- Originally from Pakistan, Mahak Jiwani has produced films in Chile, USA, Japan, and Pakistan. In 2017, she produced Premonition, directed by Leticia Akel, which won the Cacho Pallero Award at the Huesca International Film Festival and screened Aspen ShortFest, Seattle International Film Festival and Palm Springs International ShortFest. Her next collaboration with Akel, a short film Congratulations, premiered at Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC) as a part of the National Talent Competition in 2019.
Jiwani's latest film Darling, won the Katharina Otto Bernstein Production Award at Columbia University Film Festival 2018 and Best Short Film Award at Venice International Film Festival, where it world-premiered. Darling is also an official selection of Toronto International Film Festival.
Mahak is a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University and is also developing her features Gulaab (Locarno Open Doors 2018) in Pakistan and Shadow in Chile.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mahak Jiwani
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