Name: Saif Jaan

Recipient Year: 2024

Name of Film: Witness

Description: is a trans and queer screenwriter and artist that grew up in a Muslim-Yemini and Pakistani household in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He works with liberatory themes that transcend internal and geographic borderlands. His art is inspired by the power of the people and imagining alternative futures in the path towards true collective freedom. He won the Tasveer film Festival grant in partnership with Netflix in 2022. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

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