Rua Wani

Rua Wani is President of film and TV production company Adani Pictures. The company’s mandate is to back entertaining storytellers and projects that also provoke curiosity and engagement. Adani Pictures’ slate of projects has won financing from Telefilm, Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates, Bell Fund, and New Dawn, and competitions including the 2025 NATPE Global Pitch Showcase.  Previously, Rua was a development and production exec on acclaimed primetime scripted dramas and comedies, including the Emmy-winning ORPHAN BLACK (BBC America, CTV Sci-Fi). Rua is an alumnus of producer programs at Series Mania, EAVE, Canadian Creative Accelerator, Reelworld, BANFF Spark, and CFC Fifth Wave. She is also a Lecturer in the film programs at Toronto Metropolitan University and George Brown College. As a Kashmiri who has lived in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Indonesia, Canada and the UK, Rua’s love of storytelling is rooted in discovering diverse realities.