Film Production
dayā films
Daya Films is an Independent Production company in London founded by Producer Pinky Ghundale.
With over 20 years of production collaborations, delivering innovative and diverse film works with an array of exceptional artists and filmmakers, daya films continues the passion and dedication to produce artistic non scripted and scripted works across the creative industries.
Daya (ਦਇਆ compassion in Punjabi) provides support and consultation in the form of individual production advisory sessions for emerging and mid-career talent, valuing and nurturing the next generation.
Current
In production
AIDEN DREAMING
Short film by Saul Pankhurst for BFI Doc Society, Made of Truth
Recent projects
ACTION > POTENTIAL
A two screen film by Sonya Dyer commissioned by Somerset House Studios, 2023
LIONS
Line producer on short film directed by Beru Tessema, 2022
NURSES COME AND GO, BUT NONE FOR ME
Long form single screen film by Ed Atkins and Steven Zultanski
Exhibited at Tate Britain 2025 and selected for International Premiere &
New: Vision Competition at CPH:DOX 2026
ONGOING
Four new films for the Tilda Swinton exhibition at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, 2025 by filmmakers; Apichatpong Wereasethekul, Johanna Hogg, Jim Jarmusch and Luca Guadagnino. Exhibited at Onassis Ready, Athens, 2026.
McQueen
Pinky has been the long term Producer of Academy and Turner Prize Award winning artist and director Sir Steve McQueen.
Recent works:
GRENFELL
Presented at The Serpentine Gallery, 2023 & Current UK National Tour
SUNSHINE STATE
Commissioned by The Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2023
UPRISING
Line Producer on this BAFTA Award winning BBC series, 2021
BOUNTY
Photographic series of flowers from Grenada, presented at Dia Chelsea, 2024
Pinky has produced and managed productions with:
Steve McQueen, Tacita Dean, Hussein Chalayan, Zarina Bhimji, Siobhan Davies, Michael Landy, Zineb Sedira, Martina Amati, Idris Khan, Jane and Louise Wilson, Sonya Dyer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Onyeka Igwe and Huw Lemmey, Daria Martin, The Quay Brothers, Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair
and these renowned institutions:
The Venice Biennale, Film London, Somerset House Studios, MOMA, Sadler’s Wells, The Royal Academy of Arts, INIVA, Thomas Dane Gallery, The Barbican, Marian Goodman Gallery, BBC, Studio Voltaire, Film and Video Umbrella, The Baltic, Hangar Bicocca, Channel 4, Yvon Lambert Gallery New York, The Great North Run, Frith Street Gallery, The Royal Opera House, The Serpentine Gallery, Fondazione Prada, Imperial War Museum