2024 will be our 10th year making festival movies here at Deadbeat!! 🙌 It's in our DNA!
And though we’ve branched out to Commercials, Documentaries, Music Videos and most recently Feature Films, we still love sticking to our roots and getting muddy filming in a field! 🪩
Anyway, here’s Love Supreme 2023.
🏆We are proud to announce that "MATAR" has won not one, but TWO The Lovie Awards this year.
Our WaterBear Network Original short film has been recognised as a Bronze Lovie and People's Lovie Winner in the Marketing, Advertising & PR: Public Service & Activism category. 🌍
MATAR, a powerful docu-fiction film, follows one man's journey navigating the UK's asylum system. Starring Ahmed Malek and BAFTA-nominee Youssef Kerkour, directed by BAFTA-winner Hassan Akkad, MATAR is an authentic, ethically-crafted tale produced by Deadbeat Films and in collaboration with Choose Love.
Thank you to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences for this recognition!
🔥 FINAL CALL OUT 🔥
• DANCE AS A TOOL FOR CHANGE•
After a very successful and exciting screening at Chatham House for our film Dance for Change - we want to put a final call out to all the supporters of this project to donate to our crowdfunder
Please support these talented dancers and creatives in reaching their goals.
All the money donated is for buying the dance scene of Dzaleka refugee camp camera equipment so that they can have agency over telling their own stories and continue their incredible work of inspiration • dance as a tool for change .
This equipment is the same equipment we used to make the film and is a full circle for us to close this chapter of the project. We are so excited and grateful for everyone who has helped us this far.
Be apart of the journey 🌱
Please donate here:
https://lnkd.in/e-hDtTaY
Deadbeat Films new department, Deadbeat Impact has been named as one of the 'Agents For Change' in diversity and inclusion by British Cinematographer British Society of Cinematographers (BSC)! 🙌
https://lnkd.in/eiqKgEYK
As our Head of Impact Mabel Evans writes:
“We can’t stress how vital it is to make space for the perspectives and stories of asylum seekers, refugees and migrant experience in mainstream film—and the best people to tell that story are those who’ve lived it. Through listening to those with lived experience and producing Matar as a case study, we’ve developed the best way to make that happen.”
Some more really exciting news coming up regarding our new impact department. Watch this space LinkedIn community!
Some photos from our ‘Intro to Film’ program, which was run last month as a partnership with BAFTA and Deadbeat Impact.
Aspiring filmmakers, who are currently claiming asylum here in the Uk, joined us to learn the basics of production and film a scene with industry leading crew.
In the words of director and course leader Hassan Akkad, “These initiatives demonstrate our commitment to effecting change in the representation and understanding of displacement.”
“We firmly believe that collective efforts are vital in achieving this goal. If you share our vision and would like to contribute to the continuation of the project, please do not hesitate to reach out!’
Many thanks to our partners Compass Collective, BAFTA and Counterpoints Arts.
Running a film set with Impact in mind doesn’t just mean reusable coffee cups: ☕️
- It means those with lived experience leading the creative narrative.
- It means adequate mental health care for filmmakers telling their own stories.
- It means learning, reflection and transparency. We are all in the process of growing and building a better, more ethical film industry.
Impact was at the core of our production of ‘Matar’ and is something we strive to have at the heart of all our productions. Read more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/gAUxviva
Last week we premiered our latest film ‘MATAR’ at the Soho Curzon, with Choose Love & WaterBear Network. What a beautiful evening it was!
Filmmakers, journalists, representatives from NGOs and brands, as well as members of the migrant community, all came to celebrating the brilliant work of everyone involved.
MATAR sheds light on the UK's broken asylum system and raises awareness about the need to act against the recent Refugee Ban Bill. Through this production and the impact campaign attached to it, we aim to give people the tools to take action now to oppose this cruel bill before it’s too late.
If passed into law, the government’s bill would remove fundamental human rights from asylum seekers arriving in the UK.
Watch MATAR for free on WaterBear. And if you live in the UK, write to your MP to make a difference.
🔗 to the film and campaign: https://lnkd.in/e6jDyBEA
A teaser of our latest film, MATAR, premiering this week on WaterBear Network!
Matar is the story of an asylum seeker in London, forced to live on the fringes of society and rely on his bike to survive. It’s based on the lived experiences of Bafta winning Director Hassan Akkad and co-writer & cinematographer Ayman Alhussein.
Starring Ahmed Malek, Elmi Rashid Elmi and BAFTA nominated Youssef Kerkour, the film will be available on Waterbear March 17th.
We can’t wait to share it with you all! 🙌🎥
