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Xanna works across fiction, documentaries and animation and is a graduate of the NFTS. Her first 2 feature docs, Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche and If The Streets Were on Fire, won in both the Raindance Maverick Award and Best Documentary categories at the BIFAs – her work has also played at festivals worldwide including the BFI LFF, Cannes, and SXSW, amongst others. Fiction work includes the feature Say Your Prayers, directed by Harry Michell, and award winning shorts including A Perfect Turn directed by Minha Kim, and Dolápo is Fine directed by Ethosheia Hylton.
Xanna was raised and lives in Hackney, North-East London.
FEATURES / DOCUMENTARIES
OUR LAND (Feature Documentary)
Prod. BFI Society, Uncertain Kingdom, Grasp The Nettle Films
Dir. Orban Wallace
DOPPELGANGERS3 (Feature Documentary)
Prod. BFI Doc Society
Dir. Nelly Ben-Hayoun
Official Selection: SXSW
IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE (Feature Documentary)
Prod. Dorothy St. Pictures / BFI Doc Society
Dir. Alice Russell
Winner: Best Documentary – BIFAs
Winner: The Raindance Maverick Award – BIFAs
Nomination: BAFTA Longlist
Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival
Official Selection: MANIFF
KANAVAL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS (Feature Documentary)
Prod. Dorothy St. Pictures / BFI Doc Society / Tiger Lily Films
Dir. Leah Gordon & Eddie Hutton-Mills
Official Selection: London Film Festival
Official Selection: Hot Docs
Nomination: Grierson British Documentary Award – BFI LFF
Nomination: Best Documentary Film Director – BIFAs
REEL BRITANNIA S1 (Ep 1)
Prod. Britbox
Dir. Jon Spira
RESET THE STAGE (Mini Series)
Prod. Apatan Productions / The Mono Box
Dir. Roberta Zuric
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (Feature Documentary)
Prod. Sky Arts / BFI Doc Society / Tyke Films / Creative Scotland
Dir. Paul Sng & Celeste Bell
Winner: Best Documentary – BIFAs
Winner: The Raindance Maverick Award – BIFAs
Nomination: BAFTA Scotland
Nomination: Grierson British Documentary Award – BFI LFF
Official Selection: SXSW
Official Selection: Hot Docs
Official Selection: CPH:DOX
SAY YOUR PRAYERS (Feature)
Prod. Screen Yorkshire
Dir. Harry Michell
THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC (Assembly Editor – Feature Documentary)
Prod. Sandpaper Films / Yleisradio (YLE) / Hinterland
Dir. Robert Miller & Henry Singer
IRENE’S GHOST (Additional Editor – Feature Documentary)
Prod. Forward Features / Tyke Films / Sapex Scripts
Dir. Iain Cunningham
SHORT FILMS
BLACK GODFATHER OF SCUBA
Prod. Firelight Films / Meadowlark Media / Walks of Life Films
Dir. Matt Kay
PUFFLING (Documentary Short)
Prod. The New Yorker / Field of Vision / Emergence Magzine
Dir. Jessica Bishopp
Winner: Best Documentary – Aspen ShortsFest
Winner: Best Documentary Short – MANIFF
Nomination: BIFAs Longlist
Nomination: Grierson Shortlist – BFI LFF
Official Selection: SXSW
Official Selection: Doc NYC
Official Selection: Maniff
NORTHERN BALLERS (Additional Editor)
Prod. Tyke Films
Dir. Rhys Aaron Lewis
TERANGA: LIFE IN THE WAITING ROOM
Prod. The Guardian
Dir. Lou Marillier & Sophia Seymour & Daisy Squires
MANGO
Prod. Apatan Productions
Dir. Joan Lyiola
DỌLÁPỌ IS FINE
Prod. Apatan Productions / Female Film Force
Dir. Ethosheia Hylton
Winner: Best Short – ABFF HBO
Official Selection: London Film Festival
ON THE BEACHES
Prod. Plainspeak Pictures
Dir. Luke Rogers
A PERFECT TURN
Prod. George Telfer, Archie Pearch
Dir. Minha Kim
Winner: Best Cinematography – Film London 2018
BORED
Prod. Redbreast Productions
Dir. Georgia Oakley
Official Selection: SXSW
DIMA
Prod. Remi Itani
Dir. Remi Itani
RETURN
Prod. NFTS
Dir. Malou Reymann
THE ALAN DIMENSION
Prod. NFTS
Dir. Jac Clinch
Nomination: Best Animation Short – BAFTA
Nomination: Cinefondacion Award – Cannes Film Festival
Nomination: Student Award for Best Editing – RTS
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection: Annecy Animation Festival
Official Selection: Edinburgh Film Festival
DARK WAS THE NIGHT
Prod. Khaled Gad
Dir. Sam McMullen
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