FIGHT LIKE A GIRL Docu-series (currently in production) Created by Matthew Leutwyler & Anton Laines. The incredible story of the women of Congo’s all female boxing club and their coach’s rise from child soldier to national hero.
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL Scripted Feature Film. A young Congolese woman forced to work in an illegal mineral mine, escapes her captors and finds a new life for herself after joining a renowned all-women boxing club in the border city of Goma.
Based on a True Story. Shot on location in DR Congo and Rwanda.
Nominated for 8 African Movie Academy Awards. Incl. Best Actress, Best supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Winner for Best Original Score
Winner Best Film, South African Independent Film Festival
Winner Best Film (Critics), Dances With Films: Los Angeles
Winner, Audience Award - Black Lens, Sidewalk Film Festival, Alabama
Winner, Rising Star Award - Ama Qamata, Naples Int'l Film Festival
Opening Night Film - Vancouver Int'l Black Film Festival
Opening Night Film - Toronto Int'l Black Film Festival
Starring: Ama Qamata, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Malaika Uwamahoro, Clarck Ntambwe, Bahali Ruth, Arthur Nkusi, Kennedy Mazimpaka
Written + Directed by Matthew Leutwyler, Produced by Anton Laines, Executive Producers Serge Ibaka, Colin Gayle, Producers Innocent Munyeshuri, Yvette Gayle
A KG28Media Production in association with Africa Creative Agency and Ouenze Entertainment
STATE OF SIEGE: 26/11 Crime Thriller. 8 Episode Series. Directed by Matthew Leutwyler.
Based on true events surrounding the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
DISCONNECTED. Created and Produced by Matthew Leutwyler & Anton Laines.
A weekly, experimental series shot by the actors and produced remotely, while under countrywide quarantine orders in USA, INDIA, UK, and RWANDA. A new episode will be available every Thursday. "In the midst of a global pandemic, a group of friends from around the world reconnect while managing the new challenges in front of them."
In what MovieMaker has called “a Steven Soderbergh kind of ambition and scope,” all participants are shooting with the best equipment available while adhering to social distancing rules.
VOLUNTEERS: A Rwandan Comedy. TV Pilot Directed and Edited by Matthew Leutwyler
Starring: Erik Palladino, Vincent Ventresca, Simon Rwema, Solange Uwamahoro, Arthur Nkusi, Elvis Shema, Mark Kelly
Created & Written by Matthew Leutwyler, Erik Palladino, and Vincent Ventresca
ORPHANS vs ALIENS (OvA) Feature Film and Graphic Novel Created by Matthew Leutwyler & Anton Laines. Artwork by Jules Mutuga.
A ragtag group of forgotten kids defend their orphanage in rural Rwanda from an alien that hitched a ride on a meteorite that crashed into their pigsty.
UNCANNY Directed & Edited by Matthew Leutwyler. Written by Shahin Chandrasoma. Cast: Mark Webber, David Clayton Rogers, Lucy Griffiths, Rainn Wilson.
GOOD AFTER BAD. Written & Directed by Anne-Marie Hess. Produced by Matthew Leutwyler. Executive Produced by Morgan Spurlock. Cast: Maddie Hasson, Billy Burke, and Melora Walters.
GIRL MOST LIKELY. Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. Cast: Kristen Wiig, Annette Benning, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss.
SPINNING PLATES. Directed by Joseph Levy. Multi-award winning documentary featuring three extraordinary restaurants and the incredible people who make them what they are.
THE RIVER WHY. Directed by Matthew Leutwyler. Cast: Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt. Based on the acclaimed novel.
SUPER. Directed by James Gunn. Cast: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion, Liv Tyler.
EVERY DAY. - Directed by Richard Levine. Produced by Matthew Leutwyler and Miranda Bailey. Starring Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Ezra Miller, Brian Dennehy, and Eddie Izzard