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This trailer is from the documentary "From Sweden with Love | Schooling the Pakhiwas" — a film on which I served as Director of Photography.
The school was founded and run by Hanna Gadal, a Swedish woman who devoted years of her life to educating the Pakhiwas community in Pakistan. Unfortunately, due to recent policy changes by the Punjab Government, continuing the school has become increasingly difficult — despite Hanna running it since 2016 with extraordinary dedication.
In all those years, Hanna never allowed any media person to visit the school or the community. She had never found journalists or filmmakers to be mindful or respectful enough toward the people she served. That she trusted us with this story is something I carry with great responsibility.
The Pakhiwas are a nomadic community — much like the Roma — who do not settle in one place but live in constant movement. They are largely unseen by everyday Pakistani society. Hanna gave her blood and sweat to bring education to people that most of us walk past without a second glance.
The full documentary is available on Google Drive for anyone who would like to watch it.
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For #ConfigMakeathon, I created Hantsi
https://hantsi.figma.site
Hantsi is a voice-first learning environment designed for children with little or no literacy skills.
Reimagines education for children who have been overlooked by traditional digital learning systems. It is not designed around literacy first. It is designed around the child first.
Learning happens through four natural human abilities:
👂 Listen
🎤 Speak
👁️ See
☝️ Do
Why Hantsi
- Voice-first, not text-first
- Built for low-literacy learners
- Designed specifically for underserved communities
- AI companion instead of menus and dashboards
- Real-world learning through camera-based exploration
- Learning connected to tangible rewards and growth
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Really thoughtful concept. I especially like the voice-first approach and the focus on learners who are often overlooked by traditional education systems. Designing around how children naturally learn rather than forcing literacy first is a powerful idea. Great work! 👏
Hospitable gave us one job. Make a short-term rental host feel seen and use story to drive a feeling.
No feature walkthroughs, just a video that a new short term rental host would relate to.
What we landed on was a voicemail. A host leaving a message for a friend who just listed their first place. And for the visuals we landed on approaching it from the POV the host's iPhone. What are moments a host would actually capture in the lead up to hosting for the first time?
We made the whole thing with generative AI. That's the part some people will push back on, and that's fair.
But most of our time went into restraint. Pulling the generated stuff back until it felt ordinary and lived-in instead of shiny. AI just let us build that world without a five-figure shoot getting between us and the idea.
Multiple models for the homes and the people, Seedance for video, and VO with elevenlabs.
It was refreshing to use these tools to chase a feeling, not just try to wow people with AI. We learned a ton in this project and look forward to creating more with this team.
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This is so cool congrats man
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