Malik Isasis

Storyteller

A short film about a New York dancer’s chance encounter  with her doppelgänger on a subway platform that becomes a haunting reflection on identity, missed connections, and the parallel lives we might have lived. Inspired by Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “The Double Life of Veronique” 

You Look Like We

Bitter Sugar follows two dancers balancing ambition, and friendship in the extremely competitive world of dance.

Bitter Sugar

Öte is a Turkish word that means beyond. Lela, a Black woman, backpacking across Turkey connects with locals more deeply than she expected and finds herself drawn to stay.

Öte

The Metamorphosis of Ismaila Ba is the story of two women who meet in a cafe. There is an undeniable attraction, even as each of them sees the depth of the other's pain. Things immediately get complicated when they are brutally attacked in what seems like a random act of violence.

The Metamorphosis of Ismaila Ba

Nabila Salem, a young Yemeni woman, future hangs in the balance as she awaits the outcome of her refugee status determination case in Saudia Arabia.

Credible Fear

Three years after her partner's untimely death, Dr. Lena Thierry, a neuroengineer, has been unable to move on. After years of research and development, she attempts to upload his consciousness into a computer software program.

Malik Isasis

Storyteller

You Look Like We

Öte

Bitter Sugar

The Metamorphosis of Ismaila Ba

Credible Fear

Lena's Complicated Machine

The Elegant Clockwork of the Univer...

New York Decalogue