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Peng Films is a South London based video production company specialising in music videos and fashion films. Our vision is inspired by our roots, and encapsulates London’s unique style, a city home to people from across the globe.
Peng is a collective of up-and-coming filmmakers who have created music videos for Joy Crookes, Jelani Blackman, Ashley Abigo and The Royal Sounds and worked for Vice, Lucas Films Ltd. (Star Wars), Adidas, Tinder, Tik Tok. With some of London’s finest filmmakers, each piece we create, lives up to our name.
We also mentor talented minority filmmakers who are not being championed and supported due to subconscious bias. As part of the diversification of the film industry, we both tell more authentic and colourful stories, and are pushing the wave of change sweeping the globe.
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Alya Minney
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Director, producer and camera operator, Alya founded Peng to support the diversification of the Film & TV industries. Her past clients include the BBC, the Star Wars Enterprise (Lucas Films Ltd.), and Peter Jenner: manager of The Who, Pink Floyd & The Clash in their rise to fame. She was recognised for Undiscovered Talent by Raindance and the Independent Film Trust. Her work screened both years at the Raindance Film Festival, the second year she helping to select and mentor new talent with the IFT. She is all-round videographer as well as musician and poet, passionate about social change. Her passions lie in telling the extraordinary stories of ordinary people and capturing the beauty that exists in the world.
Eliott Kennedy
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Eliott is a self shooting director passionate about documentary. Over the last 6 years, he has worked across the spectrum in film production, developing a vital understanding of the various mediums and formats used across media today. Elliot enjoys developing his own projects, usually working on more socio-political forms of content, enabling more organic narratives to be born from within communities and stories rooted in societal change. He has worked on various productions shooting web series, live streams, commercials, music videos and more and is comfortable working in extreme conditions and experience operating in challenging environments.
Atikah Zainidi
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Atikah is a Brunei-born, Paris-raised Director/Producer/Photographer based in London. She is a Creative Producer for Perceptive and was previously an in-house Producer/Director for VICE. Her work embodies a passion for questioning the everyday rules of the patriarchal, colonialist and elitist system. Her strong beliefs in equality, intersectionality and decolonisation have allowed her to produce provocative visual pieces that have been featured on BRICKS, OUTRAGE, VICE.
Salam Zaied
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Salam is a London based photographer of Palestinian and Guyanese heritage. She works predominately with upcoming black and POC talent with an aim to diversify the industry. Her work is heavily influenced by the elements of nature which she showcases through her portrait and fashion work. Not only does Salam often see her work in print and digitally, but her work has also been showcased in exhibition spaces across London and she more recently presented a publication and short film at 180 The Strand. Her exhibition work often relates directly to her cultural and religious identity.
