“Rashid Davari Post Productions” opened its doors to clients in April 2014 with its first big production, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo, 80 minutes documentary which was off-lined, on-lined and graded in our large and comfortable edit suites in London. This film went on winning the Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Silicon Valley African Film Festival, October 2014. Our latest major production is a 90 mins observational documentary, "Out From Under Us", to be released theatrically in 2020. “Rashid Davari Post Productions” has Avid, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro edit suites capable of doing 4-8K and handling big series with its massive 24-Tb 8-Bay raid storage. There is also a private car park on site for the clients. "Rashid is a gifted editor with a passion for every facet of film. He has a thorough understanding of the process of filmmaking, the various formats available and how to get the best out of the material available. He's an extremely hard worker, runs a state of the art post production facility and will go out of his way to make sure that whatever he works on is realised to the highest possible standard. In an industry where many people are cutting corners, Rashid goes the extra mile to achieve excellence. It was a pleasure working with him to edit The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo" Yaba Badoe, Documentary film maker and writer at Fadoa Films
"The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo", 80 minutes produced by Fadoa Films, UK. I off-lined, on-lined and colour graded this film. The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa's foremost woman writers, a trailblazer for an entire generation of exciting new talent.
This award was given for editing "Andreotti et les parrains", an hour documentary which investigates Andreotti's involvement with Mafia and made by Maya for Planète Câble (France).