Michael DOBBIN
CEO, Head of Development
Founding Director
Specialising in international treaty co production and independent distribution, Michael is a seasoned production and distribution executive with a career spanning two decades. He is a founding director of Peardrop Productions. He has produced nearly a dozen feature films including Mitch Jenkins’ A Million Days, Steven Michael Hayes’ Jill, Bernhard Pucher’s Ravers (2020) and Endre Hules’ The Maiden Danced to Death (2011), and Ivona Juka’s Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (2025) which was Croatia’s nomination for the Best Foreign Language Oscar® at the 97th Academy Awards. He is past participant of ACE Mundus, the Producers Lab, the International Financing Forum at TIFF; IFP in New York; the International Co Production Market at Berlin and Trans-Atlantic Partners. He’s an alumnus of Toronto’s Metropolitan (Ryerson) University.
Derek LINFIELD
Non-executive Chairman, Founder
Derek is a relative newcomer to the film business, but not a newcomer to film. A Canadian lawyer based in London, Derek was President of the Canada House Film Club for 10 years where he delighted in screening Canadian film for the UK market. Derek is a former educator and lawyer with degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland (BA(Ed), BSc) and McGill University (LLB, MBA). Mitch Jenkins’ A Million Days was his first executive producer credit.