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Sonia Kennebeck is an independent documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist with more than 15 years of directing and producing experience. She has directed eight television documentaries and more than 50 investigative reports. NATIONAL BIRD, her first feature-length film, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival 2016 and was also selected for Tribeca, Sheffield, and IDFA.

Foreign Policy magazine recognized Sonia Kennebeck as one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016, and she was also selected as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2016 by Filmmaker Magazine.

In March 2017, NATIONAL BIRD received the prestigious Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize that is awarded to one documentary a year "that defends the public interest, advances or promotes social justice, or illuminates a more just vision of society."

Sonia Kennebeck received a master's degree in international affairs from American University in Washington, D.C. She was born in Malacca, Malaysia, and lives in New York, NY.

Awards

Sonia Kennebeck

Berlin International Film Festival

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Philadelphia Film Festival

San Francisco International Film Festival

SXSW Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

CPH:DOX

East End Film Festival, UK

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