Alan Hopkins, MA
Screenwriter, Director, Founder of HAL Pictures
Alan is a Dublin-based writer-director, and lead creative executive at HAL Pictures.
His films have screened on national broadcasters and major film festivals across continents, picking up multiple awards along the way.
His most recently completed work, the award winning short film A Knock at your Door (2026), funded through Screen Ireland’s Focus Shorts scheme, premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2026 where it won the award for best cinematography and continues its international festival run.
Alan is constantly working to develop new Feature Film and Television projects and is currently in development with Screen Ireland on feature film project Spink.
Alan is a graduate of IADT’s National Film School with a major in Drama direction, also holding a Master’s in Screenwriting from the same institution. He was selected for the prestigious StoryHouse Lab in 2025 and is part of Screen Ireland’s mentorship programme, shadowing writer-director Frank Berry.
Member of SDGI(Screen Directors Guild of Ireland)
Member of WGI(Writer’s Guild of Ireland)
ALAN HOPKINS
husni hafid
Husni Hafid
Producer, Screenwriter | Founder of HAL Pictures
Husni Hafid is an award winning producer born in Libya and raised in Co Sligo, Ireland. He has a proven track record of bringing films to completion across projects of varying scale.
Husni graduated with a B.A (Hons) in Film and Television production from The Irish National film School IADT Dun Laoghaire. Husni’s debut production “Williton’s Way” served as his thesis film, which had a successful festival run.
Drawing on his libyan roots, Husni next produced “Jungle” set in Calais based on the refugee crisis. The film had an awad winning festival run, including screening at the Prestigious Roze Filmdagen in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Husni’s next film “Ogham” was selected by Screen Ireland as partof it’s Flagship shorts scheme “Focus Shorts”.The film premiered at the Oscar qualifying Galway Film Fleadh in July 2024, had its Dublin Premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival, and made UK premiere at the BIFA qualifying Beeston Film.
Husni has also worked as a producer in theatre. He produced “Heartbreak House” by George Bernard Shaw, which had a successful run in the “10 Days in Dublin Theatre Festival”.
Husni represented Ireland at the MEDIA EUROPE pitch forum at the Kortfilmfestivalen in Norway for the film “A Knock at your Door” which premiered at the the Galway Film Fleadh 2026 where it won the award for best cinematography.
Husni is currently writing and developing scripts with Hal Pictures that are based in middle east with the aim of introducing Arab film to a wider audience.
He shadowed writer/producer Paul Mayda Berges (Bend it Like Beckham, Angus, Thongs and Perfect snogging) as part of Screen Ireland’s mentorship scheme. He was also selected for the EMERGE producer’s programme with the NTA which runs through 2026.