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Makoff Productions.
We turn insight into form.
This is the work. Some of it is ready. Some of it is becoming. All of it is real.
in preproduction
Mediation
(short film)
written by Leena Makoff & Irina Bayly
directed by Irina Bayly
format: short film
genre: institutional satire
A mental health ward. Three women. One disastrously well-meaning meeting.
An exhausted ward manager forces two employees into mediation, only to find herself confronting the bitter truth of a system that demands compassion from women and offers them none in return.
A film about solidarity, systemic pressure, and what women owe a structure that is failing them.
status: in preproduction
Funding applications underway.
in development
Not a Cancer Story [working title]
(feature film)
written and produced by Leena Makoff
format: feature film
genre: romantic comedy-drama
Newly divorced, still in chemo, and finally, catastrophically free, Sarah discovers that nearly dying was the easy part. Actually living is going to take everything she has.
status: first draft in progress
Polski Sklep
(TV series)
created by Leena Makoff
format: TV show
genre: comedy
One wants to forget where she came from.
The other refuses to let go of it.
Together, they have inherited a Polish shop in London, a community that needs them and absolutely no idea what they are doing.
status: in development
Self-awareness Fever
(podcast)
created and hosted by Leena Makoff
format: podcast
genre: in depth conversations
Conversations with people from the creative industries, not about the work they make but about who they are becoming while they make it. How artists, filmmakers, and storytellers develop as human beings alongside the careers they are building.
status: in development
Seeking broadcast and investment partners.
proof of motion
We believe in starting before you are ready. These films are the proof of that. Made on instinct, made with almost nothing, made because they had to be made.
Committing the Kiss
(short film)
created by Leena Makoff
director of improvisation: Sophie Pumphrey
DoP & director on set: Callum Fernandes-Clarke
produced by Leena Makoff
format: short film
genre: mockumentary
A visionary director. A daring cast. A kiss that went too far. Committing the Kiss is a behind-the-scenes mockumentary about the chaos, egos, and accidental intimacy that turned one art film into an emotional battlefield.
status: completed
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Committing a Romance
(short film)
created by Leena Makoff
director of improvisation: Sophie Pumphrey
DoP & director on set: Callum Fernandes-Clarke
produced by Leena Makoff
format: short film
genre: mockumentary
A companion piece to Committing the Kiss, cut from the same shoot. Same world, new story. This time, the camera focuses on a totalitarian director and a well-known actor, and the ghost of whatever happened between them before anyone was watching.
status: in post-production
One Soul at a Time (T&C Apply)
(short film)
written by Keith Orton
directed by Aga Owczarek
produced by Leena Makoff
format: short film
genre: comedy
A satire on spiritual enlightenment. Made fast, made lean, made to test what it feels like to bring a script to life with a group of people and no safety net. It answered the question.
status: completed
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