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Suzannah Mirghani

  • Suzannah Mirghani
Film director, Screenwriter, Researcher, Director of photography (d.o.p.), Editor
(Female)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Sudanese and Russian writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker.

Suzannah MIRGHANI (Suzannah Mirghani) is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker, highlighting stories from the Arab world. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, she is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity.
Suzannah is a media studies and museum studies graduate.
Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of AL-SIT (2020), which won 16 international awards, including two Academy Award qualifying prizes: Best of Fest at LA Shorts (2021) and the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival (2021). Other awards include the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2021); Best Short Film at Zanzibar International Film Festival (2021); and the Jury Award at Busan International Short Film Festival (2021). Her other shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021), which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, CARAVAN (2016), and HIND'S DREAM (2014).

Source:
https://filmfreeway.com/Al-Sit

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