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@amaka.lin

amaka is a London based Director. With a background in documentary, her work takes a meditative approach exploring themes of nature, othering and surrealism. Her film Stasis featured at the 2024 BIFA and BAFTA qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Shorts on Tap, Director’s Notes, and had it’s North American premiere at Cinema Femme in Chicago. Her documentary film Immaterial Conditions, which explored the history of bricks, human labour and gentrification in the Docklands (commissioned by the V&A and University of East London) premiered at the London Design Festival in 2022. She has previously been shortlisted for the Global Girl Media Festival for best documentary film.

amaka also works as a stills and portrait photographer on 35mm film.