Sara Suliman

SARA SULIMAN is a UK-based Sudanese Filmmaker; A Chevening scholar, researcher, activist, Producer, and Director; And founder of “Fenti (Dates in Nubian Dialect) Productions” an Independent Film Production House.

Sara is a dedicated feminist and youth advocate, believing that Women and Sudanese Youth have a story yearning to be told and yet to be heard. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ahfad University for Women in Sudan (2010) and in 2017, was awarded MA in Gender Studies from SOAS, University of London.

Her first feature film “Heroic Bodies” had its world premiere in IDFA (2022) and was selected in the “Frontlight” section. It’s the first Sudanese feature film to be selected in a section in the history of IDFA. The film also won the Audience Award in Malmo Arab Film Festival 2023 and recently won the Shireen Abu Akleh award for Best Documentary Film in Jerusalem Arab Film Festival.