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While I arrogantly say that “I” made this film, that’s not even remotely true. Making Time was only possible because I learned that Hind Seddiqi (director of Dubai Watch Week) was also considering embarking on a similar project, and despite my having nearly zero experience in making films, she took an enormous leap of faith that we shared a common vision.

Without Hind’s passion and support, Making Time would never have seen the light of day.

And having Seddiqi’s support wasn’t my only stroke of good luck: I had the extremely good fortune to meet the award-winning producer/director Kat Mansoor early in her career when she made a short 10-minute documentary called Time Piece featuring Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter and managed to convince her to make the film for Hind and I.

Not only did Mansoor put her heart and soul into the project for five years, she assembled a talented world-class team, including director Liz Unna and editor Adam Lavis. Making Time is their film.

Making Time is a 75-minute feature-length documentary featuring Philippe Dufour, Maximilian Büsser, Brittany “Nico” Cox, Ludovic Ballouard, and Aldis Hodge, who were all very generous with their time and trusting in allowing us to share their life stories.

Making Time poster featuring Ludovic Ballouard

I thought that making the film would take around 12 to 18 months to make, but then COVID-19 hit and stopped international travel and production.

And while Making Time began as a Netflix-style series, we struggled to find streaming platforms and film distributors who weren’t reluctant to take that. So we pivoted and made a standalone documentary.

My dream is that if the documentary is successful it will generate interest in a series.

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