WE CREATE
CINEMA.
An independent film studio in Dublin, developing and producing original films.
Founded and led by writer-director Tumelo Tlou.
Films
Original films, beginning with our completed psychological thriller, Echoes Behind a Perfect Lens.
Directing
Shaping the film through performance, image and sound, in collaboration with cast and crew.
Producing
Bringing together the people, budget and practical planning needed to take a film through production.
Writing
Developing original ideas into screenplays, then refining the pages through rehearsal and production.
Writer-director and founder of Culture 13 Studios. Alongside the studio’s films, I offer directing, screenwriting, photography and BTS coverage, and run the Culture 13 Scene Lab.
Directing
Direction for narrative films, music videos and branded work, from the brief through the finished film.
Screenwriting
Turning your idea into a finished screenplay — plus treatments, structural editing, and consultation on scripts already underway.
Photography
Portraits, events, editorial and campaign photography, with editing and colour included in the agreed quote.
BTS Coverage
Behind-the-scenes stills, video and interviews for your production’s publicity, social media and archive.
Culture 13 Scene Lab
A working room for actors and a director to rehearse original scenes, try different choices and respond to direction.
Reviews, essays and overall thoughts on film.
Ideas Are Not Stories: What Completion Demands That Inspiration Does Not
A compelling concept creates possibility. A finished story must narrow those possibilities into desire, resistance, consequence and an ending.
Coming Soon
Resident Evil
“Zach Cregger completes a remarkable hat-trick”
Published
Changing the Action: Power in There Will Be Blood
The baptism and milkshake scenes viewed through playable actions—bargaining, submitting, exposing and humiliating—rather than a vague demand for greater intensity.
Coming Soon