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Mariam Ghani

Mariam Ghani

Known for

Directing

Biography

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, internationa...

Best known work

The Forbidden Reel

The Forbidden Reel

2020
What We Left Unfinished

What We Left Unfinished

2019
Follow The Leader

Follow The Leader

2020
To Live

To Live

2013
It’s a Disaster!

It’s a Disaster!

2019
When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved

When the Spirits Moved Them, They Moved

2018
The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time

2022
Dis-Ease

Dis-Ease

2024

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Dis-Ease

    Writer, Editor, Director, Producer

  2. 2022

  3. 2020

  4. 2020

    The Forbidden Reel

    as Self - Artist

  5. 2019

  6. 2019

    What We Left Unfinished

    Sound Designer, Producer, Director

  7. 2018

  8. 2013

    To Live

    Director

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