Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Maclennan, Ruth

Maclennan, Ruth

Artist, Filmmaker, Curator

Ruth Maclennan examines changing relationships between places and their inhabitants in the context of geopolitical and climate upheaval.

Mahmood, Basir

Mahmood, Basir

Artist, Filmmaker

Encompassing video, film and photography, visual artist Basir Mahmood's practice contemplates embedded social and historical terrains of the ordinary alongside his personal milieu.

Malas, Mohamad

Malas, Mohamad

Filmmaker

During his 35 year career in cinema, Mohamad Malas has tried to achieve his own film project, focusing on the ‘missing’ in time and place within the Syrian community.

Maraini-Melehi, Mujah

Maraini-Melehi, Mujah

Film director

Writer, director and producer Mujah Maraini-Melehi has cultivated her passion for the arts across Morocco, Italy and the United States.

Marcia Smith

Marcia Smith

Filmmaker

Marcia Smith is a writer, filmmaker, and a non-profit executive invested in telling and producing nonfiction stories about racial injustices rooted in African American history and contemporary lived experience.

Mehta, Richie

Mehta, Richie

Filmmaker, Writer

Richie Mehta is a writer and director of feature films, documentaries and long-form films/series for festivals, cinema and online platform play.

Meltzer, Julia

Meltzer, Julia

Artist, Filmmaker

Julia Meltzer's work with David Thorne has been awarded prizes at the European Media Arts Festival, Transmediale and the Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival.

Metahaven

Metahaven

Artists, Filmmakers, Writers

Founded by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden, Metahaven is a research-based collective working across design, art, filmmaking, teaching and publications.

Mochu

Mochu

Artist, Filmmaker, Writer

Mochu is an experimental filmmaker, artist and writer whose work engages with the life of fictional figures found in works of art and their encounters with various philosophies, mythologies and techno-fiction.

Modi, Mehelli

Modi, Mehelli

Filmmaker

Mehelli’s first love had always been cinema, and in 2005 he founded Second Run, a DVD company dedicated to releasing outstanding, award-winning films from around the world.

Mostafa, Ali

Mostafa, Ali

Filmmaker

Ali Mostafa is a filmmaker, director and producer.