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Sheida Kiran
Self-Shooting Journalistic Producer
About Me
Sheida Kiran is a self-shooting British-Turkish-Iranian director and producer based in London. Driven by her passion for ethnographic storytelling, she focuses on documenting women’s issues in Turkey and Iran. Her student film 'Harvesting Our Tea' (2021) was selected for the One World Media Global Short Docs Forum, and later, commissione...
Read MoreSheida Kiran is a self-shooting British-Turkish-Iranian director and producer based in London. Driven by her passion for ethnographic storytelling, she focuses on documenting women’s issues in Turkey and Iran. Her student film 'Harvesting Our Tea' (2021) was selected for the One World Media Global Short Docs Forum, and later, commissioned by BBC Our World and broadcast globally in 2022. The film was shortlisted for the Student Yugo BAFTA and Grierson Awards, and was awarded Best Short Documentary in the Women's Voices Now LA Film Festival and Porto Femme Film Festival.
Sheida has since been developing documentaries for BBC Two Current Affairs and developing her next short documentary with the support of the OSBD Documentary Film Fund and DOK Leipzig Short N Sweet. It has since been comissioned by BBC Our World and releases as 'Turkey's Earthquake: Those Who Stayed' on BBC iPlayer.
Read Less Other DetailsMedia I Work In:
Broadcast Television
Short Film
Language:
English (Fluent)
Turkish (Fluent)
Technical Skills:
Adobe Premiere
Panasonic HDC-SDT750
Sony PXW-FS5
Awards:
Best Short Documentary Award winner at Women's Voices Now (2023)
Students Competition Best Documentary Film Award at Porto Femme International Film Festival (2023)
Women's Rights and Struggles Award special mention at Porto Femme International Film Festival (2023)
Athens Short Film Festival Official Selection (2023)
Kas International Film Festival Official Selection (2023)
Nominated for the Student Award at the One World Media Awards (2022)
Shortlisted for the BAFTA Yugo Student Awards (2022)
Shortlisted for the The Grierson British Documentary Awards (2022)
Toronto International Women's Festival Official Selection (2022)
Munich FilmSchoolFest Official Selection (2022)
Izmir International Short Film Festival Official Selection (2022)
6th International Women's Film Festival Official Selection (2022)
