Crossborder films
Crossborder films
About Us
CrossBorder Films is a London-based boutique sales studio and production company founded in 2025 by producer and screenwriter Alla May. Built on nearly two decades of experience across the European film and television landscape, CrossBorder champions distinctive stories with cultural specificity and global emotional pull.
Alla has over 18 years of experience producing scripted projects across the UK, the Nordics, Russia, and the Baltics, and has collaborated with established companies including Evil Doghouse and Amedia. This multi-territory background shapes CrossBorder’s international perspective and a practical understanding of how films are packaged, positioned, and sold across different markets.
As a sales partner, CrossBorder Films is genre-agnostic and curation-led. We seek out bold filmmaking and hidden gems, projects that might be overlooked without focused championing, and represent films from all over the world. Our approach is hands-on and tailored: we work closely with filmmakers to sharpen positioning, define audiences, and build materials that sell, then take a targeted, relationship-driven approach to buyers and platforms. From strategy and packaging to market presence and deal-making, we give each title the attention it needs to break through and connect with the right audience across borders.
Our Vision
To champion original, cross-cultural storytelling that bridges communities and sparks
dialogue — on screen, and beyond.
Our projects
MERGEN
In a remote Kyrgyz village where gold mining and poaching rule, an investigator begins to see inherited visions that reveal a dark connection between a poaching king, a murdered girl, and a deadly conspiracy surrounding an abandoned gold mine.
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105 min
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Worldwide (excluding Kyrgyzstan)
All Rights Available
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Omurbek Izrailov
Nazym Mendebairov
Kalipa Tashtanova
Regina Talantbekova
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Director: Chingiz Narynov
Writer: Aikyz Gaparova
DoP: Urmat Tendik
Editor: Natalya Polyakova
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CROSSBORDER FILMS
ZOMBUCHA!
Dreaming of a glow-up before starting a family together, an aspirational millennial couple get their hands on a kombucha strain that promises to kickstart a garage-brewed empire. Plans take a turn when the neighbourhood’s new favourite kombucha becomes sentient. How’s your microbiome?
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110 min
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World excl. Australia & New Zealand
All Rights Available
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Emma Leonard
Ryan O'Kane
Jackie van Beek
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Director: Claudia Dzienny
Writer: Emma Leonard
DoP: Calum Riddell
Editor: Julien de Benedictis
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CROSSBORDER FILMS
MAYILAA
Mayilaa follows the journey of a young woman married off in her adolescence as she defies societal norms to seek financial independence and rediscover her lost childhood alongside her five year old daughter.
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97 min
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Worldwide excluding India, MENA
All Rights Available
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P. Melody Dorcas
V. Shudar Kodi
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Director: Semmalar Annam
Writer: Semmalar Annam
DoP: Vinoth Janakiraman
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
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CROSSBORDER FILMS
LEFTOVER
After learning a painful truth about their lost child, a forest officer and his wife set out in search of him, entering the forgotten world of the displaced and confronting what it means to be left over.
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121 min
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Worldwide excluding India, MENA
All Rights Available
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Arjun Radhakrishnan
Zarin Shihab
Tanmay Dhanania
Shweta Basu Prasad
Roshan Mathew
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Director: Salim Ahammed
Writer: P.V. Sajikumar
DoP: Sharan Velayudhan
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
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CROSSBORDER FILMS
Our Services
At Cross Border Films, we offer a flexible, international suite of services across sales representation, development, and production. Whether you're looking for cross-border support or launching an original project, we’re here to help bring your story to the screen.
Development & Production
We develop and produce original feature films and television series — from concept to completion. Our creative team works closely with writers, directors, and international partners to shape stories with strong artistic and market potential.
Global Sales & Representation
We provide boutique, hands-on sales representation for feature films worldwide. Genre-agnostic and curator-led, we focus on finding hidden gems, refining positioning and materials, and taking a targeted approach to distributors and platforms so each title reaches the right audience across borders.
In media
UK-Based Sales Company CrossBorder Films To Launch Ahead Of Cannes
Raindance Film Festival: ZOMBUCHA!
Why independent cinema has a discovery problem
Zombucha. Film Review
Filmmaker Interview with Claudia Dzienny and Alla May
ZOMBUCHA!
meet the team
ALLA MAY
Founder
Alla May is a London-based screenwriter, creative producer, and founder of Cross Border Films.
She previously held senior development roles at Evil Doghouse, MediaCo and Amedia (part of the Access Entertainment group), working across international projects and acclaimed series including The Moon, Eve Is Gone and Battle. She also created and commissioned the series Rails for Endemol Shine in Russia.
After years shaping stories behind the scenes, Alla launched her own creative path as a screenwriter and executive producer, founding Cross Border Films to develop original stories with international ambition and cultural depth.
Alla holds a Master’s degree in Screenwriting (with Distinction) from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a BA in Documentary Journalism (Dean’s List) from LIU in New York City.
Olga Paraskevova
Co-founder
Olga Paraskevova was founder of a neuromarketing agency focused on visual communication and commercials. Olga has always been drawn to compelling imagery and storytelling. She later studied filmmaking at the London Film Academy, bringing together strategic insight and creative passion in her work.
CrossBorder Films
CrossBorder Films
PARTNERS
The full-service production studio
Boutique marketing agency
Producers of IP
Contact us
We do not consider unsolicited material or projects. If you have a project you’d like us to consider, please contact us through your agent or authorised representative.