Changing How The World Sees Mental Illness
Bold Stories. Human Truths.
Suno Studios creates powerful, human-centred films that explore mental health with honesty, empathy, and cinematic ambition—challenging stigma and inspiring conversations that matter.
SUNO STUDIOS PRESENTS
OUR FILMS
The Lion Does Not Concern Himself
2026
A young trainer broadcasts his ambitions to nine subscribers. When a new client disrupts his routine, the boundary between his online persona and true self becomes a choice that he isn’t ready to face.
Bhai
2021
Stray Dogs Come Out At Night
2020
Dia
2018
Empowering Mental Wellness
Breaking the stigma on screen.
Suno Studios is an independent film production company dedicated to advancing mental health through cinema.
Founded by Dr. Mina Husain, on the belief that stories can change the way we understand ourselves and one another, we create films that entertain while exploring the psychological, social, and cultural forces that shape the human experience.
Our work examines identity, relationships, belonging, and the challenges of contemporary life with nuance, authenticity, and emotional depth.
Led by psychiatrist and filmmaker Dr. Mina Husain, Suno Studios bridges the worlds of film and mental health.
We believe meaningful conversations about mental health begin with compelling stories that foster empathy, challenge stigma, and reach audiences far beyond traditional educational or clinical settings.
OUR VISION
A world where mental health is recognized as part of every human story—and represented on screen with honesty, complexity, and dignity.
OUR MISSION
Suno Studios creates bold, human-centred films that explore the psychological, social, and cultural forces shaping our lives. By bringing cinematic ambition together with a deep understanding of mental health, we tell compelling stories that deepen empathy, challenge stigma, and inspire conversations beyond the screen.
OUR PROCESS
Grounded in lived experience. Informed by psychiatry. Told through cinema.
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Centre lived experience
We begin by listening to the people and communities closest to the story.
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Draw on psychiatric insight
Clinical expertise, credible research, and cultural context help us understand the psychological and social realities behind each subject.
03
Develop with care
We transform these insights into complex characters and emotionally truthful narratives—without reducing people to diagnoses or stereotypes.
04
Create bold cinema
We bring each story to life with cinematic ambition, creating films that captivate audiences while remaining true to the experiences behind them.
About Dr. Mina Husain
Dr. Mina Husain is a psychiatrist, filmmaker, and academic who trained in the UK, including at London’s Maudsley Training Programme. Raised between the UK and Canada, she returned to Toronto in 2022 as a Clinician Teacher at CAMH and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.
Alongside her clinical work, Dr. Husain is involved in research, teaching, and global mental health, with additional training in Global Clinical Research from Harvard Medical School. She has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has contributed to capacity-building initiatives internationally.
Dr. Husain also uses the creative arts to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding mental illness. She has produced award-winning short films selected at international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, with her work featured by the BBC and The Guardian.
