Me, in brief.

My name is Dilman Dila, a writer and filmmaker. I run Dilstories, which basically mean Dilman's stories, but Dil in Hindi means heart, so it's also 'stories from the heart.'
My stories have been listed in many prestigious prizes including the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition, Short Story Day Africa Prize and the Jalada Prize for Literature. My short fiction have appeared in several SFF magazines and anthologies, including African Monsters, Afro SF v2, Unconventional Fantasy: 40 Years of World Fantasy Conventions, and the Apex Book of World SF 4. My first feature film, The Felistas Fable, a modern-day fairy tale comedy, got a nomination for Best First Feature Film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2014, and it won four major awards at the Uganda Film Festival. My new film, to be released soon, Her Broken Shadow, is a scifi set in futuristic Africa.

My Goal.

I want to make a short film every month, which I will then share on YouTube or other free-to-view platforms. I don't want to just make videos, but proper films, with engaging storylines and high production values, very much like What Happened in Room 13, dark, thrilling, and with no dialog. I already uploaded one this month, which you can see here. https://youtu.be/FpU2y1SD-5M It belongs to a series of loosely connected stories I call #HorrorRomance, each connected by a nefarious group called, The Clique of Jilted Hearts. In the near future I'll be producing another series, Safari Nyota, a multimedia project featuring prose, a graphic novel, interactive fiction which you can play on an app or a web browser, and a web film series. Then there is a comedy series, Fashion Fixer, about a girl who wants to fix people's relationships by advising them on what they wear. Crazy? If you support #FashionFixer, you'll get the chance to contribute ideas :-)

What do you get for backing me?

Well, you get an awesome short film every month, and you get to watch it without any ads, much earlier than the rest of the world. Other than that, there are still a lot of perks, and since I'm a storyteller, most of the rewards are just that. Stories. Entertainment. Graphc designs. From as little as $1 a month, you get my fiction, past and present, published and unpublished, you get photographs and digital creations which you can use as wallpapers or print off to hang on your real world wall, and you get tutorials on the craft of storytelling. You can also get yourself in the producer credits, or you can have a film made specially for you! Check out the rewards!

Be a heart and give me wings to fly.

I love you :x