ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

  • HASAN KATTAN

    Hasan Kattan is a producer with over a decade of experience in documentary filmmaking. Emerging from the Syrian revolution, his work is deeply rooted in themes of justice, human rights, and freedom. He served as the cinematographer for the Oscar-winning The White Helmets (2017) and co-directed the Emmy award-winning Last Men in Aleppo (2018). Hasan has collaborated with major international media outlets, including BBC and CNN, contributing to powerful news stories and reports. Most recently, he produced Death Without Mercy (2024), a documentary by Waad Al-Kateab that examines the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

  • MASSI SAFA

    This is Massi Safa from South East London. He is a student currently studying business and accounting at Southwark college. He loves acting and being in front of the camera and has recently been accepted as a member of National Youth Theatre (NYT). He does volunteering for British Red Cross, runs sessions regarding to the asylum process for Coram organisation and he is a Compass associate. He joined the Compass team as an actor for “Voices in the dark” and now he is an associate and a very important branch of the team who takes on any role that he’s needed for. He is a big football fan and loves meeting new people.

  • ELEANOR HENDERSON

    Eleanor is a trained actress (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and highly experienced facilitator, director, youth leader and participatory artist (trained Royal Central School of Speech and Drama). She was Associate Director of Battersea Arts Centre's resident young company for several years, leading them through projects including a 6 month collaboration with Contact in Manchester. She is currently Youth Manager for youth engagement charity Hope in Tottenham and Associate Artist for Kestrel Theatre, working within the criminal justice system as director of a range of short-term and longer term projects with offenders and ex-offenders. Eleanor has also led a range of youth projects internationally in India and China. She is passionate about social justice and big bowls of pasta.