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Shasha Nakhai
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Shasha Nakhai is a Filipino-Iranian Canadian film director, most noted as codirector with Rich Williamson of the 2021 film Scarborough. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture, and Nakhai and Williamson won the award for Best Director, at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. A partner with Williamson in the production firm Compy Films, she first became known for her 2018 documentary film Take Light, which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. She was also a producer of Williamson's short documentary film Frame 394, which was a CSA nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. Description a…
Known for
7.4Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.
Scarborough
2022
NRA look at the tangled wires of Nigeria's electricity crisis, told through the everyday trials and tribulations of a charismatic electrician.
Take Light
2018
A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.
Love Letters from Everest
2019
A snapshot into a brief moment in time when paradise was lost. A diverse set of characters re-enact and reflect on the spur of the moment decisions they made during Hawaii’s 2018 false missile alert.
Thirty Eight Minutes
2021
Behind the camera
7.4Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.
Scarborough
2022
NRA look at the tangled wires of Nigeria's electricity crisis, told through the everyday trials and tribulations of a charismatic electrician.
Take Light
2018
A long-distance love story unfolds via letters exchanged during the 1956 Everest expedition.
Love Letters from Everest
2019
A snapshot into a brief moment in time when paradise was lost. A diverse set of characters re-enact and reflect on the spur of the moment decisions they made during Hawaii’s 2018 false missile alert.
Thirty Eight Minutes
2021
A snapshot into a brief moment in time when paradise was lost. A diverse set of characters re-enact and reflect on the spur of the moment decisions they made during Hawaii’s 2018 false missile alert.
Thirty Eight Minutes
2021