Mira is a Syrian-Canadian filmmaker with five years of experience across all areas of production. She directed, produced and filmed the award-winning documentary Syria’s Tent Cities, which won 31 awards and screened at over 15 festivals internationally. Mira holds an MFA in Documentary Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, California.
Mira has a strong interest in social issues. Her growing passion for social issues led Mira to choose to go on to study Documentary Filmmaking and create Syria’s Tent Cities, a film that explores the Syrian Refugee Crisis from both a local and global perspective.
Mira is also working on a film that focuses on the PCOS Disorder in women and how the many side effects it causes impact those affected by it. Through making her films, Mira’s experience has included interviewing social media celebrities such as Little Bear the Bearded Lady to experts in humanitarian matters, such as Bassam Khawaja who works in refugee issues at Human Rights Watch in Lebanon.
In addition to filmmaking, Mira is very passionate about travel and hopes to be able to see the world through her work. Armed with her camera, Mira has travelled extensively for her projects and found a lot of stories that she can’t wait to tell!