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Manas Adams
I enjoy unearthing the ugly and turning it into a something beautiful. I use film as a medium to understand myself and the world around me. Majority of the themes that arise for me: desire, fluidity, alienation/isolation and migration.
RECENT FILMS OF MINE
LOVE AND MATAB 2026
watch here!SHOT WITH SONY AX53
FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
Matab has kept her relationship with Love hidden from her Muslim Sudanese family for four years. When Love converts to Islam and the couple begins discussing marriage, secrecy is no longer possible. The film traces the complexities of faith, belonging, and cultural inheritance as a foreign partner enters the family for the first time.
Mom 2025
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SHOT WITH CANON 6D
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
I film my mother getting ready for a night out as she applies lip gloss in the mirror with gold along her arms. In a world where a womans beauty is her currency.
HOMECOMING 2024
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SHOT ON IPHONE 12 MAX PRO
FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
Three Muslim high school girls prepare for prom. In the next room, their mothers wait with cameras. Behind closed doors, the girls strategize, determined to get Mina into the dress she wants, forbidden by her mother as not modest enough.
© Cargo Test (2027)