Levi is an award-winning writer and director based in southeast London, known for their queer shorts and sci-fi web series, The Smell of Cut Grass, An Eighth of Him and Visions of a Vivid Life. A linguistics student, film curator and print-published journalist with essays at The Companion, Film Inquiry and The Indiependent. They’re now developing feature films including the coming-of-age drama, Recipes for Mica Halliday recognised by British Film Institute and Film London. their films have travelled around the globe from London to LA, Hawaii, and Korea. Screening at Academy Award, BAFTA and Canadian Screen Academy qualifying festivals.

Their career lifted off with a critically acclaimed sci-fi web series Visions of a Vivid Life made on a micro-budget won over 20 awards and nominations at international web festivals. The Smell of Cut Grass premiered and ran for a number of weeks at the Prince Charles Cinema in central London, it was screened for London Screen Academy as part of their prestigious masterclass series which has hosted the likes of Academy Award-winning director Guillermo Del Toro. The film was released on online in December 2023 and accumulated 40,000 views in it’s first week. An Eighth of Him funded by the BFI Network was selected for Film London’s shorts showcase in April 2023 and made its world premiere at Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival in Toronto, before it’s UK premiere in competition at the prestigious OSCAR, BAFTA and BIFA qualifying Leeds International Film Festival.

Other credits include a number of documentaries, micro-shorts and guest episodes on other series. After spending a handful of years as a cinematographer on documentaries and shorts, their debut narrative was an experimental short Ingénue, it premiered at Syn Festival Edinburgh in 2019, previous alumni of the festival include Academy Award-winning film composer, Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Alongside filmmaking, they have successful careers as a film writer, photographer and curator, with print and online work in essays, articles, interviews and short stories. Levi is currently developing two feature film projects including Recipes for Mica Halliday, a romantic drama with Euras Films. It was selected by Film London for the New Talent Strand at Production Finance Market at London Film Festival 2022. The film captured ongoing interest from BFI, FILM 4, BBC Films, Mubi and others. Though their films are diverse in genre, Levi is known for bringing to life unique worlds and atmospheric environments populated by emotional characters struggling to find their identity. Levi is currently studying a BA in Linguistics and Culture at Birkbeck: University of London.

2022 New Talent Strand | Film London Production Finance Market | London Film Festival

2020 IOWF Pablo Cedron Award for Best Original Screenplay

2020 Asia Web Award for Best Editing

2020 Out of the Can International Film Festival Best Web Series

2020 UKOWF Best Original Screenplay

2021 FLICKFAIR On-demand Film Festival Viewer's Choice

2020 Independent Shorts Awards Silver for Best Web Series

Samira Oberberg and Levi on set of Sanctuary

screenings and festivals

AN EIGHTH OF HIM (2023)

2023 Film London: London Shorts Showcase (April)

  Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival - World Premiere

Leeds International Film Festival - UK premiere

àkòdì: a short film showcase

2024 Wicked Queer 40: Boston LGTBQ+ Film Festival - US premiere

Short of the Week - Online premiere - Coming soon

THE SMELL OF CUT GRASS (2022)

2023  London South Bank University: Now in Colour Festival (March)

2022  Prince Charles Cinema: Communal Queer Cinema Strand (3 weeks - November)

          London Screen Academy: Masterclass (November)

VISIONS OF A VIVD LIFE (2020)

2021  Viewer’s Choice Award; Best Experimental, Flickfair On-Demand Film Festival

          Finalist, Best Web-Series Pilot, Beyond the Curve International Film Festival

2020  Pablo Cedron Award for Best Original Screenplay, International Online Web Fest 

     Nominated, Best Newcomer Actress (Nicole Miners), International Online Web Fest

Silver Award for Best Web Series, Independent Shorts Awards

      Best Original Score, Independent Shorts Awards

Best Editing, Asia Web Awards

Nominated, Best Special/Visual FX, Asia Web Awards

Nominated, Best Cinematography, Asia Web Awards

 Nominated, Best Screenplay for Sci-fi/Thriller/Animation (Levi Aluede), Asia Web Awards 

Nominated, Best Creator for Sci-Fi/Action (Levi Aluede), Asia Web Award

Nominated, Best Actress for Sc-Fi/Action/Horror (Nicole Miners), Asia Web Award

Nominated, Best Science Fiction, Asia Web Awards

Nominated, Best Web-Series, Asia Web Awards

  Best Screenplay, UK Offline Web Fest

 Nominated, Best Web-Series, UK Offline Web Fest

Best Web Series, Out of the Can International Film Festival

INGÉNUE (2018)

2019  6th Syn Festival Edinburgh (February)

1st Annual FF x !GWAK Film Festival (April)

Honourable Mention - London x4 Seasonal Film Festival (March)

2018  Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker sessions (October)