Founded in 2017 by producer Ali Mansuri, Foreign Material is a London based Film production company.
Ali produced the Film London/BFI backed 'Balcony', directed by Screen Star of Tomorrow Toby Fell-Holden, which went on to be BIFA nominated and win the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the Iris Prize, and three Best Short Awards at Academy Award Qualifying Festivals.
Ali is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA film programme and an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and EIFF Talent Lab and was recently awarded with a John Brabourne Award and a 2020 Film London Lodestar Award for Producing.
Foreign Material's recent productions include Screen Star of Tomorrow's Moin Hussain's ('Real Gods Require Blood', Semaine de la Critique) atmospheric origin scifi short 'Naptha' funded by Film4 and Film London which premiered at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival and selected for the 2019 Cannes Semaine de La Critique and the BBC Film/BFI commissioned 'Moon Under Water' by up-and-coming Manchester writer-director team, GRANDMAS, a unique and personal look at caring for an elderly relative featuring rapper-performance artist Blackhaine, currently on the festival circuit.
We are actively seeking for projects and voices to develop and nurture, at both short and feature level, from audacious and distinctive writers and directors.
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