Anisa Sabiri

Anisa Sabiri is a London-based filmmaker originally from Tajikistan. Her films, including THE CRYING OF TANBUR (2018) and RHYTHMS OF LOST TIME (2021), have screened at international festivals, including Busan, Asian Film Archive, BOZAR, Musée des Confluences and DOKUMENTA-15. Her projects in development have been selected at Berlinale (EFM Toolbox), Ji.hlava, Sheffield DocFest, DocMonde, Eurasia DocMonde and goEast. In 2023, she co-directed and co-wrote PINK TREE, commissioned by BAFA & CHANEL, showcased at Busan IFF. As a writer, Sabiri contributed to a hybrid poetic film HAFTA, showcased at the 60th Venice Biennale, Main Pavilion. In 2018, Anisa established the 'My Vision' Experimental Film Residency in Dushanbe, marking her entry into production. Her UK-based company, Generation Films, is developing a feature documentary, '3200', by an emerging Tajik filmmaker Mehrangez Saidzoda's work in a French co-production. Anisa teaches film at the University of Central Asia in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan, and has contributed to the Independence Project with DISCO Network and Doc Society, and has spoken at the Royal Society of Asian Affairs, European Film Market, goEast, Basel Peace Forum and PEN. Sabiri completed her MA in Screenwriting at the London Film School with a Chevening Scholarship, earning the Outstanding Screenwriting Award and The Final Draft. She is an alumna of Sheffield Future Producers and the UCLA programme with the US State Department's International Leadership Programme in Documentary Filmmaking (2021). She studied with Suwa Nobuhiro at the Busan Asian Film Academy (2024) and with Fred Kelemen in Moscow. She is a member of Directors UK and the Documentary Association of Europe.