Sharjah Biennial 16

Encompassing video, film, collage and photography, Şirin Bahar Demirel’s work examines mis/displacement, home, memory and their relationship with places and objects.

The work of filmmaker, artist and graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee explores the contradictions of daily life in contemporary India.

A visual artist and filmmaker, Eric Baudelaire’s recent projects have explored the possibility
 of self-invention and political imagining.

Frederico Beja’s work spans different platforms, including TV commercials and both short and feature films.

Nejib Belkadhi’s career began in acting.

Érik Bullot's work explores both documentary and experimental genres and his approach as a filmmaker explores cinema’s formal and poetic force.

Omar Butti has managed large-scale media industry development initiatives and worked both in front of and behind the camera.

Fascinated by myths and legends, Çağla Zencirci uses the medium of cinema to tell real-life stories.

Ali Cherri unravels complex narratives of the environment and heritage in Lebanon and the broader region.

Daouda Coulibaly's first short film, A History of Independence (2009) was inspired by an African folk tale.

Khavn De La Cruz is a multiawarded filmmaker, composer, and writer.

Talal Derki’s short films and feature-length documentaries have received several international awards.

Manthia Diawara is a writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist and art historian.

Barış Doğrusöz is an artist and filmmaker whose projects have taken the form of audiovisual installations, sculpture, graphic works, photography and drawings.

Barry Doupé is an artist and filmmaker living in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Media Arts.