Dunya Media specializes in feature films and episodic series for the global South Asian diaspora.

With projects like our digital scripted series Welcome to Surrey to multiple sold-out live shows of Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester to our SXSW Grand Jury Prize-winning Meet You at the Light, Dunya is creating the next generation of diverse storytelling, and the ever-growing business opportunities that come with it.

SELECTED work:

Meet You At The Light | Desirée Dawson (Copy)

Meet You At The Light | Desirée Dawson

Music Video - A bittersweet and heartfelt portrait of a young woman and her diabetic father.

Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Best Music Video - SXSW 2022

Winner: Audience Choice Award, Best Music Video - SXSW 2022

Winner: International Grand Prix & Best Music Video - Kinsale Shark Awards 2022

Winner: Audience Choice Award, Best Music Video, South Asian Film Festival of America 2022

Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester | Live in Vancouver (Copy)

Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester | Live in Vancouver

Live One-Man Show, Hasan Minhaj - Hasan Minhaj returns to his storytelling roots following the global success of Netflix’ Patriot Act and the Peabody award-winning Homecoming King.

Dunya produced and promoted two sold-out shows at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, quadroupling the ticket sales of our initial run of Homecoming King and bringing Vancouver together for a night to remember.

Desi Standard Time Travel (Copy)

Desi Standard Time Travel

Short Film - When a new father suddenly loses his own dad, an opportunity to travel back in time for an evening gives him a chance to end things on a better note.

Currently in post production

Mithaas: Desi vs. Diabetes (Copy)

Mithaas: Desi vs. Diabetes

60s spot for Mithaas.org - A slick, Nike-style ad featuring South Asian Seniors, to remind them of how they overcame the struggles of moving across the world and taking down every obstacle in their way. After all that, are you really going to let sugar take you down? 

Welcome to Surrey (Copy)

Welcome to Surrey

Short-Form Digital Series for Telus - When Suneet graduates medical school, she’s sent to work in the one place she’s trying to avoid: back home to the suburban town of Surrey, Canada. Dunya created, produced, and marketed Welcome to Surrey, gaining over a million viewers worldwide and becoming one of Air Canada’s most popular in-flight series in 2018. Watch now on Optik on Demand and YouTube.

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King | Live in Vancouver (Copy)

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King | Live in Vancouver

Live One-Man Show, Hasan Minhaj - Before Netflix and the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Dunya took Hasan’ Minhaj’s Homecoming King from near-zero awareness to two sold-out shows at the Vancouver Playhouse, producing and promoting a show unlike any Vancouver had seen before. Available now on Netflix

Aadha Chammach / Half A Teaspoon - Short Film (Copy)

Aadha Chammach / Half A Teaspoon - Short Film

Created as part of our Mithaas.org launch, Aadha Chammach (Half a Teaspoon) is a short film about a senior woman who has trouble telling her family about her newly-diagnosed diabetes.

GEMINI

Short Film
Dunya provided post-production services for this sci-fi short film that brings new light to the nexus of new technology and the #MeToo movement, going from shoot to delivery - including VFX - in just 5 days to meet festival deadlines.

Official Selection at Cannes 2018, link available on request

“The more stories that are told about marginalized communities and subcultures, the more awareness will spread, and the less marginalized they’ll continue to be.”

— Sean Baker, director, the florida project