Projects in genres: Asian

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When Levi, an enforcer for a small time criminal faces a personal and professional crisis, his life coils into surveillance and insanity. After a failed execution attempt at the hands of unknown assailants, Levi spends winter recovering in the home of his mother who is simultaneously recovering in the hospital. When Levi receives an ominous voicemail it is clear the life he is living cannot continue. The little security he has is threatened and he flees society to start a new life in the woods. He finds himself reborn until a sense of surveillance creeps back in. When Levi is confronted by a volunteer scout leader, he proves it was simply his environment that had changed not his character. After Levi descends into old ways he returns to the city finding himself in familiar company. It isn't long before old enemies return to finish the unfinished. Levi delves deeper into the woods where the fragility of his psyche is fully realised. He finds he cannot outrun himself .

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Two teenage girls have to confront what they've left behind, before they can come to terms with where they're going.
15-year-olds Doe and Muna are going on a trip. Two girls from a dead-end seaside town, they board the train to the airport excitedly. Quiet, watchful Doe hasn’t gone anywhere since arriving in the UK the age of 3 as a refugee at from Somalia. Badass Muna, of Pakistani heritage, is the dominant force... These girls are not going on holiday, but to Istanbul, to be met by a chaperone who will take them to the Syrian border to start a new life. Disaster strikes in Istanbul when their chaperone doesn’t show. Out of their depth, they formulate a new plan to continue their journey alone. Experiencing different slices of life in the city, their resolve, faith and friendship are tested.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Brandon, a British civil servant and sex addict who is infatuated with prostitution, has been living a hedonistic lifestyle with a group of Southeast Asian prostitutes in his old flat in Cambridge. Yet, ironically, he is also a devout Christian, having attended church with his mother every Sunday as a child. Every night, he repents for his actions, struggling with the intense guilt that arises from this collision of lifestyles.

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Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy Pakistani takeaway.

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Haunted by rising sea levels, a daughter digs up her father’s grave to move his body to higher ground.

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After four years apart, a daughter returns home to confront the unresolved family conflicts and deep-rooted domestic violence that plagued her childhood. She discovers the generational cycle of abuse and realises that only she can break it.
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Charting the thrilling unravelling of a Chinese father in his 50s, who feels invisible in British society, as something unknown is manifesting inside of him.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition - European premiere
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025
BAFTA Film Awards 2025 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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Anna returns home to her family’s farm, but her mother is rattled by the unexpected visit.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition

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A documentary about a filmmaker’s journey as he evaluates the meaning, connotation, challenges and impact of his name “Akinkunmi” which means "I am filled with bravery" in his Yoruba language.
His interview with individuals from around the world on names relating to religion, culture, the legal aspects, brand popularity, and the filmmaker’s family background would also help him decide whether to keep his name, or change it.

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A Scottish-Pakistani dad’s life spirals into chaos as he battles his orthodox father’s ultimatum to circumcise the grandson.

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Huiju moved to the UK to escape her past in Korea, but her nightmares followed. Determined to overcome her fears, she used dating apps to confront her sexual trauma and push the boundaries she had set for herself.

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I-Ling’s experience whilst taking her 'Life in the UK' test reminds her of the difficulties and constraints she faces as an immigrant working hard to get her citizenship.