Raimu Itfum

Producer Writer Director Performer

Website: https://www.raimuitfum.com

BIO:

Born in the Netherlands and raised in Pakistan. Raimu Itfum is an actor, writer and producer now based in England with a main artistic focus within film, theatre and audio work. He is an alumni of the Young Vic Theatre Fresh Direction Program, BFI Shorts Film school, Soho Theatre Writers Lab and Kiln Theatre’s Writers Program.

Credits

- Producer. Chai with Rai (Podcast). 2020- Present.
- Director. MAC. A Marriage Proposal. 2024
- Producer/ Director. Symphonies of Beaded Threads (Audio Series). 2023.
- Movement Director. Brown Girls Noise. Hope Theatre. 2023
- Movement Director. Port Magazine. 2023
- Assistant Choreographer. Feature Film. What's Love Got to do with it? 2023.
- Director. Theatre503. Lady Lessons. 2023
- Writer. Tara Theatre. Just a F#@K Boy With Feelings. 2022
- Writer. Kiln Theatre. The Boys. 2022.
- Writer/ Producer & Editor- Short Film. Husky Hips. 2022
- Writer/ Director & Editor. Soli|tude. Short Film. Theatro Technis. 2022
- Writer/ Director & Editor. Short Film.Coarsen Studio. C.O.M.P.L.E.X;ities. 2021.
- Trainee Assistant Director. Young Vic. Sundown Kiki. 2021
- Producer, Director, Editor & Movement Director. Short Film. Laws of Attraction. 2017.
- Movement Director & Stylist. Nadia Correia Look Book. 2017
- Director/ Producer & Movement Director. Tour. Magnets. No.2- What it Takes to be a Man? ( The Broadway Barking, Drayton Arms, Biscuit Factory Gallery, Brady Arts Centre & Matthew's Yard). 2013-2015
- Director & Producer. Web series. Reconstructing the Monologue. 2014.
- Assistant Director. Northern Stage. A Lost Land. 2013
- Assistant Director. Rose Theatre/ National Theatre Connections. Shooting Truth. 2012.
- Writer. Endeavour Theatre. Turning Heads. 2011
- Assistant Director. Endeavour Theatre. Mother Courage & Her Children. 2011

Training

- Young Vic Theatre. Fresh Direction Program- 2022/2023.
- Soho Writers Lab- 2021/2022.
- Kiln Theatre Listen Local- 2021/2022.
- Directors Intensive (Facilitating & Directing: A Collaborative Approach to Creating with Kindness). Leeds Playhouse- 2022.
- Creative Facilitation- Roundhouse- 2022.

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Dance
  • Fashion
  • Film - documentary
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Radio/Audio
  • Streaming
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - documentary
  • TV - drama
  • Visual arts

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic

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