Leyla currently has two feature films in development, one with Short Circuit’s First Features scheme and one with YoungFilms, where she’s been paired with commissioner Film4. She has been mentored by Olivia Hetreed as part of the development.

Leyla’s short film Groom was funded by Short Circuit, through BFI Network and produced by Lothian Films. She was mentored by Lynne Ramsay and Jennifer Reeder through the process.

Groom was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA 2022 and a Critics Circle Award 2022. It played at BIFA, BAFTA and Academy qualifying festivals including Edinburgh International Film Festival, Bolton Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival. It won Attic Pitch Award, First Prize for Direction at Academy qualifying FlickersFest, Best Short at World of Film Festival and HB Film Festival, Best Cinamatography at Interlink Berlin.

Leyla was named one of Screen International's Rising Stars Scotland 2022.

She was part of Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab and is part of BAFTA Connect.

Her next short Four Seconds Flat has been funded by Uncertain Kingdom and it due to start screenings Spring 2025. It has been produced by Sherie Myers and exec produced by barry crerar.