Myriam Francois
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Dr. Myriam Francois is an award-winning Franco-Irish documentary filmmaker, journalist and writer. Her writing has featured widely in British and international press, including the Guardian, TIME, Foreign Policy, the Telegraph, CNN online and New Statesman, among others.
Myriam's award-winning, directorial debut documentary Finding Alaa (BBC/CBC 2023), under her production company MPWR Productions, won the “Special Mention” Award at Doc Fest’23 and “Best Short” at the Independent Shorts Festival, So-Cal, USA Film Awards. The film has been BAFTA Longlisted as “Best Short Film” in 2024. She is also the host of the podcast "We need to talk about Whiteness".
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