Polari · Production company · Manchester

We make bold, beautiful film, television, immersive and audio-based projects that push for a future built on inclusion. 

BAFTA Television Awards 2024 · LonglistedSheffield DocFest · WinnerBFI Flare · Official SelectionBroadcast Awards 2024 · NominatedRTS North West · NominatedBFI Network × National LotteryCotswold International Film Festival · Best Comedy ShortAsian Media Awards · NominatedSouthport FilmFest · Best Comedy ShortManchester Film Festival · Official SelectionBAFTA Television Awards 2024 · LonglistedSheffield DocFest · WinnerBFI Flare · Official SelectionBroadcast Awards 2024 · NominatedRTS North West · NominatedBFI Network × National LotteryCotswold International Film Festival · Best Comedy ShortAsian Media Awards · NominatedSouthport FilmFest · Best Comedy ShortManchester Film Festival · Official Selection

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BBC Three · 2023

Stranger in My Family

Luke discovers 'dad' is not his biological father and that he is mixed race, which triggers a search for a bartender called Carlos who his mum met on a girls' holiday in the 90s.

  • BAFTA TV 2024Longlisted, Single Documentary
  • Sheffield DocFestWinner, BBC Three Northern Docs Pitch
  • Directed bySunny Kang & Tamar Mankassarian
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Feature · In Pre-Production

Undercurrent

After his release from prison, a young man struggles to rebuild his life when a volatile lover from his past returns, threatening his hard-won freedom and chance at any kind of future.

  • Written byJohn Lochland
  • Directed byJohn Lochland & James Loosemore
  • GenreDrama · Thriller
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Feature · In Development

Disorientation

A lonely gay man undergoes a radical brain implant that promises to turn him straight, but when terrifying hallucinations and fragmented memories surface, he must expose the procedure's dark secrets before it destroys him.

  • Written byGary Sewell (BAFTA nominee, AWGIE Award winner)
  • GenreHorror · Thriller
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Short films

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Short Film2024

Before I Do
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Short Film2023

On Rest & Movement
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Short Film2023

The Derealisation Dinner Party
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Short Film2022

What Would Julie Do?

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ORIGINS: The Short Film Night

A short film night in Manchester for bold, diverse, boundary-pushing stories.
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QFN

The Queer Filmmakers Network CIC: events, workshops and showcases for LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.

OutHere × Shore Scripts

Our 2024 LGBTQIA+ screenwriting contest with Shore Scripts. Now closed.