Rashida Seriki

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Film, TV & Theatre

Assistant: Jocelyn Waddell

Film, TV & Theatre

Rashida Seriki is a British-Nigerian writer-director, currently based in London. Her short film credits include award-winning debut short The Fence (2018), Colby (2021) which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, which serves as a proof of concept for her debut feature film currently in development, and Maneater (2023) which she directed for BBC Comedy and aired on BBC Three and iPlayer.

As a writer, her pilot script The Four was a finalist for the Triforce Amazon Studios Writerslam competition and was nominated for the All3Media New Script Award at the Edinburgh TV Festival, New Voice Awards. For TV she has written a couple of episodes for series one and two of We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4/Peacock) and several episodes of Eastenders (BBC). She currently has her original series, Lovelessville, in development with VAL and ITV. 

She recently graduated with a Masters in Black British Literature.

In Development

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BLOOD COLOURED TEARS

2024

Iconoclast

Writer/ Director

LOVELESSVILLE

2022

Various Artists Limited

Writer. Script commissioned by ITV

P WARD

2022

95th Ave / BFI

Writer / Director. Debut Feature Film

Television

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WE ARE LADY PARTS S2

2024

Working Title / Peacock

Writer
Ep4 and Writers' room

GET EVEN S2

2021

Netflix/CBBC

2nd Unit Director

EASTENDERS

2020 - 2021

BBC

Writer / 4 Episodes

Short Films

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LEAVING IKORODU IN 1999

2024

Film4/BFI

Writer/ Director

MANEATER

2023

BBC Comedy / iPlayer

Director
Official selection at Raindance Film Festival 2024

COLBY

2022

AKBA Creative / 95th Ave

Writer / Director. Funded by BBC & BFI. Debuted at LFF and official selection of Short of the Week

THE FENCE

2018

BFI

Writer / Director. Winner of BFI Future Film Festival New Talent Award & Film Lab Award

Theatre

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BABYDYKE

2022

Talawa Theatre Company

Writer