Black Leaf Films

06/09/2025

ARCHIVE RESEARCHER/RESEARCHER

Black Leaf Films are looking for a researcher/archive researcher to work on the development of a new feature length documentary film about Palestine, in part focusing on the Mandate era.

We require someone to conduct archive and contributor research through a diverse range of sources and - from institutions, government archives, film archives and others. You will help engage specialist archive researchers in other countries as required and liaise with them.

The archive required will be a combination of: film, photograph, radio, personal archives, official documents and newspapers.
The research will also involve tracking down contributors from the Mandate era, and/or their relatives.

Required:
Fluent Arabic and English.

Good experience of working in the region, and ideally with a wide range of archive sources, ie state archives, personal archives, and institutional archives.

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following skills:
● An ability to find people scattered across the region.
● Ideally, an ability to watch and log a large amount of archival footage, still materials, audio archives, and documents (newspapers, government papers, etc)
● An understanding of editorial policy, accuracy and fairness when re-telling a story
● An ability to prioritise a lot of different tasks that may all have the same deadline
● Able to work fast and efficiently under tight deadlines
● Maintain a good working relationship with the editorial team, post facilities and archive sources
● Highly organised with strong administrative skills

Deadline for applications – 10th September 2025

Contract will be on a part time freelance basis for 4-5 weeks initially, potentially starting from 15th September

Dates: 15th Sept – 19th October

Location: Camden, London. Mostly office based with some hybrid working. Hrs flexible.

Pls email [email protected] with the subject: Researcher/Archive Researcher for Grow Feature in the title. Please apply only if you’re available in the next few weeks and have the experience comparable to the above. (Minimum is 2 yrs experience or 3 Researcher/Archive Researcher credits.)

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from disabled people and other under-represented groups.

Black Leaf Films creates powerful documentaries that tell stories from unique perspectives, challenge preconceptions and reveal often hidden structures of power.

27/02/2024

We're off to the Copenhagen Film Festival! Our interactive work The Pathogen of War, directed by Yasmin Fedda, is going to be part of the CPH INTER:ACTIVE exhibition programme. Come and see it from 16th-24th March.

It’s 2073, a decade after the Bio-Rift which killed half of humanity. This show at the Museum of Medical Archaeology will explain how a benign bacteria was driven by war to become a “perfect killer.” A speculative interactive work based on the real science of antibiotic resistance.

29/01/2024

For the last 2 years Black Leaf Films and Theopi Skarlatos have been investigating the state of maternity care in the UK. The powerful story, reported by Michael Buchanan and produced by Jane Fellner, will be on Panorama tonight on BBC1 @ 2000.

14/07/2023

Our latest investigation for takes us into the unique culture of Indonesia’s football ultras. We find out what makes them the most passionate football fans in Asia and investigate the Kanjuruhan tragedy from October 2022, which killed 135 people. Congratulations to director Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni for this powerful documentary that features the deeply moving testimony of eyewitnesses and those who lost loved ones in the chaos. See it here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/undercover-asia

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29/06/2023

Black Leaf and director Yasmin Fedda have been working on The Pathogen of War since 2020. After stints at CPH:Lab and IDFA Doc Lab, a residency at the National Theatre and 3 frantic months of development with Anagram it's on until Saturday at the Battersea Arts Centre as part of the Shubbak Festival.
Book here:

Shubbak Festival and BAC Present the preview of Pathogen of War: An immersive experience exploring a mysterious killer born of war. In 2023, this pathogen kills between 50,000-100,000 people a year.

23/06/2023

*Production Manager with current affairs/UC filming experience *

Black Leaf Films are a growing company making current affairs documentaries for UK and international channels including Channel 4, the BBC, Al Jazeera and Channel News Asia.

We’re looking for a PM or Jnr PM with extensive experience of UK current affairs investigations (Panorama/Dispatches) and ideally Undercover Filming.

Initially for a week to work with Undercover Producer and Exec Producer to budget up a new commission for Panorama that involves extensive UC filming. Potential to work on the whole project, TBD.

Could be PT over next week or so. Mostly in our office in London but flexible with WFH.

Dates: Start 28th June (Ideally)
Location: London, Tottenham.

Please send CV's to [email protected]

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from disabled people and other under-represented groups.

Black Leaf Films creates powerful documentaries that tell stories from unique perspectives, challenge preconceptions and reveal often hidden structures of power.

24/04/2023

Award-winning independent production company Black Leaf Films are making a documentary with Indonesian film director Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni for Channel News Asia about Indonesian football culture following the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster in October 2022.

We're looking for a Javanese/Bahasa Indonesian speaker based in London to help transcribe the rushes, starting ASAP.

Work will be based in our office in Tottenham and potentially some working from home. Initially, 3 days work @ £100 per day with the potential for more days in the coming weeks.

Ideally, someone with experience in media or film but not essential.
Facebook message or email: [email protected] for more details.

12/12/2022

We have a few coworking/hotdesking spaces available in the quirky and relaxed space we've developed to produce our films. We suit other filmmakers, editors or anyone who wants to work in a supportive, friendly and creative environment.

Our space is in a studio complex filled with artists, film and fashion professionals and other interesting people. It's located in the Markfield Road area which is a hub for creative industries including Ten 87 studios (audio production), The Cove Photography Studio and countless artists.

We’re very close to Craving Coffee, Markfield Road Park, the picturesque River Lea and Walthamstow Wetlands.
Yet it is within easy reach of Central London thanks to Victoria line and Overground connections from Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale stations.

V good value for a desk in London (£100 for 70 hrs/month / £180 full time). email [email protected] for a brochure and price list.

10/11/2022

Congrats to director Kata Agnes for The Starry Night Toad, a beautiful film about the coming together of science and Indigenous thought. Amazingly shot by Max Cutting, smoothly put together by editor Adib Nessim, onlined by Gary McGrath and Paul Mallet, with production office help from Rozi Peters, Josh Miller-Cundy, Caius Williams, Annys Hamilton, Tiger Ritchie and others. Available now below with new episodes from the First Nation Frontlines series every Tuesday at 2230GMT.

In Colombia, Arhuaco leader Ruperto Chaparro Villafaña teams up with scientists to save the critically endangered starry night harlequin toad.They need to un...

24/07/2022

Our latest film "Baiting the Scammers" is a tense and highly entertaining 1hr investigation into scamming and scam baiting in India. Directed by Faiza Khan and shot by Husain Akbar it's now live on Channel News Asia.

We go behind the scenes of India’s scam call centers and meet the new breed of international scambaiters who are hacking their way into the surveillance systems to try and bring these scammers down.

29/03/2022

The Two Tailed Dog Party's post on the film by Kata Agnes. Seems to have prompted quite the discussion about Hungarian politics!

Suzi Dada is a deputy mayor in Budapest and co-founder of the satirical political party, the Two-Tailed Dog – Hungary’s most popular political group on Faceb...

21/03/2022

Black Leaf's latest film is out tonight, the directorial debut from the very talented Kata Agnes. Watch it for a very different take on Hungarian politics