Mark Playne

​Mark Playne — Stories without Borders

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Mark Playne is a multi-award-winning British author and filmmaker whose work spans fact, fable and the frontier between human and digital experience.

His storytelling draws on decades of cross-cultural work in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, exploring the moments when people meet truth, risk and the deeper questions that shape modern life.

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In 2025, Mark received the UK Ethical Media Award from We Do Ethical. The award recognised his commitment to responsible, truth driven storytelling and the social value of his work across literature, film and independent media.

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Mark’s filmmaking career is internationally recognised.

- His short film Love at First Sight, shot in Spain, won seventy-six festival awards and is permanently archived by the British Film Institute as a work of national cultural significance.

- His peace film 2 By 2, created in Turkey for the centenary of the Armenian tragedy, received eighteen festival awards for its humanistic vision. 

Mark has served on film festival juries in the United Kingdom, France and Hollywood.

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As a writer, Mark works across memoir, investigative non-fiction and modern myth.

- His survival memoir, 3 Seconds in Bogotá is a true story of how one instant of mortal danger kick-started a lifelong inquiry into intuition, conscience, and the real meaning of freedom.

- His philosophical non-fiction AI & I stages a Socratic dialogue with artificial intelligence to explore truth, power and the digital structures shaping human behaviour.

- His fable series MoMo draws on North African imagery and universal myth to examine courage, imagination and emotional intelligence for readers of every generation.

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Mark is also the founder of Not On The Beeb, an independent media project archived by the British National Library for its cultural and historical value in documenting public dialogue during the pandemic era.

His work there complements his books and films, extending his commitment to open inquiry, ethical communication and responsible storytelling.

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Across continents and mediums, Mark’s work remains united by a single principle: stories that cross borders, cultural, emotional and intellectual, to illuminate what it means to be human in changing times.

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Mark brings award‑winning storytelling and fearless inquiry to every stage.

Book him for easy-going talks, podcasts, panels, keynote talks, or Q&A sessions on truth in media, AI and ethics, independent storytelling, or the art of crossing creative borders.

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