Person
Sara Ishaq
Directing · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
a Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker, born in Edinburgh and raised in Yemen. She pursued a higher education in Scotland first with an MA General in Humanities & Social Sciences and later, an MFA in Film Directing at the Edinburgh College of Art. During her studies, she returned to Yemen as the country's 2011 uprising was unfolding, and produced the critically acclaimed film Karama Has No Walls (2012). The award-winning short documentary was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2014 following a nomination for a BAFTA Scotland New Talents Award (2012). In 2013, she completed her award-winning feature documentary film The Mulberry House, which deals with her relationship with her Yemeni family against the backdrop of the country’s 2011 revolution.
Known for

Take Me to the Cinema
Thanks

The Station
Director

Karama Has No Walls
Director

The Mulberry House
Herself

Fariha
Producer
Filmography
- 2026The StationDirector
- 2022Take Me to the CinemaThanks
- 2013The Mulberry HouseHerself
- 2012Karama Has No WallsDirector
- —FarihaProducer
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