Real people.
Real stories.
For over a decade we've turned complex human stories into films that broadcasters trust and audiences remember. Based in Brussels, we bring the same instinct to the institutions, brands, and NGOs shaping Europe's story.
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Broadcast craft, applied to issues that matter.
Whether we're filming for a broadcaster, an EU institution, a brand, or an NGO campaign, the job is the same: find the person inside the story, the moment inside the mission, and tell it honestly. It's why organisations that need to be taken seriously keep coming back to us — and why viewers keep watching.
Documentary
Character-led factual films for television, cinema, and digital platforms. Over a decade, our work has taken us from the streets of Mérida to rural China, from the US to the UK — always in search of the story hiding inside the headline.
Selected work.
A Border Between Us — VRT, NPO
VRT, NPO
After 35 years apart, Bernardina, an elderly woman from Mexico, is given a final chance to reunite with her undocumented son in the U.S. In Mexico, an estimated 5 million elderly parents have been separated from their children for decades due to strict border policies, with little hope of reunion. The Little White Heads program offers these aging and often lonely parents a rare opportunity: to reunite with their children on U.S. soil after years of separation.
Watch the film ↗Until The Last Beat — VRT
VRT
In southeast Mexico, a group of Maya athletes hope to revive a forgotten legacy and bring glory to their community as they fight for victory at the World Cup of an ancient ballgame.
Watch the film ↗Softball Warriors
Voice of America
In the heart of southern Mexico's sweltering jungle, a group of Indigenous Mayan women is starting a revolution through the game of softball. Maria Enedina Canul Poot and her teammates play barefoot, and in traditional Mayan clothing, going by the name "Las Amazonas."
Watch the film ↗Madame White Snake
Al Jazeera Witness
An opera singer fights to keep her community together when her theatre in Shanghai is slated for demolition.
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Voice of America
Derailing Tren Maya
Voice of America
In the heart of the Selva Maya rainforest, it's a race against time. Cave diver Jose Urbina Bravo and his fellow activists are striving to stop the construction of Mexico's largest-ever infrastructure project: the Maya Train. They embark on a series of expeditions to survey its impact on wildlife and the environment, above and below ground. Amid an audacious legal challenge to halt development, the group continues exploring the region's intricate underground cave system, desperate to document what will be lost.
Watch the film ↗China's Fake Boyfriends
Al Jazeera Witness
Having recently turned 27, Li Chenxi has reached the age at which unmarried women in China are labelled "sheng nu," or "leftover women" — a stigma that shadows her social life, her career, and her family. As Chinese New Year looms and marital pressure mounts, she hires a boyfriend in Beijing to bring home. What could possibly go wrong?
Watch the film ↗Brand & NGO
The same documentary instinct, applied to organisations with something real to say. Our brand work and our NGO work draw on the same muscle: issue-led storytelling that finds the person inside the brief and tells it honestly.
Selected work.
Free Range Humans
Corona Studios
Darci Liu Dan was raised in a traditional family in the mountains of Hubei, China. Her family wanted her to become a ballerina. But when Darci was introduced to surfing, that changed everything — for her, and for surfing history in China. Free Range Humans is a series from Corona Studios about eight brave pioneers who left behind a conventional life indoors to pursue a more meaningful life outside.
Watch the film ↗
Nokia
Building Digital Access Across Mexico
Nokia
Nokia and its partners are building a broadband network across rural Mexico, giving students access to modern education.
Watch the film ↗Chinese Streetwear In The Spotlight
Nike
Four pioneers of China's streetwear movement come together to reflect on how a once-underground culture became a global force. From independent labels and sneaker reselling to collaborations with luxury houses, they unpack the tensions between authenticity and commercial success, local identity and international influence.
Watch the film ↗About Omma Films
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EU institutions, NGOs & broadcasters — Europe and worldwide