Feeling unwanted is not always loud. Often, it settles quietly into how people see themselves, shaping their expectations, choices, and sense of worth long before they realise it.
Mintslate Media’s upcoming drama No One Wants Me explores this experience with emotional honesty and restraint. Written and directed by Seyi Oluwatimilehin, the film examines how abandonment and silence can leave lasting marks, while also revealing the quiet strength people develop in order to survive.
Founded in February 2025 by filmmaker Seyi Oluwatimilehin, Mintslate Media was created to tell stories rooted in lived experience. No One Wants Me reflects that mission by focusing on characters who are not defined by grand gestures, but by the ways they endure.
“One of the reasons I founded Mintslate Media was to tell stories that are real, stories that are relatable, honest, and true to our time and existence,” Seyi Oluwatimilehin says. “Every one of these films carries a piece of my story, from feeling unwanted, to living through and understanding racism, to the quiet horrors of job seeking.”
The film centres on Daniel, a sixteen year old boy played by Kale Louie, who arrives at a stranger’s apartment under false pretenses, carrying a document he barely understands. Beneath his cautious optimism lies a deep belief that he is responsible for the neglect he has experienced.
“I think Daniel starts off with a terrible childhood, he basically thinks everything bad that's happened to him is his fault,” Kale Louie says. “When the film begins, he's holding what he thinks is his last glimmer of hope and he's optimistic but also naive to what he may be expecting to meet.”
That fragile hope becomes one of the film’s most powerful elements.
Rather than portraying Daniel as helpless, No One Wants Me shows how resilience often forms alongside pain. Survival becomes a quiet act of persistence rather than defiance.
Emily, portrayed by Hannah Klamann, reflects another dimension of that strength. Her character has lived through trauma of her own and has learned to compartmentalise pain in order to function.
“I would describe Emily as a very complex character,” Hannah Klamann says. “She went through intense emotional trauma at such a young age and carried that trauma into adulthood even though she tried to separate herself from it as much as she could.”
For Hannah, the film’s realism is what allows audiences to connect deeply with the characters. “What makes this film unique or exciting is the realism within it. Life is never linear and every character's story, fictional or not, shouldn’t have to be either.”
As both producer and director, Seyi Oluwatimilehin approached the story with a strong sense of care for its emotional truth. “As a producer and creator of these projects, I almost feel like a parent to all of these characters,” he says.
Through No One Wants Me, Mintslate Media presents strength not as triumph, but as endurance. The film suggests that finding strength does not always mean overcoming pain completely. Sometimes, it means continuing to exist with honesty, even when the feeling of being unwanted lingers.
As an upcoming release, No One Wants Me positions Mintslate Media as a film company committed to stories that honour vulnerability without sensationalising it. The film invites audiences to recognise themselves in moments of quiet resilience and to reflect on the strength it takes simply to keep going.
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