected for over seven children's film festivals including the Adelaide Kids Film Festival (Australia), the worldKids International Film Festival (India) and the MICE Children's Film Festival (Spain). It went on to win two awards at the 2013 ProFire Short film Festival in Edinburgh.

His second short "One in a Million" has played at over seven international film festivals including the 2014 SHART Comedy Film Festival in Canada. Website Aint It Cool said "Congrats to director Darren Langlands on filling two minutes with pure enjoyment."

Darren sometimes hosts Q&As with filmmakers as part of Kino Shorts in Manchester. His original screenplay "Last Man on Earth" was shortlisted in the top 100 of the 2013 Collaborate8 scriptwriting competition.