The Station |
Fiction Feature Film
(in Post-Production, World Premiere in 2026)
Director: Sara Ishaq
Writer(s): Sara Ishaq & Nadia Eliewat
Producer: Nadia Eliewat (Screen Project)
Co-producer(s): Kepler Film (NL) / Georges Film (Fr) /
OneTwo Films (DE) / BarantsFilm (NO) / Setara Films (Yemen)
Country: Yemen / Jordan / Qatar / NL / France / Germany / Norway
FUNDS & AWARDS:
Winner of La Biennale di Venezia Prize for best film in post production - Venice Film Festival's Final Cut in Venice (2025)
Recipient of FFD Federal German Fund (2025)
Recipient of Eurimage (2024)
Selected for Venice FF Gap Financing Market (2024)
Recipient ofSørfond Production Fund (2024)
Recipient ofCNC Production Fund (2023)
Recipient ofAFAC Production Fund (2023)
Recipient ofDFI Production Fund (2023)
Recipient ofNetherlands Film Fund + Hubert Bals Fund (2022)
Winner of Sørfond Pitch Invitation Award' (2020),
Selected for L'Atelier Cinéfondation Festival de Cannes (2020)
Recipient IFFR Wouter Barendrecht Award (2020),
Winner of Cairo Film Festival Palm Hills Award (2019),
Winner of Asia Pacific Screen Awards Development Fund (2019)
winner of Netherlands Film Festival Filmmore Emerging Talent Award (2019)
Recipient of RFC Jordan Film Fund for Development + Production (2019 + 2021)
Recipient IFFR Hubert Bals 'Bright Future' Development Fund (2018)
FARIHA (2024) |
Short Documentary
Producer: Sara Ishaq
Director: Badr Yousef
Production: Setara Films
Country: Yemen / Netherlands / Qatar
SUPPORTED BY:
DFI Production Fund, Doha Film Institute (2022)
Post-Production Grant, Al-Mawred Cultral Resource (2022)
There Is no space (2026) |
Short Documentary
Producer: Sara Ishaq
Director: Amgad Al-Mohaya
Production: Setara Films
Country: Yemen / Netherlands
SUPPORTED BY:
AFAC Production Fund, Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (2022)
The Mulberry House | Feature Doc
World Premiere - IDFA 2013
Director: Sara Ishaq
Producer(s): Diana El-Jeiroudi (ProAction Films)
Mostafa Yousef (Seen Films)
Sara Ishaq (Setara Films)
Country: Yemen / Syria / Egypt / UAE
Length: 64 Mins
TV Broadcast Al-Jazeera English (2014)
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
This Human World Film Festival Jury Prize 2014 | WINNER
Audience Favourite Award at Berwick Film Festival UK 2014 | WINNER
Dubai International Film Festival MUHR Award 2014 | NOMINEE
DOK.FEST Munich Best Doc Award 2014 | NOMINEE
AEGEAN DOCS Best Political Doc Award 2014 | NOMINEE
DocsBarcelona+Medellín International Doc Film Festival 2015 | SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Director: Sara Ishaq
Producer: Sara Ishaq (Setara Films)
Co-Producer: Hotspot Films
Country: Yemen / UAE
Length: 26 Mins
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short 2014 | NOMINEE
BAFTA Scotland | New Talent Award 2012 | NOMINEE
EDINDOCS Film Festival | Best Short Film Award 2013 | WINNER
Al-Jazeera TV Awards | Best Short Doc Award 2012 | WINNER
United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) | Best Short Award 2012 | WINNER
Arab Film Festival, San Francisco (AFF) | Outstanding Short Award 2012 | WINNER
Evolution Mallorca Intl Film Festival 2012 | Honourable Mention for Powerful and Human Storytelling
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2012 | Honourable Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
One World Media Award 2013 | NOMINEE
TV Broadcast: BBC Arabic (2012)
Karama Has No Walls (2012) | Short Doc
TV WORK
NTR / NPO START (DUTCH PUBLIC TV) - DIRECTOR | Getuigen Van Gaza (Witnesses from Gaza) - Series, 2025 (NL / Egypt)
BBC WORLD - LOCAL PRODUCER / RESEARCHER | The House of Saud (Episode 1, 60 Mins, 2018) (Yemen)
AJ+ - Yemen Fight Club - DIRECTOR/DOP
BBC OUR WORLD/NEWSNIGHT - LOCAL PRODUCER / RESEARCHER | Funeral Bombing (30 min, 2017) (Yemen)
CHANNEL FOUR - UNREPORTED WORLD - LOCAL PRODUCER / RESEARCHER | Yemeni Child Prisoners on Death Row (60 min, 2013)
MEDIATRUST - LOCAL PRODUCER | Entrepreneurial Tribal Women (10 min, 2012)
BBC WORLD - LOCAL PRODUCER / RESEARCHER / DOP | Yemen Uprising (60 min, 2011) OUR World - BBC World | Multiple short news pieces - BBC World
BBC TWO - LOCATION COORDINATOR / RESEARCHER | Women In Black (5x60 min, 2007)
(All TV productions between 2018-2023 were under Comra Films Productions)