Elie El Choufany tells stories about outcasts and misfits with a grounded genre twist, to entertain and to help influence change.
Captivated by themes of belonging, identity and home, his stories deliver an honest understanding of people outside of race, religion, and gender.

THE WASHROOM

Feature Film | Drama

A closeted WALEED (28) takes a job washing the bodies of the dead at a Muslim cemetery in rural Texas to support his disabled father. But, when a hate crime targets the cemetery, Waleed will have to choose between saving it from imminent closure or keeping his secret and his family together.

Mountians and Lake

A BARD'S TALE

Feature Film | Adventure/Animation

In a time when tensions between humans and magical creatures are at an all-time high, 13 year-old Maeve employs the greatest hero of heroes in Medieval Ireland to save her brother from the grip of an evil Banshee who plots to bring an end to the realm of Man.

Image by Jay Wennington

CLIMBING MT. FUJI

Feature Film | Adventure/Animation

A lonely 13 year-old boy living on a floating rock above the clouds accidentally provokes a war between the elemental Gods in Japan during his search for friendship away from home.

Hut on a Hill

THE MAIDEN

Feature Film | Thriller,Horror

After flatlining for three minutes, Clair comes back to life, pregnant. The baby that was to save her struggling marriage becomes the very thing that tears it apart.

 
Foggy Mountains

OUTCAST

Feature Film | Adventure/Fantasy

In tribal Greenland, a girl born of a union between a woman and a beast fights against her malevolent urges in search of acceptance. But for her to become fully human, she must do the very thing that makes her a monster.