Brishkay Ahmed

Brishkay is the Director of the feature documentaries, In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland (2021), Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal (2016) and Story of Burqa (2012). Through her years as a documentary filmmaker she has been supported by the NFB, CBC, Superchannel, RTA, Bravo, and Cinema Politica on projects. Her most recent feature documentary, In The Rumbling Belly of Motherland, nominee for the 2021 DGC Excellence in Documentary, won the Outstanding Feature Film Award at the 2021 Reelworld Film Festival. Brishkay also won the Outstanding Producer Award at the festival. Her short, Fatima In Kabul was a nominee for Best Web Program - Canadian Screen Awards 2022, and a Banff Rockie Award Nominee Short Non-Fiction Program 2022. Beyond documentaries, Brishkay Ahmed is the creator and co-director of the Afghan prime-time legal drama Between You and Me for Tolo TV, Afghanistan (2011 -2013). You can learn more at IMDB and LinkedIn.