Afia Nathaniel
Afia Nathaniel
Writer. Director. Producer.
 
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Afia’s new project NAAZ in development featured by Creative Capital as “noteworthy”

Read all about it on their website.

 
 
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Afia Nathaniel selected for the prestigious NBC Female Forward Program 2020-21

IT DOES HAPPEN…

Afia is ready to make a bridge between film and TV through this amazing initiative from NBCUniversal. Read all about it in this Deadline article.

 
 
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Afia’s TV series in development WATCHED selected for the IFP Week 2018, wins inaugural development grant from Warner150 and IFP

Watched the tv series based on the novel “watched” by marina budhos

IFP Announces 40th Anniversary IFP Week Project Forum Slate. Read about it here.

 
 
 

DUKHTAR

 
 
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LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Dukhtar grabs you from the outset and never lets go”
“a gorgeous, suspenseful cinematic achievement”

 
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VILLAGE VOICE, CRITICS’ PICK

“never changes from dream to nightmare. Instead, it inhabits a heightened, brilliantly colorful version of what lies between; call it reality.”

 
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iNDIEWIRE

“groundbreaking”
“unlike anything done by a director from this part of the world”

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New york times

“Exquisite”

 
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new york times

Avoiding Sectarian Violence to Tell a Story That Refused to Go Away

 
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VARIETY

“Nathaniel proves her mettle in a national industry where distaff directors are rare”

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HUFFINGTON POST

“a road journey to end all road journeys”

 
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MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

“intense”
“will have you on the edge of your seat.”

 
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TIMES COLONIST

“as emotionally involving as it is visually spectacular.”