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Welcome to Akiray Pictures! The home of stories of you won’t get to see anywhere else.

Akiray Pictures is dedicated to producing high-quality, cinematic documentaries. We are driven by deep expertise and research to tell strong character-driven stories.

Our specialty? Telling stories you won't get to see anywhere else.

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Award winning films

Our portfolio includes award-winning documentary films - both features and shorts.

Best quality films

We produce high-quality documentaries that can be easily picked up by streaming platforms.

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Projects

A snapshot of our projects

Two sisters and a rebel want to modernize Carnatic music – an ancient Indian art form. The sisters belong to a legacy that’s not their own. The rebel wants to do the unthinkable. Are they doing too much for too little?

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Divinity 2.0 (Feature Doc)

Documentary

2025

Far from Home is a film on Samira Faizi and her family, who came to India from Afghanistan. They are now grappling with the possibility of being stuck forever, as India has no law to protect their rights and resettlement options are limited.

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Far from Home (Short Doc)

Documentary

2025

Unable to return home, a resilient Syrian artist-in-exile sends a braid across countries to loved ones scattered by war and fenced by borders. Her braid carries her spirit, testing whether art can breathe life into family stories.

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