Hekayet Batal

A BRANDRIA PRODUCTIONDOCUMENTARY / FILM / AI

SELECTED WORK 2026

HekayetBatal

A HERO’S STORY

Thirty films.
Every discipline.

A complete documentary series, created by Brandria. Real testimony, cinematic direction and AI-crafted reconstructions — brought together across thirty films.

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FEATURED FILMThe Machine Gunner6:56

PROJECTHekayet BatalFORMAT30 documentary filmsOUR INVOLVEMENTComplete creative & productionRELEASEApril — June 2026

THE BRIEF

The person behind
the finished film.

A human story.
A complete
cinematic world.

The responsibility

Tell the stories of fallen members of the Egyptian Armed Forces and people of Sinai through the people who knew them. Bring the audience closer to the individual — their voice, their character and the memories they left behind.

Our response

Build a connected documentary language from real interviews, directed filming, design and AI-assisted dramatic reconstruction. Carry that approach across a complete series, with Brandria responsible for every production discipline.

We developed the stories, shaped the interviews, directed and filmed the testimony, designed the visual world, created the AI reconstructions, and brought the series together in post-production. One agency, responsible for the whole production.

THE MATERIAL OF THE STORYSCROLL THROUGH THE FRAME ↓

First, a voice.Then, a world.Finally, a film.

Human testimony at the centre.
Every production discipline around it.

28The Steadfast

08The Dolphin

The Lion of Jabal Al-Halal — original film artwork

30The Lion of Jabal Al-Halal

02 / OUR WORK

Behind every frame.
Brandria, at work.

From developing the first question to delivering the finished film, this is the work Brandria brought to the series.

RESEARCH & NARRATIVE

Find the person behind the story.

Every film begins with a human point of view. We organise the material around the person, the memories and the defining moments, shaping a narrative that can carry both the facts and the emotion.

Story research
Narrative structure
Episode development

The story establishes what the film needs to say — and what the viewer needs to feel.

Interviews & dialogue

We develop the questions and shape the dialogue around the people who knew each hero. Their recollections become the thread of the film, with a clear structure that leaves room for the way a memory is actually told.

Film direction

Direction connects testimony, performance, image and pacing. We guide the tone of each episode and the way its visual sequences meet the interview, holding a consistent creative approach across the series.

Cinematography

We take responsibility for the filmed image: framing the interviews, shaping the light, and capturing the testimony. The camera gives each voice space while building a visual language that can sit alongside the reconstructed scenes.

Production

A thirty-film series needs more than a strong individual episode. We coordinate the production work, the people and the material so each stage can move into the next, from preparation and filming through finishing and delivery.

Design & motion

We develop the graphic treatment around the films: typography, titles, visual composition and motion. The design gives the series a recognisable identity while keeping the individual story at the centre of the frame.

AI scene creation

We create the AI-assisted dramatic reconstructions that accompany the testimony. Scene development, visual generation, iteration and compositing work together to translate the narrative into a connected sequence of images.

Post-production

We bring the recorded voices, filmed testimony, designed elements and reconstructed scenes into the final edit. Pacing, colour and sound connect them into a film, then into a complete series with a shared creative character.

HOW THE PIECES MEET

One film.
Many hands.
One vision.

The interview carries the memory. The image gives it a world. The edit brings it all into focus.

Listen before the camera rolls.

Research, story development and interview preparation establish the narrative. The words come from people with a real connection to the person being remembered.

Create the world around the words.

Direction and cinematography shape the recorded testimony. Design, motion and AI production build the visual sequences that accompany it.

Make it work as one film.

Editing connects the voices and images. Colour and sound bring continuity. Finishing carries that shared approach across the complete series.

03 / THE COMPLETE SERIES

Screening
room.

All thirty films, plus official promos and selected excerpts. Open a film to watch it, read its description and explore the original Facebook post.

30FILMS / ONE SERIES

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The Machine Gunner — original film artwork

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FILM 0125 Apr 2026

The Machine Gunner

Sgt. Amr Osama Elewa

Description & original post

“The Machine Gunner” — a Hekayet Batal film honouring Sgt. Amr Osama Elewa, who gave his life.
#HekayetBatal #MilitarySpokesperson #SinaiLiberationDay

Original Facebook description AR

#المتحدث_العسكرى #حكاية_بطل : فيلم " الرشاش " - رقيب شهيد / عمرو أسامة عليوة ... #حكاية_بطل #عيد_تحرير_سيناء

A human story.A completecinematic world.

The responsibility

Our response

First, a voice.Then, a world.Finally, a film.

Behind every frame.Brandria, at work.

Find the person behind the story.

Ask for the detail that stays.

Give the story a point of view.

Make the camera listen.

Keep the whole picture moving.

Give every film a visual signature.

Construct what the camera could not capture.

Find the film in the material.

One film.Many hands.One vision.