The KEN Project

Hetherington

Producer

Patricia is narrative short-form content producer and educator. She is producing Ken with her production company, Busy Kiwi Productions Ltd.

Patricia Hetherington is a narrative short-form content producer based in London. She has produced over 30 short films through her Production Company Busy Kiwi Productions Ltd. She has worked on over 80 short projects (narrative and commercial) in most departments and continues to freelance as a Production Manager and Assistant Director. 

She runs Action On The Side (AOTS), a skills development project aimed to support independent filmmakers to tell their stories with training, opportunities, and a community. The main project brings filmmakers together to make a short film across four weekends. She also runs The AOTS 48, an annual 48-hour film competition; Cinema SoundEX; Script Development workshops; and a short screenplay award.

She has taught Media and Film Production at University and FE levels, including at Hult International Business School, Raindance Film School, and, most recently, Kingston University. For two years, she worked with the Ealing Film Festival as the Festival Coordinator and Previewer. In 2023, she joined the previewing team for the International Film Festival The Hague and was a jury member for Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge and the Tels Quels festival (Belgium) LGBTQ+ short film competition  Her media industry roles include working at VICE Media, BAFTA albert, and the BBC.

The most recent short film she produced – Pearls (2022) – is a coming-of-age drama about the sexualisation of young women and girls. The 13-minute short is currently being submitted to film festivals. 

In addition to the Ken project, she is part of the producing team for a Christmas Dramedy feature – On Hortensia Road – and she continues to write short narrative films and features.