Sara Nodjoumi

Sara Nodjoumi (Director/Producer) is an independent filmmaker, producer and festival programmer. Raised by Iranian émigré artists in New York City, her work often explores international subject matters featuring nuanced perspectives outside of the Western media focus and often challenging mainstream perceptions. Recent credits include the HBO Original Documentary "A Revolution on Canvas" (2023), her directing debut (co-directed with Till Schauder) that premiered at Tribeca and won several awards including the Hamptons International Film Festival's Brizzolara Foundation Award for Films of Conflict and Resolution. "A Revolution on Canvas" had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. in Fall 2023, made several critics lists for 10 Best Films of the Year (Hollywood Reporter), and will have a nationwide theatrical release in Germany in 2024. The film's European Premiere will be at the London Human Rights Film Festival in March 2024. Previous producing credits include "When God Sleeps" (2017, executive produced by ITVS), which premiered at Tribeca, played over 100 festivals worldwide, had its broadcast premiere on Independent Lens, and won numerous international awards before being shortlisted for the 2018 Academy Award in Germany; "The Iran Job (2012), also shortlisted for a German Academy Award and released worldwide on Netflix and "Reggae Boyz" (2019), which won the Audience Award at Brooklyn Film Festival and screened in digital theaters across America. Sara is an alum of the Sundance Creative Producers Summit and the IFP Cannes Producers Network Fellowship. She has been awarded grants from prestigious institutions such as Catapult Film Fund, Sundance Institute, Jerome Foundation & NYSCA. She was awarded the Inaugural Brown Girls Documentary Mafia Sustainable Artist Grant for "A Revolution on Canvas".