ABOUT
Caleb J. Roberts is an award-winning screenwriter and director of fiction from Belfast, known for his grounded approach to queer storytelling.
His work has been funded by Northern Ireland Screen, the BFI Network, and Screen Ireland; has been recognised and awarded at international film festivals; and has gained distribution on Channel 4 and Disney+.
Caleb was one of fifteen filmmakers selected for the NETWORK@LFF cohort at the 67th BFI London Film Festival and one of eight emerging screenwriters spotlit at the LFF Industry Programme in association with The Hollywood Reporter.
From 2024-2025, Caleb was one of ten screenwriters funded by the BFI Challenge DarkRoom Genre Feature Development Scheme, facilitated by Trans+ On Screen. In 2025, he pitched his feature project ‘Under the Cover of Night’ at BFI Flare and is now in funded development with Northern Ireland Screen.
In 2026, Caleb will premiere his Virgin Media Discovers and Screen Ireland-awarded TV short ‘Lydia’ at the Dublin International Film Festival, produced by Fine Point Films (Kneecap) and Wildcard, before being broadcast on Virgin Media.
Caleb is represented by Max Grant at Curtis Brown.
FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING
GALWAY FILM FLEADH International Shorts Screener 2023 - Present
OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL Producer and Head of Film Programming 2023 - Present
BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI) BFI Young Programmer and Event Producer 2022 - 2023
EDUCATION
MA FILM: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST Graduated with Distinction, July 2021
BA (HONS) FILM: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST Graduated with 1st Class Hons, July 2019