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Sahra Mosawi صحرا موسوی Email: mosawisahra@gmail.com www.AfghanistanDocHouse.com

Sahra Mosawi is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a lecturer at university and the founder of Afghanistan Documentary Film House. Sahra got her masters in documentary film from London University of the Arts, and her BA in Digital film production. She makes documentaries about her own country Afghanistan with the focus on women, Education and children issues. Sahra is the director/producer of nearly 12 films nominated in different film festival around the world. There are some of her Awards and accomplishments.

AWARDS &ACCOMPLISHMENTS • First prize at Women International Film Festival in Herat, Beyond the Burqa, 2014 • Special mention prize in London International Afghan Film Festival, Beyond the Burqa, 2015. • Nomination for American Documentary Film Festival, Beyond the Burqa, April 2013. • Nomination for BIFF 2013 (Beloit International Film Festival), Beyond the Burqa, 2013. • Nomination for Fallbrook International Film Festival, Beyond the Burqa, 2013. • Nomination for Middle East Film Festival in Florence, Kaloo School, April 2013 • Nomination for International Human Rights Film Festival in Prague, Kaloo School, 2013. • Nomination for IDFA (International film festival Amsterdam), Kaloo School, 2012