Name: Maryam Mir

Recipient Year: 2022|2024

Sponsor: Afzal Family Foundation|ISF Film Grant|Palo Alto Networks Group

Name of Film: Borders, Sweet Refuge, Billo Rani

Description: Maryam Mir is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. As a Kashmiri-Canadian born in Germany, raised in Bahrain, with Kenyan ancestry, Maryam finds inspiration in (im)migrant stories of warmth, joy and gentleness. She is a New York Foundation of the Arts Awardee ’22, Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellow ’23 and Pillars Artist Fellow ‘24. Her latest narrative short, “Sweet Refuge”, was acquired by AMC+, has screened at 35+ festivals and won several awards, including a Directors Guild of America Jury Award for Best Student Filmmaker and Best of 2024 NewFilmmakers LA Award. She is currently in post-production for her thesis film set in Bahrain, with support from the Doha Film Institute. She holds an MFA degree from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Film Program, where she was an Ang Lee Scholar and concentrated in writing and directing.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryammir/