Daniel Rands
Directing
Known For

Trapped in a cycle of debt, years as witness and accessory to cold-blooded exploitation have hardened Worm. A final gamble for freedom allows her a chance to regain her humanity and autonomy over her fate.
Tapeworm

Revival of the 1970s and 80s series of individual plays, originally shown on the BBC, now freshly-commissioned for Channel 5 and a whole new era of life in Britain.
Play for Today

A lonely young black man is reinvigorated by an old crush re-entering his life, only to let racial anxieties and societal pressures spiral him into a dark place.
Snowbunny

A real-time, single-location psychological thriller with the tension of a ticking bomb. Lenny Bray was once a national treasure - now he’s just a man in a mansion, hiding from headlines and haunted by whispers. But when a young man shows up at his door late one night—barefoot, bleeding, and carrying a story Lenny hoped was buried—everything unravels. Across one harrowing night, Lenny and his wife Maggie must confront a stranger’s explosive accusations—and their own complicity in a past steeped in power, silence, and manipulation. Darkly comic and emotionally raw, this is a story about guilt, truth, and what happens when survivors come knocking.
A Knock at the Door

South African Spook Hunter Matty Vans hires a film crew to document his paranormal ghost hunting business. Just as they tire of following him around to find no evidence of the paranormal, he receives a phone call from a woman claiming her family is being hounded by a spirit. After agreeing to spend the week with the family, it quickly becomes clear to everyone but Matty Vans that their haunting is an elaborate hoax. However, the Damon-Murray family are also harbouring a dark secret...
South African Spook Hunter

A gallery docent and her boyfriend trigger an age old Japanese proverb, putting them in grave danger.
No Evil

Tensions rise between two actors as they record a self tape.
Sides

Chris and Liv are getting ready for a wedding reception when the cracks in their friendship begin to surface.
There's Something Wrong with Chris & Liv

Peter, a struggling actor, is on the verge of being cancelled. Time is of the essence as he goes to great lengths to remove a compromising photo of himself in blackface from the internet. Based on a true story.
Black Peter

Romeo gets an unexpected visit from an old friend, unearthing the tensions in their relationship and identities.
Starblue Heaven

Caught between a rock and a hard man, long-time loser Dante finds himself embroiled in a gruelling endurance contest in order to pay back a debt. As time runs out, he must decide whether to keep running or face his problems head on.
Four Door Dante

After a long day on set, a sound recordist starts to hear more than just toxic conversation, leading her on a descent into horror. Room by room she searches for the source of an ominous sound she can’t escape from.
Peaking

In an after-school, last-chance, catch-up class, 16 year-old student Ria’s struggle to better herself clashes with her teacher Emily’s battle to get through an English lesson evoking racial tensions and societal issues that they soon find to be all too relevant.
Margin

A driver tries some small talk to connect with his Uber passenger, but ends up raising bigger issues.
Rear View

Two teenage girls wander away from a party to their usual spot for a deep meaningful conversation. Growing tired of the one-sided conversation, Lauren is mesmerised by a lonesome woman across the pond.
Deep Meaningful Conversation

It's Valentine's night. Erectile dysfunction spirals Oscar into a claustrophobic nocturnal odyssey through the depths of South London.
Saint Valentine

A one-on-one game of basketball becomes a fragile confrontation between two men struggling to process loss.