New Formats - Editorial Work
Co-Writer / Director / Producer
Voices of the Galápagos
In Post ProductionCo-written with Dan Jackson.
In association with Metropolitan Touring.
Script and storyboards available upon request.
An experimental short documentary telling the tale of the Galápagos Islands through their living, breathing sounds. Structured as a musical symphony across six movements, the piece uses field recordings to shape the narrative and form.
Each of these movements has its own emotional register and creative approach: we move from the primordial stillness of the overture, through the kinetic chaos and later resolution to a dance of the wildlife’s battle to survive, to an untethered dream sequence before returning, grounded, to the rituals of the islands’ human stewards.
A guide featuring abstractly across the piece is our vessel through which we can experience the islands. He never presents anything, the islands simply speak through him.
Currently in post-production. Director’s cut coming soon.
Commissioning Editor / Creative Producer
Director: Kiely Mizumoto
The Miniaturist of Jaipur
Moving away from the fast-paced montage travel content of Beautiful Destinations, this is a slower, meditative portrait of miniature artist Babu Lal Marotia: observational and explorative of a person within a culture. It tells his story, not a voyeuristic look from the outside.
Commissioning Editor / Creative Producer
Director: Kiely Mizumoto
Slovenia: Tales from the Road
Most travel content puts the place first and the person second. This film inverts that and we suddenly become emotionally attached to the destination. Told through a voicemail back home to her mum; we’re not just watching someone travel, we’re seeing what travel can do to you.
Commissioning Editor / Creative Producer
Director: Olessia Pliousnina
Let’s Go: Kyushu
Two characters whose paths almost interweave but never do. This film plays with missed connections and what it means to experience the same place differently. The human stories are foregrounded - we want to see the world through their eyes.
Commissioning Editor / Creative Producer
Beautiful Stories: Ghana, Brazil, Nepal
In Post ProductionThese are in-production flagship films from the Beautiful Stories format I developed within BD Originals: commissioning emerging directors from around the world to tell stories from within a location, not the outside looking in. Each follows my core philosophy: find a compelling narrative, treat it with care, and tell it in a creatively ambitious way.
WIP cuts available upon request.
Ghana
Director: Prince Suasie Attipoe
Kakamotobi
A film about Ghana’s Kakamotobi festival. We follow a masquerade figure using ritual, performance and tradition to explore the philosophy behind the mask.
Brazil
Director: Helene Doetsch
My Name is Nativo
Fabio Nativo tells his story to a young boxer who is training for his first fight. We see his journey from a youth in the favelas to a community leader unfold before us, with the younger Nativo being played by the boxer-in-training in symbolic retellings of the past.
Nepal
Director: Eric Matt
The Painter and the Peaks
Dipesh Nepali is a plein air painter from the untouchable caste. This film explores how he uses art to transcend those boundaries and find a deeper connection with the natural world.
