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
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