
Saodat Ismailova
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Biography
Saodat Ismailova (1981, Uzbekistan) is a filmmaker and artist who lives and works between Tashkent and Paris. Her works have been presented in solo exhibitions at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing; Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam; the Center for Contemporary Art Tashkent; Tromsø Kunstforening; and the Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg, among others. Ismailova’s works have also been featured in group shows at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Sharjah Biennal (2023); Para Site, Hong Kong; documenta fifteen, Kassel (2022); and Biennale Arte 2022 and 2013. Works by Ismailova are in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Almaty Museum...
Best known work
Filmography
2026
To the throat of SunDirector
2025
Swan LakeDirector
2024
Melted into the SunDirector
2023
18000 WorldsDirector
2022
Bibi SeshanbeDirector, Writer
2021
Her Five LivesDirector
2020
Her RightDirector
2019
CemeteryProducer
2017
The HauntedDirector
2017
Stains of OxusDirector
2017
Two HorizonsDirector
2016
ChillpiqDirector
2014
40 Days of SilenceScreenplay, Director, Writer
2013
ZukhraDirector
2004
Aral, Fishing in an Invisible SeaDirector of Photography, Director









