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Saodat Ismailova

Overview

Saodat Ismailova (1981, Uzbekistan) is a filmmaker and artist who lives and works between Tashkent and Paris. Her works have been presented in solo exhibitions at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing; Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam; the Center for Contemporary Art Tashkent; Tromsø Kunstforening; and the Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg, among others. Ismailova’s works have also been featured in group shows at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Sharjah Biennal (2023); Para Site, Hong Kong; documenta fifteen, Kassel (2022); and Biennale Arte 2022 and 2013. Works by Ismailova are in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Almaty Museum of Arts; FRAC Corsica; and Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, among others. In 2022, she was awarded the Eye Prize for Art and Film, Amsterdam. She is the initiator of the educational program CCA Lab and the Tashkent Film Encounters; and she is the founder of the DAVRA research group, which is dedicated to studying, documenting, and disseminating Central Asian culture and knowledge.

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Directing
2024 Melted into the Sun Directing Director N/A
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2023 18000 Worlds Directing Director N/A
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2022 Bibi Seshanbe Directing Director N/A
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2021 Her Five Lives Directing Director N/A
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2020 Her Right Directing Director N/A
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2017 The Haunted Directing Director N/A
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2017 Two Horizons Directing Director N/A
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2017 Stains of Oxus Directing Director N/A
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2016 Chillpiq Directing Director N/A
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2014 40 Days of Silence Directing Director 59
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2013 Zukhra Directing Director N/A
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2004 Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea Directing Director 59
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Writing
2014 40 Days of Silence Writing Screenplay 59
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2014 40 Days of Silence Writing Writer 59
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Production
2019 Cemetery Production Producer 59
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Camera
2004 Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea Camera Director of Photography 59
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