Sara Ishaq
Sara Ishaq | |
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Born | Edinburgh |
Nationality | Yemeni-Scottish |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Edinburgh College of Art |
Occupation | Film Director |
Awards | Academy Award Nomination, BAFTA Scotland Nomination |
Sara Ishaq is a Yemeni-Scottish
Education
Sara Ishaq attended Yemen Modern School until graduation and Linlithgow Academy in Scotland for a year of high school. Ishaq attended University of Edinburgh in 2003, where she obtained an MA (Honours) in Humanities and Social Sciences, with a focus on religious studies, social and political theory, International & Human Rights Law & Modern Middle Eastern Studies in 2007.
She returned to academia in 2010 to pursue a MFA in Film Directing from Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2012.
Humanitarian Pursuits
In 2011, Ishaq co-founded the #SupportYemen
Her earliest and most prolonged humanitarian pursuit occurred between 2009 and 2016, teaching rehabilitative
Awards and grants
The Mulberry House (2013)
- Jury Prize at This Human World Film Festival in Vienna
- Audience Favourite Award at Berwick Film Festival UK
Karama Has No Walls (2012)
- Nominations for Academy Award for Best Short Film 2014,
- One World Media Award 2013
- BAFTA Scotland New Talents Award 2012
- Winner of 5 International Film Awards including Al-Jazeera TV Documentary Award & United Nations Association Film Festival Award
Filmography
- 2013 The Mulberry House (Feature Documentary). Role: Director/Co-producer
- 2012 Karama Has No Walls (Short Documentary). Role: Director/Producer
- 2012 Marie My Girl (Short Drama). Role: Director
Television credits
- 2007 Women in Black - BBC 2. Role: Location Coordinator/Researcher/Translator.
- 2011 Yemen Uprising - BBC Newsnight & Our World Episodes. Role: Assistant Director/Camera Operator
- 2012 Entrepreneurial Tribal Women – Media Trust. Role: Assistant Director/ Location Coordinator/Translator
- 2013 Yemeni Child Prisoners On Death Row - Channel Four Unreported World. Role: Local Producer/Translator
- 2016-2017 BBC Our World. Role: Documentary Development and Research
References
- ^ "Oscar Nominations 2021: The Complete List | 93rd Academy Awards".
- ^ "The Mulberry House". www.themulberryhouse-doc.com.
- ISBN 9780956632906.
- ^ Break the Silence. "Support Yemen". SupportYemen. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ "Yemeni Oscar nominee banned from entering Palestine for literature festival". Mada Masr. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- PalFest.
- ^ "How art helped these children traumatised by war". British Council.