NAEEM MAHMOOD

Naeem is one of the freshest directors emerging in the UK. Mentored by Gary Kurtz, producer of STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Naeem won the Prince’s Trust Millennium Award in his late teens (...) which enabled him to set up Trailblazer, a production company that allows young creatives from marginalised backgrounds to empower themselves by utilising film as a medium. Naeem's directorial feature debut BRASH YOUNG TURKS was released theatrically in the UK to considerable acclaim, followed by TV broadcast on London Live and digital release on Amazon Prime. The film was awarded Best UK Movie at the 10th Movie Video & Screen Awards. BRASH YOUNG TURKS is a fresh new take on inner city youth: their dreams, their feelings but above all their enormous potential to change their world. However nothing can prepare us for his hypnotic, thought-provoking second feature, GODS OF THEIR OWN RELIGION. It's a visionary portrait of a futuristic Britain, that allows Mahmood to show off his sumptuous visual talents. A dark dystopian fairytale for the post-pandemic era...