DOCUMENTARY

Documentary Films & Visual Storytelling

GOMBO CLUB - CHEF ISSIAKA JOHNSON / CONCEPT, AD, DOP, EDIT

A short documentary portrait of chef Issiaka Johnson and his Gombo Club concept, created to document one of his final pop-up restaurants of the year. Drawing on my experience in high-end culinary productions, I developed the visual direction with Futur Vague production agency, combining cinematic food imagery, portraits and an intimate voice-over to capture the chef's personality, inspirations and approach to the plate.

GOMBO CLUB / Pop-UP Restaurant, BRUSSELS

Collage of six images: a woman with shoulder-length dark hair in a white blouse with her hands clasped, labeled Joud Malhas designer/architect; a glass window with yellow 3D text reading 'come as you are'; a man with glasses and a beard gesturing, labeled Fouad Bechwati, 21DB; a group of people working at a table with laptops in a modern office; red textile with white floral embroidery; a city view from a train station during sunset with tall buildings in the background.

CINEMA AKIL / Opening @25H HOTEL, DUBAI

Time for episode 2 of « Resonance » , a tailor-made video series dedicated to the universe of our sofa sessions guests.

In this episode, let yourself guide to Karama surroundings and rooftop where we recorded @beverney_shane set.

Beverney Shane is a versatile creative who was born and raised in Dubai with Sri Lankan roots. Inspired by the connection between culture and identity, Shane enjoys looking for the links between niche communities, values and creative outputs.

He currently enjoys weaving together sounds from minimal deep, dub and soulful embrace of house and deep house.
— Micha Margo for SofaSessions

RÉSONANCE Episode 2 / Documentary Series

Here is episode one of « Resonance » , a tailor-made video series dedicated to the universe of our sofa sessions guests & other gems of the music scene that we cross on our way.

@cyrillreaidy made us the honor to be the first one !enjoy & stay tuned for his sofa sessions set that will be posted later this week. VINYL ONLY ❤️

« As far back as I can remember I always wanted to make music.

My name is Cyrill Reaidy, and I’m a Lebanese born and raised DJ, musician, event organizer, and sound system owner based in Dubai.
Music has always been my passion and borderline obsession, which grew to become my purpose in life.
Through the years, this has manifested in many ways, from burning CDs for my classmates back when access to music was pretty limited, on to hosting parties to promote the sounds that inspire me.

Since moving to the UAE back in 2014, I focused on developing my craft as a DJ , collecting vinyl, and building my studio to practice live music. Last year, I co-founded Moist Paper Party (@moistpaperparty ), a DIY anti-party for raw musical self expression and unorthodox experiences. Earlier this year, I founded Riddim Section (@rdmsection ) a club night revolving around cutting edge sounds of Drum & Bass and its adjacent genres. » @cyrillreaidy
— Micha Margo for SofaSessions

RÉSONANCE Episode 1 / Documentary Series

L’auberge du Père Bise / Gastronomy Film