Arwa Aburawa is an artist filmmaker based in London. Her work explores race, nature and the legacies of colonialism. Her films are also guided by questions of justice and how those in the margins create vital spaces for resistance through knowledge production and alternative ways of being. She regularly works as a duo with Turab Shah.
Together with Turab Shah, she co-founded ‘Other Cinemas’ an artist-led project that uses film to bring people together to imagine and build just futures for Black and non-white communities.
Exhibitions and Collaborations Include:
Whitechapel Gallery, Jarman Awards 2025
National Portrait Gallery
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
Eye Want Change/ V&A
Awards & Grants Include:
Jarman Awards, Shortlisted in 2025
Best Short Doc, London Short Film Festival 2025
Best Short Doc, BlackStar Film Festival 2024
BFI Doc Society Ripple Effect Fund 2021
Serpentine Gallery / Support Structures for Support Structures 2021
Arts Council England 2020
International Women’s Media Foundation Grant 2019