Sara N.

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Sara Nodjoumi is an independent film producer and festival programmer. She and Till Schauder recently collaborated on WHEN GOD SLEEPS, co-produced by ITVS, executive produced by Motto Pictures, Catapult Film Fund, and Fork Films, and supported by numerous foundations including the Sundance Institute, Jerome Foundation, and NYSCA. The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win a number of international awards including the Golden Heynal award for Best Music Doc at the Krakow Film Festival and Most Valuable Film of the Year from Cinema for Peace in Berlin. It has so far played at over 60 festivals all over the world. Nodjoumi and Schauder are currently working on the release of their latest feature documentary REGGAE BOYZ about the healing power of soccer and music in Jamaica. After delighting audiences from Berlin to the Bahamas, the film will have its US Premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2019. From 2004-2009, Nodjoumi worked at the Tribeca Film Festival as an Associate Programmer and is currently the Artistic Director of the New York Sephardic Film Festival. She also produced the feature documentary THE IRAN JOB, which was released theatrically and on Netflix worldwide. In Germany, the film was shortlisted for a German Academy Award. For THE IRAN JOB, Nodjoumi managed two of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time. In 2016, she was invited to attend the Sundance Creative Producer’s Summit and in 2017 she was an IFP Cannes Producer’s Network Fellow.

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