AMOUR MEDIA
About Amour
We make films about people and the worlds they inhabit. From intimate relationships to larger political and cultural events, our work explores how the world shapes people’s lives, and how people make sense of the world around them.
Our stories move between narrative film, documentary, and editorial storytelling. We begin with people, following their experiences, contradictions, and perspectives wherever they lead. Because the world looks different depending on where you’re standing.
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ISHQ PRADHAN
FOUNDER / FILMMAKER / PRODUCER
Ishq Pradhan is a New York-based filmmaker, producer, and founder of Amour Media.
Her work spans narrative and documentary filmmaking, with a particular interest in intimate, character-driven stories that explore identity, memory, culture, power, and the ways people make sense of the world around them.
Her narrative film Portrait, starring Thomas Sadoski and Jasmine Cephas Jones, examines the moral and psychological complexities of war journalism. The film is executive produced by Sadoski, Suroosh Alvi, founder of VICE, and filmmaker Omar Mullick, and has screened at festivals including the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival and International South Asian Film Festival.
Previously, Pradhan wrote, directed, and starred in Tadap, a film about child marriage in India. The film premiered at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival and was a Semi-Finalist at the Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival.
A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Pradhan has worked with and been mentored by filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane and Dina Amer. Her screenwriting has been recognized by The Black List, Screencraft, and the LA Femme International Film Festival.
The world changes. So do the people inside it.
Amour Media develops and produces character-driven narrative films exploring the personal consequences of political and social systems.
Our narrative work brings larger political and social forces into intimate focus, exploring how they shape relationships, psychology, identity, family, memory, and individual choice.