ABOUT US
DOGMOTHER FILMS is a London based independent film and television production company with a slate of compelling, character driven projects in various stages of development and production. We champion writers and directors with bold, creative voices and a passion for storytelling.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our most recent BIFA-qualifying short film Dressed to the Nines has just won its 4th AWARD and is currently screening internationally on the festival circuit - You can catch it in the next few weeks at the incredible SCAD SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL, FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL in Toronto, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GLASGOW and the CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL in NYC, with more festivals to be announced in the upcoming months.
We are thrilled to have optioned Geordie writer Tom Machell's breathtaking debut feature screenplay Dear Dad(s) through United Agents. Shooting in April 2026.
MORE EXCITING NEWS COMING SOON
WHO WE ARE
Yasmin Rais is an independent film producer, born in Iran and based in London. She co-produced Shot in the Dark, Adrian Grenier’s feature documentary which premiered at Tribeca, and was picked up by HBO. She’s since produced a number of short films ~ When the Rain Comes starring Dervla Kirwan & Holly Gibbs, written and directed by Jade Bell, The Ring Cycle starring Natalie Dormer & Emun Elliott, written and directed by Erin Cramer and most recently Dressed to the Nines starring Daniel Ings & Reggie Absolom - (see below). She co-produced the BIFA long-listed short film What We Wished We Could Be, directed by Luke Shelley. As a script supervisor she worked on numerous film and television productions, including Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait, Nick Moran's Telstar and Ruth Jones & James Corden’s Gavin and Stacey. She is currently developing a slate of feature films and tv shows through Dogmother Films. She is producing the feature film Dear Dad(s) with Sophie Stacey of Candlelight Films, a fellow graduate of the producing program at NFTS. Yasmin is a member of BAFTA Connect.
DRESSED TO THE NINES
Co-written and directed by Madeleine Shenai & Ivana Mazza-Coates and produced by Yasmin Rais, Sophie Stacey & Dogmother Films in association with Slick Films and Candlelight FIlms.
Starring Reggie Absolom & Daniel Ings ~
Dressed to the Nines is a coming-of-age film about a young boy on a voyage of self-discovery in his mother's bedroom.
DoP: Stuart Biddlecombe BSC
Prod Designer: Jonathan Paul Green
Hair & Make Up Designer: Lucy Cain
Costume Designer: Lucy Williams
Editor: Phil Hignett
Composer: Hugh Schulte
Casting Director: Rosalie Clayton
Executive Producers:Chris Overton, Mustapha Wehbi, Ali Homayoun, Luke Shelley & Ben Taylor
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2025 💫🧿
BRIGHTON ROCKS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
KINO LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
~ ✨AUDIENCE AWARD✨
WOMEN X FILM FESTIVAL
SHNIT WORLDWIDE SHORTS FESTIVAL
HEALDSBURG INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
~ ✨BEST YOUNG PERFORMER AWARD✨
BETWEEN THE BLUE & GREEN FESTIVAL
~ ✨BEST ACTOR: REGGIE ABSOLOM✨
THE HB FILM FESTIVAL
~ ✨BEST STORY✨
FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL
CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL
TUCSON FILM FESTIVAL
SCAD SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL
IFFG - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GLASGOW
EARL'S COURT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
