DAMI ADEYEYE

Bio

Dami Adeyeye is a producer and actor. Through his production company Elysium Pictures, he directed and produced A DARK MIND — a documentary about mental health within the Black community, and is producing two short films with BFI NETWORK: (SPIN) and SANCTUARY.

Dami has a number of feature films and series in development, and he intends to learn how to build a business and an audience in order to create entertainment that will be both critically and commercially successful.

Currently working on

A slate of five short films in various stages of development and production. Dami is also developing two romantic dramas, one about a woman in her late twenties dealing with cultural pressures of being married and the other about two strangers finding love in a world deep in a climate crisis.

Aasaf Ainapore

Bio

Aasaf Ainapore studied directing at The London Film School before becoming a Commercials Director at Great Guns, where he directed several award-winning campaigns (Cannes Lions, D&AD and Clio’s). Subsequently, he directed a pilot for BBC Comedy based on his awardwinning web series Living with the Infidels. His feature treatment for The Season was optioned by Pathe with producer Frank Beddor. His short films have screened at LFF, Edinburgh Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. He’s a visiting tutor at the The London Film School and the University of Suffolk.

Currently working on

Aasaf is developing a script for his first feature.

Writer-director

Wrote and directed BFI NETWORKfunded short THE LAST DAYS

Based in: Brentwood