FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHY
Fazila Amiri is an Afghan Canadian writer and director based in Toronto. Her work includes both documentary and fiction. She holds an MFA in Film Production from York University and a BFA in Film Studies from NSCAD University. Her short films The Red Bicycle (2019), Unknown Artist (2018), and The Photograph (2017) have been screened at the 2020 Canadian Film Fest, 2018 Hot Docs International Canadian Documentary Festival, and Atlantic Film Festival. Her short films won the Lindalee Tracey Award (Hot Docs 2018), 2019 Best Story Award at Amnesty India Film Festival, Don Haig Award, Pay It Forward Prize (Hot Docs 2019), and Wouter Barendrecht Award (HAF, 2014). She is an alumni of Hot Docs Accelerator Lab and RIDM Talent Lab, and the 2021 Docs-In-Progress Canadian Showcase at Cannes Docs. Currently, Fazila is in post-production of her first feature film Songs She Sings in Shadows through the Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program.
Fazila Amiri is an Afghan Canadian writer and director based in Toronto. Her work includes both documentary and fiction. She holds an MFA in Film Production from York University and a BFA in Film Studies from NSCAD University. Her short films The Red Bicycle (2019), Unknown Artist (2018), and The Photograph (2017) have been screened at the 2020 Canadian Film Fest, 2018 Hot Docs International Canadian Documentary Festival, and Atlantic Film Festival. Her short films won the Lindalee Tracey Award (Hot Docs 2018), 2019 Best Story Award at Amnesty India Film Festival, Don Haig Award, Pay It Forward Prize (Hot Docs 2019), and Wouter Barendrecht Award (HAF, 2014). She is an alumni of Hot Docs Accelerator Lab and RIDM Talent Lab, and the 2021 Docs-In-Progress Canadian Showcase at Cannes Docs. Currently, Fazila is in post-production of her first feature film Songs She Sings in Shadows through the Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program.