Naqqash Khalid Signs With Somesuch for Representation — SkimNews
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- Naqqash Khalid signed with Somesuch for worldwide representation in an exclusive deal.
- Khalid is best known for his debut feature In Camera (2024), backed by BBC Films and the BFI, which follows Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan), an actor enduring repeated rejection who lands a role playing the dead son of a grieving mother (Josie Walker) in therapy sessions.
- In Camera won Best First Feature at the Dinard British Film Festival and the FIPRESCI award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, with further nominations at the BIFAs, London Critics' Circle Film Awards, and London Film Festival.
- The film was shot over six weeks in 2022 in Manchester and produced by former BFI executive Mary Burke through her new Public Dreams banner and Juliette Larthe of Prettybird.
- Khalid co-wrote the script for Good Boy, starring Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough, and is currently developing his next feature.
- Since In Camera, Khalid directed a short documentary with Riz Ahmed and WePresent exploring why Hamlet still resonates today, and his most recent short Flint won Best UK Short Film at the 2026 London Short Film Festival.
Why it matters: Khalid moves from a BBC Films/BFI-backed debut onto Somesuch's commercial roster, giving a filmmaker whose In Camera interrogated an exclusionary industry access to major commercial projects. His Good Boy co-write with Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough and an in-development next feature establish the pipeline the new partnership will draw from.
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