Somali storyteller & film director

I'm King Ceyda

I make short films and drama serials in Somali — stories about family, loyalty and the things people don't say out loud.

3.39M: Followers across platforms
223M: Views
1.25K: Films & episodes

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Branded films

A full short film built around your product, written and directed the same way as everything else on the channel. The story comes first — that is why people watch to the end instead of skipping past a sponsor slot.

Concept, script and storyboard written for your brief
Directed, shot and edited in house
Somali-language, with subtitles on request
Published to a 1.59M-subscriber audience
Cut down into short-form versions for TikTok

Product placement

Your product inside an episode of an existing serial, handled so it belongs in the scene. No held-up packaging, no reading off a card.

Placement written into the story, not bolted on
Choice of serial and episode
Natural on-camera use by the cast
Optional end-card and pinned-comment link

Short-form campaigns

Vertical video made for TikTok and Shorts, where the first two seconds decide everything. Built as a set so the idea has room to land across a week.

Three to five vertical videos per campaign
Hook-first structure, shot vertical from the start
Posted across TikTok, Shorts and Reels
Performance reported back after the run

Appearances & events

Hosting, guest appearances and on-the-ground coverage — launches, community events, anything where you want the day filmed properly rather than documented by phone.

Hosting and on-camera presenting
Same-day coverage cut for social
Travel considered case by case
Highlight edit delivered after the event

Original series

A multi-part series made with you from the ground up. This is the biggest thing I do and the one that builds an audience rather than renting one for a week.

Story arc developed across several episodes
Casting and production handled end to end
Release schedule planned around your launch
Rights and usage agreed before anything is shot

A camera, a script, and people who show up

I write the story, direct it, shoot it and cut it. That is not a boast — it is just how the channel started, and keeping it small is what lets a film go from an idea on a Tuesday to something you are watching by the weekend.

Short films and multi-part drama serials
Written, directed and edited in house
Somali-language, made for a Somali audience first
New films and episodes every week since March 2022

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What I'm working on

YouTube

The drama serials

Ongoing

Multi-part stories released episode by episode — revenge, family, loyalty, the things that stay unsaid until they cannot be. The ones that found the biggest audience, like Aargoosi Qoys, run into the millions of views.

Watch the films

TikTok

The everyday videos

Every week

Surprises, reunions and whatever the day turns into, filmed with the people I work with regularly. Less planned than the films and usually funnier — but the reason people come back.

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