Austen McCowan & Will Hewitt are the founders of Edinburgh based documentary production company, Melt the Fly. The two friends started the company 10 years after their first experiments in film together, their devotion to getting stuck into long form narrative projects is driven by finding meaning in the world around them. Austen and Will co-directed their first documentary, Sink or Skim which was commissioned by BBC Scotland and broadcast on BBC

One. They are currently working on a slate of films exploring mental & physical health, and how it intersects with art & music, including their debut feature-length documentary, Long Live My Happy Head.