Sima Gonsai Films

30/01/2026

The Randhawa Story wins Best Unscripted by Allumni Awards.

The story captures the story from the Randhawa family who ran the Waldorf Cinema in Sparkbrook from 1970-1980.

The cinema showcased Bollywood hits, hosted celebrities and became a community haven.

One of the most important aspects in the making of this film was building deep relationship each contributor. , & moi spent two years getting to know the family, cinema goers and building owners, who then kindly let us film their story.

We are very proud that their contribution to Indian Cinema in Birmingham has been recognised.

29/10/2025

20/10/2025

Ka Ba Ddi an experimental 16mm short film by a new perspective & lens on investigating physical and cultural memory.

Supported by a score incorporating the breath, a move,a game, the film invites you to look beyond the frame.

I had the pleasure of filming alongside Alia at the 2025 Kabaddi World Cup which inspired development of the 'The Raider' a documentary charting the Womens England kabaddi team.

The Raider is currently in pre-production, deconstructing Kabaddi into dancefilm and artistic ways of documentary storytelling.

It was a pleasure to see Alias work amongst international experimental work at

14/10/2025

15/05/2025

annual Screendance Programme returns where movement meets
cinema and dance breaks free from the stage. Experience a curated
selection of international short films that push the boundaries of
storytelling through the powerful language of dance.

Saturday 17th May, 2025 - The Mockingbird Cinema - Screen 2 | 12:15 -
13:25 Cert: 15

04/12/2024

Cultivate successfully completes its 2022-2024 distribution programme with a final festival selection at Mumbai Short International Film Festival.

The film has been featured across COP 23&24, at Universities and festivals across the globe.

Thank you all of the talent, crew, supporters and promoters of this work. We've enjoyed sharing the film alongside having key conversations about evo systems and our connection to earth itself.

We are now in development for part three next year.

Funded by

03/12/2024

The season for celebrating your hard work starts now!! Happy December 2024!!

Thanks to all of the supporters!!

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02/12/2024

What a fabulous celebration of great minds and talent. Thank you for sharing our work, it was amazing to see it screened infront of so many people from the industry. We were very proud to showcase the talents of our cast and crew and all of our supporters...it was a blast!!!!

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28/11/2024

We are pleased to announce short film 'Threaded Together' is nominated for the 'Diversity Champion Award' by Royal Television Society Midlands

Directed by Sima Gonsai and Bhulla Beghal, this poetic film captures the textile culture of South Asian women in Lancashire, weaving together a tapestry of sewing history, from early migration, to home manufacturing and contemporary eco practices.

The ceremony takes place this Friday 29th Nov The ICC Birmingham. We are delighted to attend with our cast, crew and supporters - profiling independent talent alongside the visionary team from the British Textile Biennial and Super Slow Way; Jenny Rutter & Laurie Peake.

22/08/2024

Artist .parmar.studio will be speaking, Sat 24th August 2pm about her work artwork & 'Khadi' short film.

It was a privileged to work with her to make a short documentary which was exhibited for . The legacy of this project has gone far and wide.

Check out the short documentation film that speaks about the work and our unique collaboration. Supporting artists as a filmmaker is key to my work.it enables me to work with new concepts and artfirms.