Hi! we are foundling Films
We are a new film production company based in Cambridge. Founded by award-winning filmmakers Stefan Velev, and Leslie Maria Lampe.Expect great things.
Our debut feature short
Foundlings (2025)
Foundlings follows the fight of two siblings, for a bond they never got to form. Paul and Sarah are 10 and 5 years old when their birth mother Margaret takes Sarah with her to America, leaving Paul to fend for himself in the social service system of eastern England. 15 years later, he gets a voicemail from Margaret, asking him to visit Sarah - in an alcohol rehab center in the UK.
Feature Film
(From Stefan's earlier work)
Legend of the Greenwood (2022)
Robin Hood returns to England after four years away fighting in the crusades. The film chronicles his journey home as he reflects on his past and the decisions he made all the while being pursued by the evil King John.
Short Film collection
(From Leslie's earlier work)
Nature on your Doorstep
People stories (2022-23)
Showcasing highlights from the short documentary series Leslie has produced as a self-shooting journalist for RSPB's flagship programme Nature on your Doorstep, telling stories about people and communities across the UK taking action for nature and conservation.
Short Film
(From Leslie's earlier work)
Whose Future?
Our Future! (2019)
How easy is it to save the planet? How easy is it when you are in 10th grade?
While struggling to stay on top of things with school, meetings, strikes, and bits of family life in the evenings, 15-Year old Eli makes plans to fight. To rally the people, to protest on the streets and wherever he needs to, for change and against the fear of
not having much of a world left to live in when he grows up.
Stefan is a writer/director who has lived and worked all over the world before settling down in Cambridge. "Foundlings" is the second film he has directed and co-written with Simon. He is also an experienced Videographer and AV-tech, and runs live events when he is not sitting in his director's chair. Outside of work, he spends much of his time in tents and on battlefields at LARP events across the UK.
Leslie is a filmmaker with a background in Art and Design. She has worked in the film and media industry for over 7 years on a wide range of projects, including environmental documentary, fiction, theatre, animation, live events and audio plays.
Foundlings (2025) marks her screen-acting as well as production debut. In her free time she reads, writes, crafts and enjoys any competitive sport.