Rythma Ekanayake/ portfolio

Rythma
Ekanayake

— portfolio

Creative Producer,
Director & Editorial Strategist

I work across film, digital media, and editorial storytelling, developing narrative-driven work from concept through execution. With a background in philosophy and a decade in media, I'm drawn to stories rooted in culture, identity, and human experience.

Selected Works.

Editorial — writing & campaigns

Directing & long-form storytelling.

Everything Has Changed

Creative Producer / Director

An ongoing docu-series that travels from city to city to highlight the different ways in which our lives have changed drastically over the last decade, the realities we continue to carry with us and the new narratives we can learn to adopt.

Creative Development Direction Script Production Management

Other Documentaries

Firdaus Orchestra
Firdaus Orchestra
Producer / Director

Firdaus is an all-women ensemble that thrilled audiences during Expo 2020 Dubai. With 24 nationalities, Firdaus Orchestra thrives on its cultural diversity, bringing classically trained musicians from across the world to redefine the way different genres and disciplines of music come together to create in harmony.

Third Culture Kitchens
Third Culture Kitchens
Producer

Taking you and your tastebuds on a journey of remembrance with the docu-series "Third Culture Kitchens," featuring host Nadia Gilbert, a Palestinian-American chef who explores how food connects us to our culture and heritage.

Podcast production.

Sage Takes Thyme
Producer & Director

Sage Takes Thyme

This podcast expands the table, diving into the forces influencing women's lives across the region: power, labor, technology, identity, resistance, and the politics of visibility. We examine not only what is changing, but who is paying the price, and who is rewriting the rules.

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Features social & video.

Cultural events
& programming.

Freedom by Design for Dubai Design Week
Curator
Rhyme, Rhythm, Respect for SoleDXB
Curator

Narrative & creative consulting.

I work with brands, platforms, and creative teams on narrative development, editorial strategy, and culturally grounded storytelling. My consulting work focuses on helping projects strengthen clarity, emotional resonance, and audience connection from early development through execution.

Let's work
together.