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Mohan Welstand-Keryk

Born April 5, 2002 (age 24)

Mohan Welstand-Keryk (/‘wɛl.stænd ˈkɛ.rɪk/WEL-stahnd KEH-rik born April 5th 2002) is a multidisciplinary artist. He started out in dance having trained in various styles and gone on to choreograph work alongside his study of fine art. He then started his exploration of film after beginning studying it in Liverpool.

Known For

Nova 1885

Nova 1885 · 2024

MovieDramaMusic

An up-and-coming artist struggles to navigate her relationship with a down-on-his-luck writer. With her art beginning to see more success, it is overshadowed by the growing rift between her and her boyfriend, which threatens to take centre stage.

Wyprawa

Wyprawa · 2024

The journey of one day in Warsaw. 452 photos exploring the journeys of the day, blindly scored with a synth soundscape

Root Connection

Root Connection · 2019

Root Connection

A collaborative short dance film by dancers Michael Angelo Turner-Lee and Mohan Welstand-Keryk. Made with the intention of combatting the prevailing tendencies in modern society of supressing emotion, hypermasculinity, and percieving oneself as isolated from all else.

Marina Drama

Marina Drama · 2021

A short stop motion animation taking us in to a ocean world made from the deep dark contents of your work bag

These Days

Adaptation of the poem "These Days" by Joseph Winder. A man has a cup of coffee in his flat.

Tinted

As Cass sits in her room the more and more her environment seems uncertain and reflect her memories back at her.

Nonarrativehair

Nonarrativehair · 2024

Nonarrativehair

An exploration of stop motion without any intended narrative or continuity with an unusual medium

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters

One of five interviews with Edward Povey upon installing a collection of paintings

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Nova 1885

Nova 1885 · 2024

MovieDramaMusic

An up-and-coming artist struggles to navigate her relationship with a down-on-his-luck writer. With her art beginning to see more success, it is overshadowed by the growing rift between her and her boyfriend, which threatens to take centre stage.

Choreographer

Wyprawa

Wyprawa · 2024

The journey of one day in Warsaw. 452 photos exploring the journeys of the day, blindly scored with a synth soundscape

Director of Photography

Root Connection

Root Connection · 2019

Root Connection

A collaborative short dance film by dancers Michael Angelo Turner-Lee and Mohan Welstand-Keryk. Made with the intention of combatting the prevailing tendencies in modern society of supressing emotion, hypermasculinity, and percieving oneself as isolated from all else.

Choreographer

Marina Drama

Marina Drama · 2021

A short stop motion animation taking us in to a ocean world made from the deep dark contents of your work bag

Editor

These Days

Adaptation of the poem "These Days" by Joseph Winder. A man has a cup of coffee in his flat.

Director

Tinted

As Cass sits in her room the more and more her environment seems uncertain and reflect her memories back at her.

Editor

Nonarrativehair

Nonarrativehair · 2024

Nonarrativehair

An exploration of stop motion without any intended narrative or continuity with an unusual medium

Director

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Sequence and Sisters

One of five interviews with Edward Povey upon installing a collection of paintings

Director

The Dog and Snake

The Dog and Snake · 2022

The Dog and Snake

Lennie is starting her first novel, finally striking out and taking her first step to her ambitions while keeping her relationship and social life afloat. Rosie and Lennie have been dating a while and now their relationship is becoming strained and imbalanced. The more Lennie writes the more she learns about herself and her relationship.

Director

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Unfinished Tea

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Unfinished Tea · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Unfinished Tea

The third interview short in the Four Paintings series with painter Edward Povey. In this short he explores his painting Accomodation, considering how, in many ways, it shouldn't work but somehow does

Director

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: The Discomfort in a Ball of Hairy Twine

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: The Discomfort in a Ball of Hairy Twine · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: The Discomfort in a Ball of Hairy Twine

Another installment in the interview series with Edward Povey, in this film Povey discusses the meaning of the paintings title, the link to iranian women and how we read paintings

Director

Letter to a Young Man

Letter to a Young Man · 2020

Letter to a Young Man

A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

Choreographer

SHIPS - a dance film

SHIPS - a dance film · 2023

SHIPS - a dance film

Our bonds and connections to one another. What is our suffering when confronted with others suffering? This film aims, through movement, to explore that and our bonds of friendship.

Director

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Edward's Look

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Edward's Look · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Edward's Look

One shot as Edward Povey takes in the exhibition and reflects on what's come up and where he is, right then, in his creative journey

Director

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Stories we are made of

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Stories we are made of · 2026

Four Paintings by Edward Povey: Stories we are made of

MovieDocumentary

The first of five interview short films with renowned painter Edward Povey during the install of a collection of four paintings at 2 Blackburne Terrace. In the first interview we see the install and dive into our first painting.

Director

The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards

The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards · 2024

The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards

MovieDocumentary

Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights, delving in to the process of creating this installation work

Cinematography

Pigmented Movement I 2024

Pigmented Movement I 2024

Pigmented Movement I 2024

Dancer - Mohan W-Keryk Sound- Beyond Reach Ben Garnett

Dancer

Before It Hits

An ex-couple sharing a taxi home are hit with the news of an impending nuclear attack minutes away and spend what might be their final moments trying to make sense of their fate and former relationship.

Director of Photography

Tihar's End (तिहारको अन्त्य)

Tihar's End (तिहारको अन्त्य) · 2026

Tihar's End (तिहारको अन्त्य)

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Filmed from the last night of Tihar, festival of light, in Kathmandu 2025, exploring colour, light and stillness.

Director of Photography

QUANTRO

Life in two four sided shapes, an experiment in presenting moving images simultaneously

Director