About SCARMAK

Two women with dark hair posing together at night, one wearing a leather jacket and the other wearing a cozy, beige coat, standing outdoors in an urban setting.

Scarlett O’Donoghue (left) and Irmak Bayur (right)

Hey. We’re SCARMAK - a production company started by two friends in our 20s: Scarlett and Irmak (yes, SCARMAK is just our names smashed together but we were out of options)

We built SCARMAK because we were tired of the film industry feeling like a closed circle. Tired of:

• Not enough women behind the camera
• Flat, stereotypical stories told from the same male perspective
• Remakes of literally every film ever
• A lack of honest, messy, emotionally-driven storytelling

We come from acting and we’ve seen firsthand how few good roles there are. After reading a short script Irmak wrote based on her own experience, we decided to just go for it. We made the film, produced it ourselves (first-timers!), and asked the crew how we did. The only feedback we got was “too many runners”, so we thought why not give it a go?

That was the start. We realised we didn’t want to wait for someone else to hand us good material; we wanted to make it.

Now, we want to create films that look beautiful and feel real. Stories that come from the kind of thoughts most people try to ignore - the intrusive, uncomfortable ones. We listen to ours. That’s where the best ideas live.

We’re not interested in stiff, formal sets. We work personally, emotionally and creatively but we care deeply about every single detail. We’re here to build stories with people who do the same.

If that’s you, come and say hi. We’d love to chat with you. Email us below, DM us on Instagram, or check out our upcoming projects in the work tab.

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