Ikenga Creative Lab is an independent UK-based production company creating bold, original storytelling across film, television, documentary and hybrid formats. We are driven by a commitment to stories that challenge the status quo, are emotionally resonant, culturally rich, and unapologetically imaginative.

We operate on a dual-impact model: Developing high-quality scripted, documentary and hybrid content, while also championing African stories and underrepresented perspectives. Through talent development, creative incubation, and emerging legal and production infrastructure, we are building an ecosystem that supports storytellers and elevates diverse voices to a global stage.

As we expand our slate, we continue to pursue work that crosses borders - geographical, emotional, and formal - to provoke thought, articulate nuance, and resonate across cultures.

Origin Story

Ikenga Creative Lab was born from a multidisciplinary creative practice spanning film, theatre, fashion, and music. Collaborations with leading global brands and major cultural institutions laid the foundation for a studio that unites rigorous craft with nuance and bold experimentation. The company was founded as a space to tell stories that felt like the lives we had experienced - a space for pushing the boundaries of narrative form, championing the underdog, cultivating imaginative curiosity, and celebrating the richness of African and global perspectives. Ikenga emerged from a clear conviction: cinematic storytelling can be authentic and creatively fearless - both in the subtle and in the grand.

Our name, Ikenga, comes from the Igbo symbol of the right hand - a philosophy of agency, vision, and the power to shape one’s own narrative. This ethos anchors our work and guides every project we pursue, from intimate character-led stories to ambitious scripted works that challenge perspective and expand representation. For us, storytelling is both art and agency: a tool for expressing what moves us and authoring the narratives that define us.

Before forming the company, the creative team behind Ikenga collaborated with organisations such as Nike, Vogue, ITV, Channel 4, the Royal Academy of Art, the Old Vic, and the Young Vic, among others, as well as contributing to artist-development and storytelling initiatives. Our unconventional pathways into the industry informs our commitment to nurturing emerging voices and building opportunities for talent whose stories have too often gone unheard.

Our inaugural project, Women on West Green, set some of our tone: it's curious, it celebrates the underdog and it celebrates unheard perspectives. It is the first in a growing slate of work dedicated to bridging cultures, disrupting homogeneity, and amplifying narratives that shape how we see ourselves - and each other.

We are proud recipients of the Edinburgh TV Festival Small Indies Bursary and the David Lyle Foundation Scholarship.