Filmography

Documentaries
2025Searching for SatyrusEditor · Writer
2022And Still I SingEditor
2019Finding SallyEditor
2018GiftEditor
201814 and MuslimEditor
2017Bee NationEditor
2016In the Name of ConfuciusEditor
2015Driving with SelviEditor
2015StatelessEditor
2014Twenty MovesEditor
2013The Beekeeper and His SonEditor
2011The Jungle PrescriptionEditor
2009Icarus FellEditor
2007All AloneEditor
2006Afghan MusclesEditor
2006The Scent of BeyrouthEditor
2006The Bird That Could Tell FortunesEditor
2005An Acquaintance and a KissEditor
2004Behind the MountainsEditor
2004The Voice of IranEditor
2003It's All GoodWriter · Director · Editor
2003Operation BilkaEditor
2002The Star DreamerEditor
2002Film, Fish & FreedomEditor
2000SurveillanceEditor
1999Father, Mother, DaughterEditor
1998Watching AndreaEditor
Narrative Features and Series
2026Mehal SefariEditor
2021The Communist's DaughterEditor
2009Van Wilder: Freshman YearEditor
2005True SpiritEditor
2004Villa ParanoiaAdd. Editor
2003Kick N' RushEditor
2002Zakka WestEditor
Shorts
2019Wiisgaapte (Bitter Smoke)Editor
2013A Fixed PointEditor
2012Take a Deep BreathEditor
2002This Charming ManEditor
2002The FuneralEditor
2002The MonsterEditor
2002Feeding DesireEditor
2000The Right MomentWriter · Director · Editor
2000Love BirdsEditor
2000HumbertEditor
1998The AccidentEditor
Awards & Nominations
Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film; audience awards including Clermont-Ferrand and Aspen Shortfest among other wins and nominations
This Charming Man
2002
Austin Film Festival — Best Documentary Feature Award; Canadian Cinema Editors Awards — nominated, Best Editing Feature Documentary
Searching for Satyrus
2025
Nashville Film Festival — Best Music Documentary Feature; Official Selections: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Sheffield DocFest, Sydney Film Festival, Doc Edge Film Festival
And Still I Sing
2022
Audience Awards: African Diaspora Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival LA, African Film Festival of Portland; Adiaha Prize — Best Documentary by an African woman; festival selections including Hot Docs, DOXA, Vues d’Afrique, Durban, Film Africa/BFI, Gothenburg
Finding Sally
2019
DGC Awards — Nominated, Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking
Gift
2018
Canadian Screen Awards — Nominated, Best Direction, Documentary Program; Yorkton Film Festival — Kathleen Shannon Award nomination
14 and Muslim
2018
Hot Docs 2017 Opening Night Film · CineMuskoka Best Documentary · Yorkton Film Festival nominee · Aspen Film Fest · Seattle International Film Festival · Florida Film Festival · RiverRun International Film Festival
Bee Nation
2017
Wakefield International Film Festival — Audience Award; Atlanta Film Festival — Documentary Feature Jury Award and New Mavericks Award for Directing; Reel Asian — Truth To Power Documentary Award; Yorkton — Golden Sheaf Award; Canadian Screen Awards — nominated, Best Social/Political Documentary and Best Documentary Direction
Driving with Selvi
2015
AFI Fest — Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary; Jury Prize — dokumentART European Film Festival; Official Selections: CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Hamburg Filmfest
Afghan Muscles
2006
Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival — Jury Prize
Behind the Mountains
2004
Odense International Film Festival — Jury Prize
The Star Dreamer
2003
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards — nominated, Best Editing; Web Series World Cup — winner; Canadian Screen Awards — Supporting Performance win among other recognition
The Communist's Daughter
2021
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards — nominated, Best Editing in Short Film
Wiisgaapte (Bitter Smoke)
2019
Hisar Seckisi / Istanbul Film Festival — selected among 10 best shorts; selected by New Directors/New Films, Palm Springs International Film Festival and Cinemed
Take a Deep Breath
2012
Cinequest — Maverick Spirit Award; Rouen Nordic Film Festival — Audience Award; Taormina International Film Festival — FIPRESCI Prize; Danish Film Academy Robert Awards and Bodil Awards — multiple nominations
Villa Paranoia
2004
Festival du Film de Châtenay-Malabry — Jury Award; Danish Film Academy Robert Awards — nominated, Best Family Film; Berlin Film Festival Panorama — selection
Kick N’ Rush
2003
Danish Film Academy Robert Awards — Best Short Film
The Funeral
2002
Odense International Film Festival — Best Short Feature; Student Academy Awards — Best Foreign Film
Feeding Desire
2002
Education
2002 - 2008
National Film School of Denmark — Continuing Education & Masterclasses
Master classes and workshops with Walter Murch, Thelma Schoonmaker, David Lynch, Frederick Wiseman, Ken Loach, Roman Polanski, Hal Hartley, Tom Tykwer, Lars von Trier, and others
1997 – 2001
The National Film School of Denmark
Film Editing
1994 – 1996
Copenhagen University
Theatre Science, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies