Aquatinter Films

Conceiving ClaraClara (42), a midwife unable to conceive, undergoes IVF under family pressure. Complications threaten her life and the baby’s.Watch TrailerCanadian Film Festival & DWF 2025

TargetingAn American veteran struggling to reconnect with her daughter while haunted by the moral fallout of her service in Afghanistan.Watch NowDances With Films Premiere • Aghan Human Rights Festival - Best Director

Black KiteIn Taliban-controlled Kabul, a father risks everything to fly kites with his daughter — defying a regime that has banned it.Watch TrailerTIFF Premiere · 3 Leo Awards • 20 Festivals

Over The Next HillZaby (12), a refugee fleeing the Taliban, fights for independence from his mother on a perilous mountain journey hidden in a truck.Proof of Concept ShortCanada Arts Council • BC Arts Council • Shore Scripts Fund

ReunionWhen rebellious teen Mina’s long-lost father returns, her world is upended, and her family’s fragile new life in Canada begins to unravel.Feature FilmCanada Arts Council • BC Arts Council • Shore Scripts Fund

The LetterBased on a true story: A deeply personal story of love, loss, and the messages that change our lives forever. With Borrowed Light Films.Feature FIlmHarold Greenberg Fund · Telefilm Canada · Creative BC

Kabul KitchenKabul Kitchen is a sharp, heartfelt dramedy where family, food, and secrets collide.TV SeriesWinner of TIFF Creator's of Colour Incubator • CBC PreDevelopment Funding

VASTA hybrid procedural exploring survival, healing, and the power of community.TV SeriesIn assocation with Donald Martin Productions

Tajana Prka

Born in Munich, Germany, and of Croatian descent, Tajana Prka is a classically trained actor whose stage work spans Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams. She made her screen breakthrough as co-producer and lead in Targeting (2013), launching a creative partnership with director Tarique Qayumi that led to the Kabul-set TV miniseries The Defenders.Her time in Afghanistan also saw her write and produce The Gift, which earned recognition at the Black Maria Festival and other U.S. festivals. As editor, designer, and lead producer of Black Kite (TIFF ’17), she helped propel the film to 20 festivals and multiple 2018 Leo Awards.Prka’s latest work, Conceiving Clara, financed by Telefilm Canada, showcases her as writer, editor, producer, and lead actor. The film earned four Leo Award nominations, including Best Actor, Best Producer, and Best Writing.

Tarique Qayumi

Tarique Qayumi’s dramatic escape from Afghanistan, hidden in the back of a truck with his mother, ignited his lifelong passion for storytelling. A 2023 Warner Access x Academy Directing Program participant, he directed on CBC’s Allegiance.His second feature, Black Kite—a historical drama blending animation, documentary, and live action—premiered at TIFF in 2017, screened at 20 festivals, and won three Leo Awards for Best Writer, Best Direction, and Best Picture before being acquired by Amazon Studios.Qayumi recently completed his third feature, Conceiving Clara, in partnership with Telefilm Canada. His TV series pitch, Kabul Kitchen, won the Creator of Colour Incubator at TIFF ’21 and received pre-development funding from CBC.Early in his career, he directed influential Afghan television, including Truth Unveiled, The Defenders, and Sesame Street.