Nida Naima Manzoor

Nida has won writing competitions with the Guardian, BBC, National Youth Theatre and Channel 4 and was named as a Broadcast HotShot for 2015.
She wrote and directed the short film “Arcade”, which was nominated for Best UK Short at Encounters Short Film Festival (2013), Best Short at Chicago International Film Festival (2013). Most recently she wrote and directed “7.2”, which was funded by Film London and premièred at the London Film Festival.

Nida has been commissioned by Big Talk to adapt “7.2” into a sitcom. In 2016, she is also adapting a book for ITV Studios and developing her first feature.

Ghazala

Cross Channel Film Lab 2016

A martial arts saga following Ghazala, a female warrior, who struggles to find her place in a new world as women become excluded from warfare.