Myriam is a half French, half Syrian artist and filmmaker. Her practice focuses on using oral testimony and embodied visuality to explore themes of loss, belonging and memory. She has worked on projects involving creativity, wellbeing and communities for several years in the UK, France and Lebanon. She began making films while studying medical anthropology at University College London. Myriam’s films have been awarded Best Video Poem at the Los Angeles Film & Video Poetry Symposium (2020), Best Short Documentary at Nova Frontier Film Festival in New York (2019), Honourable Mention at Sunderland Shorts Film Festival (2018) and the Inspiration Award at the AHRC Film Festival (2015). They have screened at festivals including Fisura Festival of Experimental Film, London Short FF, Encounters FF and Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, amongst others. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the New Art Exchange, UK (2023), The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, UK (2021) and Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE (2020) and have also featured in group exhibitions, notably Images Festival, Toronto (2022), Warsaw Fringe at Sauna Space (2024) and Artist Moving Image Programme at Margate Film Festival (2021). Myriam was selected as part of the BFI Network & BAFTA crew (2018) and was part of Bridging the Gap talent initiative (2017) at the Scottish Documentary Institute. Her most recent film, absent landscapes (2023), was commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella in London. |