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Rashida Seriki (born 27 February 1996) is a British-Nigerian writer and filmmaker raised in Hampstead, London.[1] She gained significant industry recognition early in her career when her debut short film,[2] The Fence (2018), won both the Future Film Lab Award and the BFI Patron's New Talent Award[3] at the BFI Future Film Festival.
Her 2024 short film Leaving Ikorodu in 1999[4] has screened at over 20 film festivals worldwide and won the City of Melbourne Grand Prix[5] at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2025, an award that qualifies the film for consideration for the Academy Awards Best Live Action Short Film 2026. The film was also longlisted for Best British Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2025,[6] nominated for Best British/Irish Short Film at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2026,https://thenollywoodreporter.com/news/akinola-davies-jr-rashida-seriki-wunmi-mosaku-earn-nominations-at-46th-lccf-awards/[7] https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/london-critics-circle-film-awards-2026-winners-1236647096/and nominated at the BlackStar Film Festival 2025.[8]https://www.screendaily.com/features/new-film4-head-farhana-bhula-talks-ambitions-producer-fee-deferrals-and-winning-over-youth-audiences/5209701.article
As a television writer, Seriki has contributed to We Are Lady Parts[9] (Channel 4/Peacock) https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/we-are-lady-parts-nida-manzoor-season-2-1235011164/ and EastEnders (BBC), and received a nomination for the All3Media Edinburgh TV Festival[10] New Voice Award. She was featured on ELLE's Women in Film and Television Power List[11] and holds a Masters in Black British Literature. She has multiple feature films currently in development.[12]
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[edit]- ↑ "Rashida Seriki - United Agents".
- ↑ "Lights, Camera, Nomination! Rashida Seriki-Balogun is Film's Next Big Thing". 13 February 2018.
- ↑ "22-year-old Nigerian filmmaker nominated for two awards at BFI Festival". 28 January 2018.
- ↑ "BFI and Film4 Greenlight Nine High-Budget Shorts Through Future Takes Fund". 28 September 2023.
- ↑ "'The Eviction', 'Leaving Ikorodu in 1999' among MIFF Shorts Award winners". 17 August 2025.
- ↑ https://www.bifa.film/news/bifa-2025-short-film-longlist-announced/
- ↑ "'One Battle After Another' Leads London Critics' Circle Film Awards Nominations – Full List". 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "BlackStar Film Festival Selects Four Nigerian Films for 2025 - Nollywood Reporter". 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "'We Are Lady Parts' Creator on Scaling up in Season 2". The Hollywood Reporter. 31 May 2024.
- ↑ "Amazon to Develop Drama from Fledgling British Writer After Selecting Finalists for WriterSlam Contest – Edinburgh". 22 August 2019.
- ↑ "40 for 40: The Women in Film and Television Power List". 19 February 2025.
- ↑ "Rashida Seriki - United Agents".
https://deadline.com/2023/09/disney-jennifer-lee-ampas-bill-kramer-london-film-festival-industry-forum-1235551041/ https://mubi.com/en/cast/rashida-seriki
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