Brishkay Ahmed

Brishkay Ahmed is a Afghan-Canadian director and writer who makes documentary films that have a focus on women's rights..https://www.fhmpakistan.com/filmmaker-brishkay-ahmed-documentry-aims-help-pakistani-women/,https://www.cinemapolitica.org/artists/brishkay-ahmed,https://www.directors.ca/directors/brishkay-ahmed She is known for her films Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3506567/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm, The Story of the Burqa https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3506567/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm, Wanting the Wine https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3506567/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm , Aryana Resurrected https://www.documentaryfuturism.ca/aryana-resurrected, and In the Rumbling Belly of Motherlandhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3506567/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. 
== Early Life==
Ahmed was born in Afghanistan and later immigrated to Canada when she was 12 years old.https://podbay.fm/p/girls-of-wisdom/e/1584604860.
Ahmed studied film at New York University and furthered her education by studying journalism at Langara College, and attending the Iranian Young Cinema Society.https://www.cinemapolitica.org/artists/brishkay-ahmed 
== Film Career ==
Ahmed became interested in film through her passion for journalism http://worldpolicy.org/2015/12/17/brishkay-ahmed-unveiling-the-history-of-the-burqa/. Ahmed's film career is quite extensive, and her documentaries have been well received. Her documentary The Story of the Burqa discussed the history and meaning behind the garment the Burqa|burqa, its connection to Afghan women, and whether the garment should still exist in society https://www.straight.com/article-674666/vancouver/digging-doxa-documentary-film-festival http://worldpolicy.org/2015/12/17/brishkay-ahmed-unveiling-the-history-of-the-burqa/. The film was a feature at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival|Doxa 2012 film festival and was supported by the National Film Board of Canada and Super Channelhttps://www.cinemapolitica.org/artists/brishkay-ahmed. Ahmed film Unveiled: 2012 Kohistan video case|The Kohistan Video Scandal uncovered an honour killing that was due to online video circling of young Pakistani girls clapping and singing https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=58508~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0. The film aimed to advance the rights of Pakistani womenhttps://www.fhmpakistan.com/filmmaker-brishkay-ahmed-documentry-aims-help-pakistani-women/, and was a feature at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festivalhttps://www.straight.com/movies/doxa-2021-review-in-rumbling-belly-of-motherland-tells-a-journalism-story-thats-as-empowering https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/at-vancouver-international-women-in-film-festival-a-documentary-aims-to-help-pakistani-women. Ahemds next film Aryana resurrected looked at the transition of the land Aryana becoming Afghanistan, and how it affected the women their and the nations faith.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8727590/,https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/aryana-resurrected,https://www.documentaryfuturism.ca/aryana-resurrected Ahmed followed the film with a documentary In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland. Ahmed's documentary In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland was a Feature at the Doxa film festival, it focused on how afghan women reporters (from the organization Zan TV|Zan Tv), are able to pursue journalism and showed the effects of the Us and Taliban peace talks have on afghan womenhttps://www.straight.com/movies/doxa-2021-review-in-rumbling-belly-of-motherland-tells-a-journalism-story-thats-as-empowering#:~:text=In%20the%20Rumbling%20Belly%20of%20Motherland%2C%20Afghan%2DCanadian%20filmmaker%20Brishkay,led%20news%20agency%20in%20Kabul.. The documentary was called an "eye-opening glimpse into the newsroom"https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/07/reviews/great-music-film-another-star-wars-spinoff-and-early-days-sesame-street, and that it showed the Afghan women as courageous but also cheerfulhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/07/reviews/great-music-film-another-star-wars-spinoff-and-early-days-sesame-street. 
Ahmed's film career has lead her to other projects; her documentary The Story of the Burqa lead her to write and premiere the play Burqa Boutique, which premiered at Killjoy Theatre https://www.straight.com/movies/1244961/burqa-boutique-explores-diversity-muslim-women. Ahmeds play explored the Muslim women diversities and once again examined the agenda behind the burqa and its greater symbolization of societies behaviors towards womenhttps://www.straight.com/movies/1244961/burqa-boutique-explores-diversity-muslim-women. Being an Afghan women Ahmed films and the continuation of that career centers around the rights and freedoms of Muslim women http://worldpolicy.org/2015/12/17/brishkay-ahmed-unveiling-the-history-of-the-burqa/. Ahmed's film career that focused on Afghanistan also lead her to work in television in the country. She was the writer and co-director of Between You and Me, Afghanistan's popular primetime drama serieshttps://www.cinemapolitica.org/artists/brishkay-ahmed. 
== Project Recognitions ==
Ahmed's extensive career has lead her and her projects to be recognized. PowHerhouse has named Ahmed as an artist of impact, which has lead Ahmed to be a prominent speaker at their Gather for Her eventshttps://www.powherhouse.com/gather-for-her-registration/. Ahmed has also been interviewed on the Girls of Wisdom by friend and known afghan singer Mozhdah Jamalzadah https://podbay.fm/p/girls-of-wisdom/e/1584604860. Ahmed documentary Story of Burqa being recognized also lead her to be on the cover of a known Canadian paper, the The Georgia Straight|Georgia Straight.https://www.straight.com/article-674666/vancouver/digging-doxa-documentary-film-festival Ahmed has also been recognized through awards. Ahmed's film Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal Winner won Best Feature Documentary: Women's Rights Subject at the American Filmatic Arts Awards and was nominated for an award at the Los Angeles Cinefesthttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3506567/awards?ref_=nm_awd. Ahmed was nominated for the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director at Doxa film festival for her directing in her documentary In the Rumbling Belly of Motherlandhttps://www.doxafestival.ca/about/festival-awards. The Regina International Film Festival also has nominated Ahmed's film In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland for the award for Canadian Documentary Long film https://www.riffa.ca/?fbclid=IwAR1J3FX9uIPBVMCJ-_ctIznrQjwdwATYa30kuvPDQYOqP_NvMCjkyHZcUgQ
Category:Afghan writers
Category:Afghan film directors