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Driftwood Pictures was founded in 2009 by Yoni Gal, a filmmaker raised in the Caribbean who grew up surrounded by music, community, and stories that rarely make the front page. Those roots shaped everything: a belief that filmmaking is most powerful when it serves a purpose, and a commitment to showing up with care and intention, whatever the project.

The company’s early years were spent filming across the West Indies, Africa, Europe and the Americas — music documentaries, cultural portraits and social projects, including work with reggae legends such as Jimmy Cliff and Steel Pulse. Films reached MTV audiences across the Caribbean, and short films screened at the BFI London Film Festival.

Over the past decade, that focus has found its natural home in London’s social sector. Today we work closely with charities, community organisations, youth projects and purpose-driven brands, helping them bring their impact to life through film. We were funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to produce a VR documentary tackling London’s knife crime epidemic, and trusted by organisations including the Youth Endowment Fund, London Borough of Islington, Haringey Council, Historic England and National Youth Agency. Across 150+ projects, the same principle holds: stories told with humanity reach further.

Whatever the brief, the approach is always the same: listen closely, work collaboratively, and make something that genuinely resonates – with audiences, beneficiaries, and funders alike.