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Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shasha Nakhai is a Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director, most noted as co-director with Rich Williamson of the 2021 film Scarborough.[1] The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, and Nakhai and Williamson won the award for Best Director, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[2]
Shasha Nakhai | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | film director, producer |
| Years active | 2010s-present |
| Known for | Take Light, Scarborough |
A partner with Williamson in the production firm Compy Films,[3] she first became known for her 2018 documentary film Take Light,[4] which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.[5] She was also a producer of Williamson's short documentary film Frame 394,[6] which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.[7]
Scarborough, codirected by Nakhai and Williamson as their debut narrative feature film, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[8] It was named the winner of the Changemaker Award, was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award, and received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Film award.[9] It was nominated for the Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.[10]
Her other films have included The Sugar Bowl (2011), Paruparo (2013), 18 Roses (2016), The Hole in Reservoir Hill (2018)[11] and Thirty Eight Minutes (2020).
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