CALEB J. ROBERTS


Screenwriter. Director. 

Belfast based. 

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Photography by Ellen Blair 2023.

About


Caleb J. Roberts is an award-winning screenwriter and director from Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2022, Caleb became the first transgender person to receive funding from Northern Ireland Screen to write and direct fiction. 

Caleb’s two BFI Network and Northern Ireland Screen-funded short films Homebird (2022) and Malcolm (2023) have been recognised with numerous awards and nominations at international film festival - with both shorts securing broadcast distribution on Channel 4 with Film4. 

Caleb was among 15 filmmakers selected for the NETWORK@LFF Talent Development Scheme 2023 at the 67th BFI London Film Festival. He was one of 8 emerging screenwriters spotlit at the LFF Industry Programme 2023 sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter.

In 2024, Caleb was selected for the Screen Ireland X-Pollinator Talent Development Scheme and was commissioned for his third BFI Network and Northern Ireland Screen-funded short film, Purebred (2025). 

Caleb is one of 10 screenwriters selected for the Trans+ on Screen 'DarkRoom' feature development lab 24/25, funded by the BFI Challenge Fund. He will pitch his debut feature, in partnership with TOS, at BFI Flare 2025.

Caleb is currently in early development on two long-form feature projects.



Film Programming 


  • Trans Image/Trans Experience Film Festival (TITE) 2025: Programmer and Producer.

  • Galway Film Fleadh 2024: Junior International Screener (Shorts).

  • Outburst Arts 2023-Present: Producer and Head of Film Programming.

  • British Film Institute (BFI) 2022-2023: Short Film Programmer and Events Producer.



Education


MA Film: Queen’s University Belfast. Graduated with Distinction. 2021.

BA (Hons) Film Studies: Queen’s University Belfast. Graduated with 1st Class Hons 2019.