Saodat Ismailova

Saodat Ismailova
Jury member for the Graduation Films of 2024 (DN edition 11)

Saodat Ismailova is an Uzbek filmmaker and artist graduated from Tashkent State Art Institute in Uzbekistan and Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France.

Departing from a documentary practice, her films are rhythmed by historical and mythical temporalities, weaving non-linear, dreamlike narratives with and alongside ancestral knowledge.

Her films and video installations were presented in Biennale of Venice, Berlinale IFF, Rotterdam IFF, CPH DOX etc. Works of Saodat Ismailova are in collection of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Centre Pompidou, Paris and Almaty Museum of Arts, Kazakhstan and private collections.

In 2022, she the Eye Art & Film Prize (Amsterdam) for her oeuvre, in which she devotes attention to the complex, layered culture of her motherland.