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FILM

Over the last two years Kareem has enjoyed producing some great shorts and being on the producing team for two incredible feature films.

 

His focus is now on developing a slate of narrative projects that speak deeply to culture and champion writers and directors with a unique perspective. As a Nigerian-Indian Muslim man, he's interested stories from minority ethnic backgrounds and the diaspora more generally.

Below is Kareem's work in film to date.

RELEASED FILMS

Written & Directed by: Charlotte Regan

Produced by: Theo Barrowclough

Associate Producer: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Eva Yates and Farhana Bhula.

Starring: Harris Dickinson & Lola Campbell.

Cinematographer: Molly Manning Walker

SYNOPSIS:

Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.

Awards / Festivals:

- Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic 2023

AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE HERE.

 

Written & Directed by: Rashida Seriki

Produced by: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Matthieu Ajan, Ayela Butt and Dionne Farrell

Starring: Precious Mustapha, Percelle Ascott, Yasmin Monet Prince and Nina-Jade Jaspaul.

Cinematographer: Jaime Ackroyd

SYNOPSIS:

22-year-old Colby is rebelling against feeling stifled by everybody because she's pregnant, but an encounter with a young man at a diner allows her momentary reprieve to be herself.

Festivals:

- BFI London Film Festival 2022

PLAY IT SAFE (2021)

Written & Directed by: Mitch Kalisa

Produced by: Chris Toumazou & Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Kadri Mahmoud & Chris Toumazou

Starring: Jonathan Ajayi

Cinematographer: Jaime Ackroyd

SYNOPSIS:

Jonathan is out of place in his middle-class London drama school. Pigeon-holed for a role as a Black hoodlum in a classmate’s play and coaxed by his teacher to take the typecast part, Jonathan decides to demonstrate to his peers the prejudices, during a class role play exercise.

Awards / Nominations:

- SXSW Jury Award Winner: Narrative Short 2021

- SXSW Audience Award Winner: Narrative Short 2021

- BIFA Nomination for Best Short Film 2022

- BAFTA Nominations Long List 2022

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Written & Directed by: Caleb Femi

Produced by: Kareem Adeshina
Cinematographer: Nathalie Pitters

SYNOPSIS:

Again & Again centres escapism into fantasy as a method of self-care, self-development and celebrates young men coming together to create a support system by and for one another.

AVAILABLE TO WATCH HERE ON NOWNESS.COM

UNRELEASED FILMS

Written & Directed by: Kibwe Tavares

Produced by: Daniel Emmerson & Daniel Kaluuya

Associate Producer: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Fiona Lamptey, Ollie Madden & David Kimbangi

Starring: Kano and Jedaiah Bannerman

Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield

SYNOPSIS:

The Kitchen is set in a dystopian 2044 London where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city. We follow an estranged father and son that come together to build a relationship as they battle to survive in a system that is stacked against them.

Release: Late 2023

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GIRAFFE (2023)

Written & Directed by: Caleb Femi

Produced by: Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Dionne Farrell, Rose Garnett.

Starring: Kwabenah Ansah and D'Angelo Graham.

Cinematographer: Nathalie Pitters

SYNOPSIS:

Before their 17th Birthdays, two black boys attempt to bury contraband in order to save their cultural identity from being erased by the UK government, however, they unearth new truths that test their friendship.

Release Date: 2023 (Announcing Soon)

A VERY SHORT FILM ABOUT LONGING (2023)

Written & Directed by: Eimear McBride

Produced by: Theo Barrowclough & Kareem Adeshina
Executive Producers: Claudia Yusef and Rose Garnett.

Starring: Joe Alwyn

Cinematographer: Sverre Sørdal

SYNOPSIS:

A Very Short Film About Longing is a film about a love triangle between individuals who can never be together but want for love nonetheless. Lena's affair with high school teacher Paul reaches it's appropriate end when her husband returns, ill, after a long time away in Poland - and with that, Paul's world shatters. 

Release Date: Late 2023

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