An Award-Winning Unskippable Dark Comedy

"Fantastic...Impressive...Wonderfully inventive and emotionally compelling storytelling"
Robert Elswit - Academy Award ® winning Cinematographer of There Will Be Blood, Nightcrawler and recent Emmy Award winning Cinematographer of Ripley

"Excellent"
Alex Cox - Writer/Director
Repo Man, Sid & Nancy

"Absolutely brilliant. Very smart"
Ray Panthaki - BAFTA Breakthrough winning Actor/Director
Boiling Point, Marcella

World Premiere - Leeds International Film Festival 2024
Played in Competition for Best British Short
9th November 2024

London Premiere - Picturehouse Create Festival 2025
Audience Award Winner in Short Film Competition
5th April 2025

International Premiere - Fantaspoa 2025
Playing in Competition for Méliès d’argent
16th April 2025



Take 2 Indie Review:
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5 stars
By Mark Lakatos
OK/NOTOK is a brilliantly realized sci-fi short that benefits from sharp direction and excellent performances offering a breezy 12-minutes of contemplative entertainment.
READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

UK Film Review Podcast
By Chris Olson and Brian Penn
OK/NOTOK…It’s absolutely hilarious at times…It’s very perceptive…very cleverly done…it’s original, I’ve not seen anything like this before…It’s fresh…it felt tragic and funny at the same time and how they pulled that off is very impressive.
LISTEN TO THE SPOILER HEAVY REVIEW ON SPOTIFY HERE
LISTEN TO THE SPOILER FREE REVIEW CLIP HERE

Film Carnage
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
4 stars / 8 out of 10
OK/NOTOK is a great blend of sci-fi and rom-com, taking a very relevant issue and turning it into a charming comedy. The visual quality is extremely strong, particularly the lighting work, there’s a fantastic aesthetic which highlights its stage like setting. It’s funny, well shot and has a great cast...Sahota has fun with it.
READ THE LIGHT SPOILER REVIEW HERE

UK Film Review
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
4 stars
By Patrick Foley
OK/NOTOK is not your traditional look into a dark future.
READ THE FULL SPOILER HEAVY REVIEW HERE


PANAVISION® Official Instagram social media post on OK/NOTOK

BRITISH CINEMATOGRAPHER - Behind the Scenes - A Shot in the Dark - Cinematographer Linda Wu reveals how OK/NOTOK used a single locked-off camera position to tell a near-future story of tolerance and human connection.

LOGLINE:
OK/NOTOK is a genre-bending love story set in the very near future with a darkly comic edge. Loretta, a working-class British Asian woman, attempts to navigate a turbulent world, a new stranger in her life and unskippable adverts.

Written & Directed By: Pardeep Sahota
Produced By: Luke Grech & Pardeep Sahota
Executive Produced By: Lorine Plagnol
Co-Executive Producers: Adham Hunt & Ian Roderick Gray
Starring: Bairavi Manoharan, Jay Taylor, Viraj Juneja & Marlon Thomas
Cinematography By: Linda Wu
Music By: Nine Inch Nails
Sound Design By: Decal Audio
Production Design By: Elle Mikkola
Poster Design By: Nagy Laszlo

Official Selection for Slamdance Film Festival 2020

Winner of Best Narrative Short at Film Maudit 2.0 2021

Winner of Best Web Series/New Media at IndieX Film Fest

Honourable Mention for Best Dark Comedy Short at IndieX Film Fest

Special Mention for Best Web Series at Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival 2020

Selected by Film Shortage | Daily Short Picks

Distributed by Ficto.TV

Showcased in the FilmD Screening Room.

This thought provoking and unnerving insight into Daniel's world will leave you laughing at times and as the story develops, cringing and crying.
- Full Review by Good Art Guide

It's like Exit Through the Gift Shop had a child with the Chris Morris short film My Wrongs with a cherry on top of lots of lovely swearing and depression.
- A person on the Internet.

Join artist Daniel Crossan on his journey down the creative process. All the way down.

Told in three parts, Bleeding Art is a dark comedy that blends satire and reality. We follow Daniel’s struggles to be creative after losing his dog and then his grip on reality with horrifying consequences.

Made on a shoestring budget of £250, this short film series proved that a little can stretch a long way if you get creative. Following its selection at Slamdance Film Festival 2020, Bleeding Art secured distribution with Ficto.TV.

Written & Directed By: Pardeep Sahota
Produced By: Pardeep Sahota & Daniel Crossan
Starring: Daniel Crossan, Mike Sumpter, Mark Mathews & Caspar
Edited By: Amanda V. Reines
Camera: Daniel Crossan, Joaquin Chavez & Michael O'Sullivan
Drone Photography: Luke Kilbey
Recording Mixer: Maya Bell
Dubbing Mixer: Edwin Matthews
Motion Graphics: Michael O'Sullivan
Colourist: Michael Keelin

Zero budget music video for Mark Mathews. Shot on VHS.

Director: Pardeep Sahota
Starring: Michael Wright
DOP: Pardeep Sahota
Editor: Amanda V. Reines
Colourist: Steve Monk
Sound: Edwin Matthews

Zero budget music video for Mark Mathews.

Director: Pardeep Sahota
DOP: Edwin Matthews
Editor: Amanda V. Reines
Colourist: Steve Monk
Sound: Edwin Matthews