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Daniel Rands

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writer/director @amongrelpicture
directing fiction alum @nftsfilmtv
reps @curtisbrowntftv & brillstein

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A bloodied stranger begs for help at Lenny’s door... then calmly asks for an autograph once he recognises who he’s with 👀

Play for Today: A Knock at the Door. Watch | Stream on 5 by @africanwarlock

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Holding our breath for this entire scene 😰

Play for Today: A Knock at the Door. Watch | Stream on 5 by @africanwarlock

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Things turn from tense to intense when a slip-up exposes sinister motives 👀

Play for Today: A Knock at the Door. Watch | Stream on 5 by @africanwarlock

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#thecrew 🦩 by @africanwarlock

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A gruesome glimpse at Grave Mistakes ⚰️😳

Our strand dedicated to everything terrifying, gory and sinister, returns to our festival Saturday in an ambient evening screening ❤️🎬

But if you love a good scare, the thing you should be afraid of most… is missing this screening!

Book your tickets to Grave Mistakes here through the link in our bio 🫡

Want more insight from behind the films? Make sure you get our Day Pass or Festival Pass to make the most of filmmaker panel discussions and networking opportunities in a social, festival atmosphere 🤩

#MTFF26 #MansfieldLovesFilm #FilmFestival #ThingsToDoEastMidlands #BIFA by @africanwarlock

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🏀 TONY SPITERI will premiere at @asffestival 2026

very jazzed about this - I’ve never made the official selection at this fest before so to do it with a three minute film made with 🥜 and a lot of🫀is v satisfying

forever grateful to this team (all tagged in the pic) xx

@sibling_films @amongrelpicture taken in The Cage by @africanwarlock

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HANDS ON 🖐🏽 FOUR DOOR DANTE IS OUT NOW ON @omeleto 🔗 IN BIO 🚗

pls watch, like & drop a comment, they told me these things are v important 🥹 very glad to finally have this film out in the world. 🌎 first time I worked with the superstar @tai.hilferink and first of lots of collaborations that continue to this day. Lots of talent dripping through the screen on this one ☝🏽

#shortfilm #thriller #slough taken in A Car Park by @africanwarlock

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TONY SPITERI 🏀

@amongrelpicture | @sibling_films

starring @isaac.oca @taaaigon

written & directed by @africanwarlock
produced by @sophia_seymour_says_
dop @tobyfilm
sound recordist @carlageronimi
sound assistant @alexsounder.f

#cinematography #shortfilm #fx6 #sony by @africanwarlock

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5 months ago

Our incredible directors helming the 5x5 pieces. 🌿💚
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Daniel Rands
Shalini Adnani
Grace Duggan
Eloise King
Sasha Milavic Davies
George Belfield

With only one three hour rehearsal these talented directors create and hone the magic that you will see tomorrow night! We couldn’t be more excited ✨

5x5 May 15 th. 6pm . The Conduit. See you there 💫
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Bios:

Daniel Rands — London-based writer/director (NFTS grad) whose award-winning shorts have screened internationally; most recently directed A Knock at the Door for Vertigo Films x Channel 5’s revival of Play for Today.

Shalini Adnani — Chilean-born, Indian-origin writer/director based in London; her short White Ant premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Canal+, and her Film4/BFI-funded debut feature Our Share of Sand is in post-production. Named Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2025.

Grace Duggan is a theatre director from East London with credits across the Almeida, Royal Court, and Young Vic. She is currently Associate Director on Inter Alia at the National Theatre, and previously served as Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse.

Eloïse King — Queer, London-born interdisciplinary filmmaker of Caribbean heritage and former Global Executive Producer at VICE & i-D; her debut feature documentary The Shadow Scholars (exec produced by Steve McQueen, Film4, BFI) premiered at BFI LFF 2024 and was BAFTA Film 2026 Outstanding Debut longlisted. 📸 Derrick T. Kakembo

Sasha Milavic Davies — Director, dramaturg, and movement director; Senior Dramaturg at the National Theatre, co-founder of The Yard Theatre, and Artistic Associate at Complicite, with credits spanning the NT, Donmar, Almeida, Globe, and Royal Danish Opera.

George Belfield is a London-based director and screenwriter whose work includes Smothered for Sky and series across Netflix, Paramount+, and NBC Universal. He also directed Elisabeth Moss in the acclaimed Max Richter short film On the Nature of Daylight. taken in The Conduit London by @africanwarlock

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‘THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH CHRIS & LIV’ is now public for your consumption on Vimeo (link in bio)

Based loosely on real events.

We shot this over 2 days on a shoestring budget and I’m so friggin proud of how it turned out!

Massive shout out to my co-director/partner in crime @africanwarlock for helping me bring this bad gal to life, @tobyfilm for shooting the shit out of it and @kmaccorgarry for being a stupidly supportive producer!

Humungous thank you to @conniewookey, my Chris, for a killer performance! Everyone, please shower her with the praise she deserves!

My next short is in development and we’ll be crowdfunding soon, so stay tuned for that! 🥀

Until then, it would mean the world to me if you could give it a watch. Spread the word! Spread the love! Log it on Letterboxd and all that good stuff!

Big thanks to everyone that worked on this project!

Starring @conniewookey @pupudelishay

Directors @pupudelishay @africanwarlock
Writer @pupudelishay
Producer @kmaccorgarry
DOP @tobyfilm
Editor Roy Patrick
Colourist @estherwoodbridge
Composer @jack_mccartney_
Sound Designers @lukebarnfather @etiennekompis

@amongrelpicture by @africanwarlock

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10 months ago

bit of a miserable wet one today but feeling v warm deep down. tonight my first tv directing gig will be beamed out to the nation (9pm, channel 5). It was probably definitely the hardest thing I’ve had to make so far, but I had a blast. I made it with some friends I already knew and some friends I hadn’t met yet, all hugely talented and making me look v good. Thanks. I hope people watch it and like it and I hope we get to make more things in the future. It’s taken me about 13 years to get here, and i owe that journey to people on the screen, behind the scenes and behind the behind the scenes. honestly hugely grateful to everyone who’s ever supported me in large and tiny ways. please don’t stop tho, there’s still a long way to go.

a couple weeks ago someone stole my phone, but they couldn’t end my duolingo streak. Love and hope you enjoy the show xx taken in Milestone by @africanwarlock

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