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INNERSPEAK
"If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes."
- Agnes Varda
About
ABOUT
Innerspeak is a creative producing duo, founded and led by Kevin Young and Yusuf Zine, based in Toronto, Canada. Our work focuses on storytelling through writing, directing, and editing with specific backgrounds in film, television, theatre, and podcasts.
Our work has been screened around the world, garnered multiple awards, and has been featured in major international news outlets such as The Guardian, Al-Jazeera, CBC and more.
WORK
EXTRADITION:
THE SEARCH FOR HUSEYIN CELIL
A six-part investigative series that reopens a diplomatic cold case of a Canadian man imprisoned in a Chinese prison. How far can we go to get more information on Huseyin Celil’s whereabouts today.
*WINNER*
*Signal Awards - Best Host - Silver (2024)
*NOMINATIONS*
DIG Festival - Audio & Podcast (2024)
I AM ROHINGYA:
A GENOCIDE IN FOUR ACTS
Based on the award-winning play, fourteen refugee youth take the stage in order to re-enact their stories from the Burmese genocide.
*OFFICIAL SELECTION*
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival (2018)
Global Migration Film Festival (2018)
One World Film Festival (2018)
*WINNER*
*2018 Cinema Politica Audience Choice Award
UNASCERTAINED:
THE CASE OF SOLEIMAN FAQIRI
An ten-part investigative podcast series exploring the mysterious death of Soleiman Faqiri. It’s a story of a family’s loss, mental health failures in the prison system, and a search for justice.
*WINNER*
*Amazon Music: Best Canadian Podcasts of 2021
*2022 Canadian Association of Journalists Award: Broadcast Over 5 Minutes
*2022 Digital Publishing Award - Best Podcast: Current Affairs
Work
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