"For Karia, who followed up his BAFTA-nominated short “Work” with impressively sleek work on Netflix’s “Top Boy,” this is an auspicious big-screen arrival that ought to beckon bigger assignments requiring the same fast, screw-loose dynamism."

- Variety

Set over two days in London, SURGE is a stripped back thriller about a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.

Director Bio:

Aneil Karia's debut feature film, SURGE, premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival 2020, where its lead Ben Whishaw won the World Cinema Special Jury Award for Best Acting. Last year he made the short film THE LONG GOODBYE with Riz Ahmed which has won multiple awards including the BIFA Best Short Film Award and the London Critics Circle Best Short Film Award . This followed the short-film-music-video for Kano’s double-single TROUBLE / CLASS OF DEJA which won the prize of Best Special Video Project at the MVAs. In 2017, Aneil directed the short films WORK, financed by Film4, which was BAFTA and BIFA nominated for Best Short Film. This followed his first short film BEAT which screened at festivals worldwide. In television, he directed the closing three episodes of TOP BOY for Netflix, made by Cowboy Films. Before this, he directed the opening block of PURE, produced by Drama Republic for Channel 4. He is currently in development on his next feature film, due to shoot in 2022.