BIPOC STORIES WITH GLOBAL IMPACT
Dunya Media develops and produces feature films and episodic series that connect with global, diverse audiences, transforming how they see the world and their place in it.
We focus on telling stories from a place of wonder, fun, positivity and meaningful social good.
As an entirely POC-owned company, we’ve redesigned the traditional film development and production process from the ground up, ensuring the company and culture are built by people who have experienced the same barriers as the filmmakers we work with.
Our credits include the SXSW-winning music video Meet You at the Light, the award-winning TELUS digital series Welcome to Surrey, Break the Room, a groundbreaking writers room program for underrepresented writers, in partnership with Sameer Gardezi (writer, Modern Family), TELUS, and Paul Feig (The Office, Bridesmaids), as well as production and promotion of live events like Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King, King’s Jester and Off with His Head tours in Vancouver.
Kashif Pasta | Co-Founder, Principal
Kashif is an award-winning writer, director, and producer with a laser focus on telling stories that treat underrepresented people like… regular people.
He directed Dunya’s hit digital series Welcome to Surrey, creatively drove our South Asian health platform Mithaas.org, co-created the Untitled BTR Project with Sameer Gardezi for Paul Feig’s Powderkeg, and was a 2018 ABC Television Comedy Lab fellow for his pilot Long Distance.
Three movies to get to know me: Paddington 2, Blue Jay, and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Shyam Valera | Co-Founder, Producer
One of the Canadian Media Producers Association’s Next Generation of Producers to Watch, Shyam is a writer, producer, and co-founder of Dunya. He is a champion of stories that entertain while creating a sense of wonder, fun, and meaningful social good.
Shyam co-created, co-wrote and produced the hit digital series Welcome to Surrey, winning countless awards including Best Webseries at the South Asian Film Festival of America and multiple nominations at the BC Leo awards.
Practitioner by day. Dreamer by night.
Three movies to get to know me: Bad Boys 2, The West Wing (that should count as a movie), and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.