A young Edinburgh director has been short listed for an Academy Award.

Edinburgh director Sara Ishaq has been selected as one of 5 finalists for the Best Short Documentary Award at this year’s Oscars.

Her film Karama has no Walls depicts the day when protesters in Yemen added their voices to those of other nations during the Arab Spring. The government responded with an attack that left 53 people dead and inspired widespread sympathy throughout the country.

Sarah studied at Edinburgh’s Scottish Documentary Institute (Edinburgh Art College) and qualified for an Academy award with her first film.

She became eligible for consideration by winning the Best Documentary Short award at EDINDOCS Documentary Film Festival in Edinburgh in 2012.

EDINDOCS is Edinburgh’s only dedicated Documentary film Festival and is held in late Autumn each year. It is also one of only a few Academy qualifying festivals in the World.

Submitted by Stuart McInnes

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