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Julia Bacha | |
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Julia Bacha at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards | |
Born | 1980 (age 44–45) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Occupation | Director, Producer, Writer |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Genre | Documentary |
Notable works | Budrus, Encounter Point, Control Room |
Spouse | Lucas Welch |
Website | |
justvision |
Julia Bacha (born 1980) is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker.
Background
Bacha was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When she was 17 she moved to the US to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. She got accepted to Tehran University for a Master's degree but could not acquire a visa, and instead went to Cairo to work on a documentary, Control Room. In 2003, she graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies.
Career
Bacha has strategically used film to highlight under documented stories from the Middle East.
In 2004, she was the co-writer (with director Jehane Noujaim) and editor of Control Room, a documentary about Al Jazeera. Bacha was nominated to the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 for her work on this film. Two years later, she co-directed (with Ronit Avni) the documentary Encounter Point, which was the official selection at Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, Jerusalem Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festivals, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Bacha directed the 2009 documentary Budrus, which was shown at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and became runner up in the festival's documentary competition. Budrus won over 18 international prizes, including the 2012 PUMA Creative.Impact Award, a prize given to the documentary film that had the greatest impact on society in any given year. In 2013, her 2012 film My Neighbourhood won the Peabody Award and premiered online at The Guardian. In 2014, it won a Special Mention at the Social Impact Media Awards. On November 12, 2017, her latest film, Naila and the Uprising (2017), premiered at the DOC NYC filmfestival.
By 2006, Bacha had become creative director at the non-profit Just Vision.
Filmography
- Control Room (2004) - Co-writer and editor
- Encounter Point (2006) - Co-Director
- Budrus (2009) - Director
- Home Front: Portraits From Sheikh Jarrah (2011) - Writer and Producer
- My Neighbourhood (2012) - Co-Director and Co-Producer
- Naila and the Uprising (2017) - Director
Awards
- 2003: Phi Beta Kappa prize upon graduation from Columbia University
- 2009: 2009 King Hussein Leadership Prize (co-recipient)
- 2010: Search for Common Ground Award
- 2011: Ridenhour Film Prize
- 2012: O Globo “Faz Diferença” Award
See also
References
- "Julia Bacha - Budrus" (PDF). Berlin Film Festival. 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- Romero, Angie (23 February 2010). "Berlin Film Festival Spotlight: Julia Bacha's Budrus". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". gs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- "Budrus Laurels". Justvision.org. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- http://britdoc.org/news/2012/11/13/budrus-winner-of-puma-creative-impact-award-2012
- http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/sheikh-jarrah-my-neighborhood
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/mar/17/my-neighbourhood-palestinian-israeli-video
- http://simaawards.org/portfolio-item/neighbourhood/
- "Naila and the Uprising". DOC NYC. November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- "Naila and the Uprising". Just Vision. 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- Julia Bacha page at Just Vision (retrieved 2010-8-2)