Mariam Ghani is a filmmaker, artist, and educator whose work has been showcased and collected globally. Her projects have been featured in iconic public spaces, including Times Square and LaGuardia Airport's Terminal C, as well as renowned museums such as the Guggenheim, Smithsonian, MoMA, and Metropolitan Museums. Her films have also been presented at prominent international biennials, film festivals, and exhibitions, including Documenta 13, the Liverpool, Lahore, Gwangju, and Sharjah Biennials, and the Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, Sheffield Doc/Fest, SFFILM, DOC NYC, and Ann Arbor film festivals.
Ghani's feature-length documentary, WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED, received critical acclaim and premiered at the 2019 Berlinale. It was later released theatrically in the US by Dekanalog and made its streaming debut on the Criterion Channel. The film is currently available through educational distribution with Good Docs, international distribution with Arsenal, and streaming on Docuseek and Ovid.
In addition to her feature work, Ghani has also created a number of short films, including THE FIRE THIS TIME, which was commissioned by Field of Vision and screened at BAMcinemaFest, BlackStar, and Ji.hlava IDFF in 2022. Her most recent multi-channel installation, WHEN THE SPIRITS MOVED THEM, THEY MOVED, is part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Ghani is also an educator and teaches film and video production at Bennington College. She co-produces her work through Indexical Films, a company she founded.
