2015 Script Development Fund
LIST BarzakhCategory | Asian Project |
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Project | Barzakh |
Director | Saodat ISMAILOVA |
Country | Uzbekistan, France, Tajikistan |
Director's Profile | Born in Uzbekistan, Saodat Ismailova studied filmmaking at the Tashkent State Art Institute and joined the cinema department of Fabrica in Italy in 2002 where she co-directed the award winning Aral: Fishing In An Invisible Sea. In 2014, 40 Days of Silence premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival - Forum. Now she is developing her next film project Barzakh. Ismailova presented her video and sound installations at various art spaces, such as “Zukhra” - participant of Venice Biennale of Arts. She has directed ten series documentary films dedicated to the music of Central Asia published by Smithsonian Folkways. Saodat Ismailova has her own company Map Productions, in Tashkent. |