ABOUT US
WHO WE ARE
Cameye Arts is a not-for-profit storytelling studio built on one conviction: that the people closest to a story are always its best authors.
We make films, build living archives, and create participatory art that puts communities at the centre of their own narrative – not as subjects, but as co-creators, custodians, and storytellers in their own right.
OUR ROOTS
Our practice didn’t begin in East London. It began earlier – in Mozambique.
Through years of self-initiated ethnographic filmmaking across the country, working with women, artists, healers, fisherwomen and communities far from any institution, we learned what conscious storytelling actually means: listening before speaking. Watching before filming. Earning trust before asking anything.
Those years shaped everything. You’ll see traces of them in our showreel – footage from communities and landscapes that taught us more about our practice than any formal training could.
East London came later. But Mozambique came first.
WHAT WE'VE BUILT SO FAR
We measure success in voice, connection, and cultural memory.
LGBTQ+ oral histories captured and made publicly accessible through Footprints of Love and Newham Heritage Centre. Intergenerational stories recorded across decades of lived experience in Newham. Community history walks bringing local queer heritage to life on the streets where it happened. Deep community partnerships across East London that outlast the projects themselves. CLIMACTION in development – gathering the creative networks and young voices needed for a bold participatory climate programme.
WORKING WITH US
Our primary energy goes into our own projects. Each year we take on a small number of collaborations with organisations whose values genuinely align with ours – community groups, cultural partners, social enterprises, and charities working for real change.
If that sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you.
2023
Cameye Arts founded as a Community Interest Company in Newham, East London.
2025
Footprints of Love launches with National Lottery Heritage Fund support.
Earlier
Community-centred filmmaking in Mozambique and East London shapes our entire approach.