Maryam Mir

Maryam Mir is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. As a Kashmiri-Canadian born in Germany, raised in Bahrain, with Kenyan ancestry, Maryam finds inspiration in (im)migrant stories of warmth, joy and gentleness. She is a New York Foundation of the Arts Awardee ’22, Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellow ’23 and Pillars Artist Fellow ‘24.

Her latest narrative short, “Sweet Refuge”, was acquired by AMC+, has screened at 25+ festivals and won several awards, including a Directors Guild of America Jury Award for Best Student Filmmaker and 2024 Best of NewFilmmakers LA Award. She is currently in post-production for her thesis film set in Bahrain, with support from the Doha Film Institute. She holds an MFA degree from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Film Program, where she was an Ang Lee Scholar and concentrated in writing and directing.