Mahnoor Euceph

Mahnoor Euceph is a Pakistani-American writer and director. Mahnoor graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA in 2017. In 2021, she received her Master’s of Fine Arts from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in Film and Television Production. During her MFA, she worked as Art Director on American Eid, Disney’s first ever Muslim story. In November 2022, she was a fellow in the Islamic Scholarship Fund’s inaugural Muslim Centered Writers’ Lab with support from Extracurricular and The Black List, for her feature film, Queen of Diamonds. Her professional directorial debut, Eid Mubarak, is in consideration for the 95th Academy Awards. Mahnoor is interested in exploring entertaining stories about the South Asian diaspora through the female gaze. Her work is injected with humor and features a hyper stylized feminine sensibility informed by design and fine art. With her films, she seeks to decolonize the mind.

Works showcased at MENA:

Eid Mubarak
Drama
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Realizing that her pet, Barfi, is not a pet, but a goat being raised for slaughter, Iman makes a plan to save Barfi's life.