This film is part of the CANADIAN SPOTLIGHT First Films shorts programme.
Canada201010 minEnglish
Sami Khan
Sami Khan is a Canadian filmmaker who directed St. Louis Superman (2019), a short documentary that was shortlisted for the 2020 Academy Awards and was acquired by MTV Documentary Films. Khoya, his first fiction feature as writer-director, was selected for the Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access grant. Khan is also the director of Angel Dose and the PBS series Spice Road.
This film is part of the CANADIAN SPOTLIGHT First Films shorts programme.
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