Company profile
A U.K.-based independent production company known for its acclaimed documentary work centring on youth empowerment and marginalised communities.
Film & television production
Stories that
stay with you.
Character-led films made with patience, trust and a distinct point of view—for audiences everywhere.
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Founding film · Released internationally
Feature documentary · 2025
Released internationally as a four-part series
Kids Fight
Directed by Sarah Tareen · Produced by S. Izmerai Durrani
In a Lahore neighbourhood where childhood and survival collide, a community MMA gym offers young fighters discipline, friendship and the possibility of a different future.
“Kids Fight reminds me of Streetwise … similarly naturalistic and presents the kids’ lives as they are without judgement.”— Emma Garland, VICE
“A heartfelt documentary … treated with sensitivity by the filmmaker.”
On location · Lahore
The studio
Close to the story.
Clear on the craft.
Kids Fight Productions grew out of Kids Fight, the award-winning documentary released internationally by VICE. We’re now developing a selective slate across documentary and fiction — working across cultures with patience, trust and a distinct point of view.
01Trust before access
02Context without simplification
03Impact beyond release
Founder profiles
Authorial in spirit. International in practice.
Founder profile
Sarah Tareen
Director · Producer · Founder
Sarah Tareen is an award-winning filmmaker known for a compassionate, deeply human approach to storytelling. Her credits include Kids Fight, Channel 4’s City of Fear, and the Amanda Award-winning Drone. Her social-impact work has been awarded at Cannes Lions, D&AD and the London International Awards. In her TEDx talk, The Female Voice, she explored how storytelling can create space for women, children and overlooked communities to be heard.
Selected: Kids Fight · Drone · City of Fear
S. Izmerai Durrani
Producer · Co-Founder
S. Izmerai Durrani is an award-winning producer with experience spanning the UK, Pakistan, Dubai, Istanbul and the United States. His work includes Truck Art Childfinder, which earned four Cannes Lions alongside honours from D&AD, Dubai Lynx, Spikes Asia, the Clios and LIA. He is the producer of Kids Fight, released internationally by VICE. In his TEDx talk, An Amazing Afghanistan Is Possible, he presented a vision of Afghanistan beyond narratives of war, focusing instead on the country’s people, culture and possibilities.
Recognition & relationships
Work that travels.
Partnerships that last.
Selected recognition & support
- ABU T4P Media AwardsRunner-Up · Video—People
- International release by VICE
- UK Asian Film FestivalOfficial Selection · London premiere
Founders’ work recognised by
Cannes LionsD&ADClioADCThe One ShowDubai LynxEffieSpikes Asia
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conversation.
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