Jessica Beshir Biography

Awards

• 2021Golden Athena-Best Documentary: winner
• 2021Grierson Award-Documentary Film: nominated
• 2021ZINEBI First Film Award-Special Mention: winner
• 2021Emerging Cinematic Vision Award-: nominated
• 2021Golden Frog-Documentary Films Competition: nominated
• 2021Tanit d'Or-Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2021Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best First Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2021Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2021International Docs Competition-International Dox Award: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award-: winner
• 2021Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award-: winner
• 2021Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award-: winner
• 2021Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-Markers: winner
• 2021Jury Prize-International Long Documentary: nominated
• 2021Grand Prix du Jury-Compétition internationale: nominated
• 2021Documentary Competition Award-: nominated
• 2021Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2021Grand Prix-International Feature Film Competition: winner
• 2021FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2022ASC Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary Film: winner
• 2022Black Reel-Outstanding Foreign Film: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film: nominated
• 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
• 2022Truer Than Fiction Award-: winner
• 2022IDA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2022IDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated