Ado Ato Pictures is an emerging, global studio producing innovative, sophisticated, and high-quality films, television, music videos, commercials, and more internationally. With the latest new media approaches and a pioneering spirit, we push forward diverse content geared to audiences who crave fresh, boundary-pushing, and meaningful experiences, driven by the power of good storytelling.
Our award-winning work has been seen from Annecy and Sheffield DocFest to Frameline and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Through our network of directors, we produce and deliver authentic, daring, and impactful projects with a broad reach. As a hybrid production company and collective, we create our own projects, serve clients around the world, and provide consulting services.
Projects
- Another DreamAnother Dream, a hybrid animated documentary and VR game, brings the gripping, true love story of an Egyptian lesbian couple to life. Faced with a post-revolution backlash against the LGBTQ community, they escape Cairo to seek asylum and acceptance in the Netherlands. An accompanying installation allows audiences to reflect on what they have seen, heard, and felt in VR. Another Dream is part of Queer in a Time of Forced Migration, an animated transmedia series that follows the stories of LGBTQ
- HALF A LIFEHalf a Life is a multi-award winning animated documentary short that features the personal testimony of a young, gay Egyptian activist as he struggles to decide whether to continue to fight for LGBTQ rights in Cairo, the home that he loves, or seek safety in asylum elsewhere. Half a Life is part of Queer in a Time of Forced Migration, an animated transmedia series that follows the stories of LGBTQ refugees from Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia across continents and cultures — from the 2011 Revolu
Skills
- Production
- Animation
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Film
- Television
- Music Videos