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Ariel Nasr is 26 years old, born January 1, 2000 in Halifax · Capricorn.
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Ariel Nasr is a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose work centers on Afghan culture and displacement. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he directed The Boxing Girls of Kabul, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary in 2013, and produced Buzkashi Boys, nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards. In 2024, he won the TIFF-CBC Films Screenwriter Award for his feature screenplay Daudistan. His films often explore the War in Afghanistan's impact and Afghan-Canadian communities.
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Ariel Nasr is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is most recognized for directing The Boxing Girls of Kabul, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary in 2013, and for producing Buzkashi Boys, which received a nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. The Forbidden Reel, another of his directorial projects, won the Audience Award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Nasr's career has been shaped by his Afghan heritage and the War in Afghanistan, which he has cited as a formative influence. His filmography reflects this focus, including Good Morning Kandahar (2008), The Long Way Home (2017), and The Mosque: A Community's Struggle (2020), a documentary about the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting. He was educated at the University of King's College. In 2024, Nasr won the TIFF-CBC Films Screenwriter Award for his feature film screenplay Daudistan, marking his expansion into screenwriting. As a screenwriter, his work engages with narrative storytelling across documentary and dramatic forms.
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