Biography

Osinachi Ibe is a Nigerian-American writer, filmmaker, and film programmer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She creates intimate, feminine portraits that meditate on the complexities of the spirit, heart, and the divine. Her work is expressive and incorporates elements of narrative and experimental cinema, and poetry. Osinachi earned her MFA in Film Directing from Chapman University where she received a graduate fellowship. She is an alum of the 2022 Sundance Uprise Grant Fund for her debut feature film, Karolina and Udochi Dance in the Woods at Dusk!. Osinachi was an artist in residence in Headlands Center for the Arts' 2023 Artist in Residence Program, and a filmmaker in residence in SFFILM's 2023 & 2024 FilmHouse Residencies. She was just awarded SFFILM's 2024 Rainin Grant.
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