Hazel McKibbin is an award-winning British-American writer and director based between North London and Brooklyn. Hazel is a BAFTA Newcomer and received the Princess Grace Award Honoraria in Film. She holds an M.F.A. in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University in New York City. Trained as an editor, Hazel finds herself drawn towards realism, often through a feminist lens, and the idea that compelling stories can be created from ordinary relationships and interactions. Her directorial debut, Doublespeak, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and her second short film, She Always Wins, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

She Always Wins — When she is admitted to film school, a young woman struggles to assert her identity and find her voice while in a relationship with an older man that is marked by violence and emotional abuse.