She is an Afghan film director and writer. Her short film House (2016) was invited to the Locarno Film Festival, and her feature debut, Shot the Voice of Freedom (2024), was invited to numerous festivals, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, and won multiple awards for Best Documentary and Human Rights Film. As a writer, she has also written several novels, including Yusra: The Womenly Voices of Freedom. She is regarded as the first Afghan woman filmmaker to make films under Taliban rule.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
