A short film for The Anti-Slavery Collective exploring the links between counterfeit fashion, organised crime and exploitation.
Credits: Editor, Writer
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Author: Antonia Perello
One Day in Gaza
A story of survival and resistance told through phone videos from Gaza, it reached over 15 million plays on Instagram. Recipient of the Peabody, Edward R. Murrow, Online Journalism, and Telly Awards.
Credits: Director, Editor
Life in a Day 2020
A portrait of the world filmed in a single day, capturing everyday lives across countries and cultures during an unprecedented moment in history.
Credits: Archive Reviewer
The Secret Life of the Spectacled Bear
A rare glimpse into the life of South America’s only native bear, filmed in the misty slopes of the Andes. The documentary follows this elusive creature through moments of play, solitude, and survival, revealing behaviour never before captured on camera.
Credits: Editor
The Last Generation
Climate activists in Italy target valuable public artworks to highlight the effects of climate change.
Credits: Producer; Editor
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Treena Huang Website
Created a promotional film for executive coach Treena Huang, featuring testimonials from clients at leading global organisations such as the UN, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International.
Credits: Producer, Editor
University Uprising for Gaza
As protests erupt on U.S. campuses, Professor Danny Shaw risks his career by standing with students demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
Credits: Editor
Trump’s Deportation Nation
Once an undocumented immigrant in New York, Jorge now leads efforts to defend his community as Trump vows mass deportations.
Credits: Editor
Fake Fashion: Hidden Threads
A short investigative piece presented at the United Nations, exposing the hidden exploitation behind counterfeit fashion. What appears as a harmless knock-off industry is, in reality, woven with threads of child labour, trafficking, and organised crime.
Credits: Editor
The Art of Political Murder
A political thriller set in post-war Guatemala, tracing the investigation into the 1998 murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi, a leading human rights advocate whose work exposed military atrocities committed during the civil war.
The Ashes of Water
Filmed while living among fishermen in Chile’s Atacama Desert, this documentary follows a community leader fighting illegal seaweed extraction and striving to protect both the ocean and their way of life.
Credits: Director; Editor; Producer
Finite: The Climate of Change
A gripping portrait of environmental resistance, following activists and local communities in Germany and England as they create an unlikely alliance to defend their land from coal mining.
Credits: Assistant Editor
The Journey of Monalisa
After 17 years working as a street prostitute in New York, undocumented Chilean artist Iván Monalisa reunites with filmmaker Nicole Costa, an old college friend. Through their creative bond, Monalisa reclaims identity and artistry in the search for freedom and belonging.
Credits: Translation; Subtitle Editor
Myanmar’s Rebel Police
This former school teacher is training to become a police officer with a resistance group fighting Myanmar’s military rule – and his goal? To arrest the country’s leader.
Credits: Producer; Editor
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Coralarium
My first project after film school took me underwater to document the creation of the world’s first semi-submerged tidal art gallery.
Credits: Camera; Editor
The Gaza Man
Amid the devastation of war, Palestinian weightlifter Mohammed Hamada trains for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Guided by his brother and coach Hussam, his journey becomes one of survival, identity, and the unbreakable will to represent Gaza on the world stage.
Credits: Assistant Editor
No Refuge for Rafah’s Children
In Rafah, Gaza’s last so-called safe zone, children like Husam and Najwa live with the constant fear of invasion. Between collecting scraps to make light and drawing planes across the sky, they hold on to imagination as their only refuge.
Credits: Producer; Editor
Kenya’s Days of Rage
In the aftermath of Kenya’s deadly protests, activist Boniface Mwangi uses both his voice online and his presence on the streets to demand justice for those killed by state violence.
Credits: Writer, Editor
The Girl Who Survived
Ten-year-old Najwa leads us on a tour through the ruins of her city, Khan Younis, including her home, her grandmother’s neighborhood, and her school. Each place holds a memory of the life she once knew. Through her eyes, we witness the cost of war on children and the strength that endures even in devastation.
Credits: Producer; Editor
Syria’s Stolen Lives
After the fall of Assad’s regime in Syria, Bassam returns to help families find loved ones released from Saydnaya Prison, one of the country’s most notorious jails.
Credits: Editor