shot on: 16mm, AATON XTR Prod

The Absurdity of the Black Female Experience

​cinematographer 

shot on: BMCC, Canon DSLR

Oneironautics

cinematographer
​BMCC, Canon DSLR

قهوة  // a'hwa 

Conversations about love, life, and loss, naturally ensure between friends, old and new, over shisha and coffee. 

See trailer, here.

For distribution, contact Wind Cinema.

shot on: BMCC

once there was once there wasn't

once there was once there wasn’t is a snapshot of decades lived in isolation. Births and birthdays, eids and ramadans, marriages and deaths, all celebrated and commiserated in distance.

The film is made as part of Stacey Donen's Greeting From Isolation project. Watch the film here.

shot on: BMCC

shot on: Black Magic Ursa Mini Pro

اِقْتِلاعُ // déraciné 

A portrait of a father and daughter in transience. 

shot on: super8, 16mm (found footage)

سيرة // Sira

filmmaker
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Sira is an experimental essay that traces the exodus of a Sudanese family from Kuwait as a result of the Iraqi invasion. Excavated footage disrupt constructed memories as a mother recounts the evacuation, marring the bliss of her new family. Sira is premiering at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival.

For distribution, contact: CFMDC.

shot on: RED Epic

Dreams Untold

cinematographer

A distressed woman recovering from an abusive relationship is urged by an encounter with a sleep paralysis demon to confront her deepest horror. Triggered by an argument with her sister, she turns to sleep only to find the Mare waiting at her bedside. Driven deep into her subconscious and stalked by the Mare, she must choose to save herself or be eaten.

shot on: Bolex 16mm

shot on: ARRI SR II, 16mm

A Celebration of Darkness

cinematographer

A woman reflects on her tortured past and goes on an unexpected journey of healing by interacting with her younger self.

Heidi Lost

cinematographer

Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian society called the Hive, a fierce, independent Indigenous female has to face the biggest decision of her life when society goes on high alert. 

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shot on: BMCC

Fowl

lighting technician

An ordinary autumn jog becomes mysterious for a young woman as night falls around her.

shot on: Canon DSLR

Ananke

cinematographer

Ananke is a short film that explores the complicated topic of dating violence. The lead character revisits the same abusive situation in the hopes that she might be able to change it only to discover that she can not change another.

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shot on: BMCC

Jude and the Jinn

writer, production designer

A shisha café owner finds her daily routine shaken by the sudden appearance of an enigmatic, new customer, who confronts her with a new way of seeing.

shot on: BMCC

Lunar Schism

cinematographer

A surrealist/experimental/fantasy saturated in Ojibway archetypes and ritual but transposed into a new world/vision, visually paying hommage to the silent film era. A story about a gender-neutral being that is chosen by a divine lunar eclipse to become an anima (hyper-femme being). Featuring original music from turtle island—blend of Anishinaabe vocals and industrial/electronic soundscapes

shot on: AATON XTR, 16mm

shot on: BMCC, ARRI BL4 35mm

Rising

إنتماء // Belonging

cinematographer

A young Inuit woman’s chance encounter with a white man, changes the way we see relations between settlers, the Indigenous of the land and the ancestors. The legacy of colonization creates a chasm deeper then words and more complex then political rhetoric.

writer, director

A short meditation on longing and belonging. ​Stuck in a routine, unable to move forward, a woman relives conversations with her family, particularly her mother, until she can no longer bear it.

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