DESMAR is an independent film and television company based in Singapore, with representatives in Singapore, London and Los Angeles. Founded by veteran producer Naomi Despres and Chinese-Austrian producer Michèle Marshall, the company is developing, producing and financing distinctive high-quality projects with both local and global appeal. Desmar's mission is to create films and series that both entertain and challenge audiences. We are a home for creatives who want to take risks and are driven by their passion to tell meaningful stories in an original way.

[telling stories between the frames]

UNMOORED

directed by  Caroline  Ingvarsson
written by  Michèle Marshall
producers: Naomi Despres, Michèle Marshall, Mariusz Włodarski
cinematographer: Michał Dymek
composer: Martin Dirkov

cast:
Mirja Turestedt
Thomas W. Garbielsson | Kris Hitchen
Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska | Ana Próchniak | Ia Langhammer
Sven Ahlström

A Swedish TV presenter's well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller exploring the nuance of guilt, complicity and self-deception. Based on the bestselling novel The Living and the Dead in Winsford by internationally acclaimed and award-winning Swedish author Håkan Nesser. 

THE THINGS YOU KILL

written and directed by Alireza Khatami

A drama set in Turkey from 2023 Cannes Un Certain Regard nominated writer-director Alireza Khatami, described as "a study of masculinity and the patriarchial sytem and how these forces shape our identities and our relationship with others". In his director's notes, Khatami also calls his new film a "political self-examination inspired by my personal tragedies". Co-produced by Remora Films, Khatami’s own Tell Tall Tale and Band With Pictures. Desmar is executive producing. 

Cast: Ekin Koç , Erkan Kolçakköstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü  and Ercan Kesal.

THE NEST

written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams

Desmar is executive producing this chillingly tense psychological thriller about forgotten characters. Two women forge an unexpected kinship that is not always to the approval of those around them. As their relationship grows and their friendship turns into reliance, the boundary to obsession becomes increasingly blurred. 

Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Brenda Blethyn

H IS FOR HAWK

directed by Philippa Lowthorpe

written by Emma Donoghue & Philippa Lowthorpe 

BAFTA winning diretor Philippa Lowthorpe directs this adaptation of Helen McDonal's memoir of the same name. H is for Hawk follows a woman who, after losing her beloved father, finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Desmar is executive producing. 

Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson

GOOD BOY

directed by Jan Komasa
written by Bartek Bartosik & Naqqash Khalid

The latest film from director Jan Komasa, (Oscar nominated Corpus Christi) is an intense, and blackly funny exploration of freedom, identity and oppression. We follow Tommy, a football hooligan from Manchester as he's kidnapped by a middle class family, seeminly intent on turning him into a 'Good Boy'. 

Cast: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon