November Films

Based in: Toronto Canada

Aeyliya Husain is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on issues of representation, women, and photography. She has exhibited at festivals both nationally and internationally including, Tribeca Film Festival, where her film ‘Shooting War’ was nominated for best short documentary.This film examined the Iraq War through the lens of a photojournalist, revealing the stories behind the images and the story of the war itself. ‘The World at Ten’, follows the story of two ten-year-old inner-city children as they navigate the world around them. Her film ‘Daughters of the Revolution’ tells the story of Iranian activist lawyer and her fight for women’s rights in Iran. These films have also screened at San Francisco Docfest; Glasgow Short Film Festival and São Paulo Film Festival and have been broadcast on CBC, BBC, RSI (Swiss Public TV) and France 4. Her most recent film ‘The Fifth Region’ had its premiere at the ImagineNATIVE Film Festival (October 2018) and aired on The Documentary Channel, SBS Australia, Knowledge Network, amongst others.

She is currently in development on a four-part limited series entitle ‘Reframed’ that looks at four moments of conflict and unrest from around the world through photographs and tells the story behind the frame. Told from the photographer’s point of view it’s a series about the events you thought you knew but don’t. It’s about the images that tell a different narrative to reframe the moment. Her latest film, ‘An Unfinished Journey’, that follows four female Afghan MPs as they are evacuated out of Afghanistan, resettled in Canada, and continue their activism against the Taliban, was produced by CBC, Arte France, and ERT Greece.

She is currently producing a feature documentary by emerging filmmaker, Emily Graves. ‘Becoming A Landscape’ looks at climate change through the lens of an artist, in Svalbard Norway.

In addition to her film practice, Aeyliya sits on the board of Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) and she is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC). Her work has been supported by production grants from the National Film Board of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council and VICE media. Husain holds an MFA in Film Production from York University (Toronto, Canada) and a BA from the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Canada).

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