The emPOWER Breakfast returned to FOCUS Meet the Makers, one of the most energetic gatherings in the screen industries calendar. We were delighted to be invited back to contribute to the programme and to share the emPOWER ethos with the FOCUS community once again.

The emPOWER Breakfast closed its 2025 series with a thoughtful and quietly powerful session led by award-winning director Karen Cunningham, hosted at Framestore and Company3.

Part of The emPOWER Breakfast Peace Down to Scale Up series, Athene Parker talks to Lou Allen about reclaiming calm as creative fuel.