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Mariam Ghani

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Mariam Ghani’s films, public projects, and installations have been presented and collected worldwide, notably in Times Square and the new Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport; the Guggenheim, Smithsonian, MoMA, and Metropolitan Museums; Documenta 13 and the Liverpool, Lahore, Gwangju and Sharjah Biennials; and the Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, Sheffield Doc/Fest, SFFILM, DOC NYC, and Ann Arbor film festivals, among others.  Ghani’s first feature, the critically acclaimed documentary WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale, was released theatrically in the US by Dekanalog, and had its streaming premiere on the Criterion Channel. It is in educational distribution with Good Docs, international distribution with Arsenal, and currently streaming on Docuseek and Ovid. Ghani’s most recent short, THE FIRE THIS TIME, was commissioned by Field of Vision and screened at BAMcinemaFest, BlackStar and Ji.hlava IDFF in 2022. Her most recent multi-channel installation, WHEN THE SPIRITS MOVED THEM, THEY MOVED, is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ghani teaches film/video at Bennington College and co-produces her work through the company Indexical Films.

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Film Production

Director:
2013  To Live
2018  When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved
2019  It’s a Disaster!
2019  What We Left Unfinished
2020  Follow The Leader
2022  The Fire This Time
2024  Dis-Ease

Editor:
2013  To Live
2018  When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved
2019  It’s a Disaster!
2019  What We Left Unfinished
2020  Follow The Leader
2022  The Fire This Time
2024  Dis-Ease

Producer:
2013  To Live
2018  When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved
2019  It’s a Disaster!
2019  What We Left Unfinished
2020  Follow The Leader
2022  The Fire This Time
2024  Dis-Ease

Sound Designer:
2013  To Live
2018  When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved
2019  It’s a Disaster!
2019  What We Left Unfinished
2020  Follow The Leader
2022  The Fire This Time
2024  Dis-Ease

Writer:
2013  To Live
2018  When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved
2019  It’s a Disaster!
2019  What We Left Unfinished
2020  Follow The Leader
2022  The Fire This Time
2024  Dis-Ease

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