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ABOUT US

bold, original stories for global audiences

Kurious Studios is an independent film production company with a focus on producing quality feature films for global audiences that combine unique stories, commercial viability, and artistic integrity

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Our commitment to excellence unites the creative ambition of our writers and directors with the financial interests of our distribution partners in the theatrical, streaming and broadcast space.    

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WE ARE KURIOUS FILMMAKERS

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ANASTASIIA VOROTNIUK is an experienced filmmaker from Ukraine having worked across features, TV, shorts and documentaries, with varied roles from writer, director, producer to cinematographer. Anastasiia’s credits include the TV series ‘Instaverse’ for Portuguese broadcaster RTP in 2020, and the feature film ‘Autumn’ which has been a critical and commercial success after its theatrical release in 2023. As writer/director, her recent short film ‘Me, my Germs and James’ was selected for the Oscar qualifying Encounters Film Festival in the UK, and the BAFTA-qualifying Bolton International Film Festival. In 2022, her script for the dark comedy 'When I Grow Up, I wanna be an Alcoholic' was selected by the Torino Film Lab... And she has co-written feature scripts 'Angel Boy', 'Millennials' and romantic comedy TV Series, entitled 'My Wacky Wife'

Anastasiia is the founder of film production company Movie Monkeys and recently co-founded Kurious Studios with producer Steven Flynn and recurring creative partner, Antonio Sequeira. She is a graduate of the London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking and currently resides in London.

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ANTONIO SEQUEIRA is a Portuguese award-winning writer/director whose films have participated in a number of high profile Academy Award and BAFTA Qualifying festivals. Recently, he was named "25 Screenwriters to Watch" by American magazine "Moviemaker" and selected to the ZFF Academy. ‘Autumn’ was his debut feature based on a script that was developed with the aid of the Torino Film Lab. As a work-in-progress, the film was selected to the “Goes to Cannes” section of the Marché du Film in the ‘Cannes Festival’, and eventually had its world premiere at the ‘Austin Film Festival’, winning the prestigious Audience Award. At the end of 2023, ‘Autumn’ opened nationwide in cinemas in Portugal, being critically and commercially successful. It was even nominated for the Sophia Awards by the Portuguese Academy of Cinema. In 2024, it as distributed by HBO MAX, where it remained on the Top 10 Movies for 20 days. In addition to selling a few feature scripts, Antonio directed the limited series 'Instaverse' for Portuguese broadcaster, RTP.  He is also the founder of film production company Movie Monkeys and recently co-founded Kurious Studios with producer Steven Flynn and recurring creative partner, Anastasiia Vorotniuk. Antonio is a graduate of the London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking and a member of BAFTA.

STEVEN FLYNN is a London based film producer with over 15 years working in the film and creative communications industry. He has been active producing in both the UK and the US with two feature films currently in distribution, alongside several shorts. His latest film, released in June 2022, is the multi-award-winning feature documentary, A Sexplanation.  The film won the Audience Award at Cinequest Film Festival, Best Documentary Film Award at Toronto’s Inside Out, and won Donors’ Choice Feature Film at the Phoenix Film Festival amongst others.  It was acquired in multiple territories and went day and date out in the US and eight other countries. Currently, Steven is Head of Film at Flynn Studios and co-founder of Kurious Studios, a film production company that focuses on delivering commercially and theatrically geared narrative films for global audiences. He is a member of BAFTA, and the Producers Guild of Europe.

"Personal films that touch universal themes..."

ENOUGH ABOUT US...
LET THE WORK SPEAK FOR ITSELF!

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