OK/NOTOK

Directed By Pardeep Sahota

UK | Narrative | 13 min

East Coast Premiere

OK/NOTOK is a genre-bending love story set in the very near future with a darkly comic edge. Loretta is a working-class British Asian woman who feels increasingly trapped inside her apartment. Outside, the world becomes increasingly turbulent with violence, protests, and repressive police measures. Loretta invites a new stranger, Zane, into her home and they navigate a tentative romance.

Told in a single shot, this film plays like “science fiction Mike Leigh” and is stylistically bold in its simplicity, yet enriched with depth that invites you to lean forward. The film ultimately becomes about tolerance and who we allow into our lives.

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    Film Details

    1. Sexual content, Strong language

    2. English

    3. N/A
    4. East Coast Premiere

    5. 2024

    6. 13 minutes

    7. Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

    8. Narrative

    9. UK

      1. Pardeep Sahota


      Pardeep Sahota is an award-winning writer/director with over 14 years of experience in commercials. He has won 3 Clio awards and the British Arrows - Emerging Talent - Gold Award 2022. He was the recipient of the B3 Media’s Associate Artist Award 2021. In 2023 he was invited to join BAFTA Connect and became a mentor for Arts Emergency. His award-winning short film OK/NOTOK is currently on the international festival circuit and he has a feature film in development with the BFI.

      1. Luke Grech

        Lorine Plagnol

      1. Pardeep Sahota

      1. Bairavi Manoharan

        Jay Taylor

        Viraj Juneja

        Marlon Thomas

      1. Cinematographer: Linda Wu

        Sound Design: Edwin Matthews

        Production Design: Elle Mikkola

        Editor: Amanda V. Reines

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