Hakawati produces,

distributes and curates films

that hold the art of

storytelling at their core.

Hakawati works with storytellers with distinctive vision and enables new talent to take creative risks. Hakawati is committed to the broader visibility of independent film, giving platforms to quieter voices and unique individual – often minority – perspectives in relation to a dominant whole. In making creatively bold films with integrity, representation and reframing narratives are at the heart of what we do. The company’s projects all derive from the central tenet that a good story is in the telling, and that after all, we are the stories we tell. We have three strands of interconnected work: production, impact & distribution and curation – drawing a link between storytelling and which stories get told.

 

We believe there is a narrative to the films that get wder visibility and work closely with filmmakers to devise distribution strategies within the UK context, using traditional and non-traditional methods and developing outreach and impact plans.

 

Our team has experience working with distributors, exhibitors and independent venues, public funders and broadcasters, charities and networks across the country. We have worked on audience building for distribution purposes as well as crowd-funding and award campaigns.