Cinephilia Productions

Founded in New York City in 2010, with a mission to champion the next generation of African and Middle Eastern storytellers and filmmakers, Cinephilia is a platform that occupies the space between ideation and production and is designed to embody storytelling as a genuine art form by creating a progressive space of inventive possibilities and novel ventures through various initiatives that provide

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01/27/2026

Cinephilia is pleased to announce the official selection for the Q1 2026 Cinephilia Film & TV Development Workroom cohort.

We are proud to welcome our new Cinephilia Fellows and their projects: 11 feature film projects, 2 short film projects, and 5 television projects selected from a highly competitive pool of 95 submissions.

Selected Feature Film Projects

Amir Arab — Project: Infinite Mirror
Arom Choi — Project: Moon
Artemis Grympla — Project: Luna di Miele
Danielle Fuller — Project: Farrin
Marie Surae — Project: The Nuns
Molly Lin — Project: Serotonin
Nicole de Meneses — Project: Last Bite
Nile Price — Project: Cul-de-sacs & Railroad Tracks
Nina Bhatt — Project: What We Leave Behind
Rawan Ali — Project: Last Summer
Sayed Mousavi — Project: Beneath the Zafron Sky

Selected Short Film Projects

Mary Hanna — Project: Studio 420
Teresa Castilho — Project: Mundane

Selected Television Projects

Andrea Vestrand — Project: On The Nut
Batoul Mourad — Project: Ajnabiyeh
David Quang Pham — Project: Photosynthesis
Grace Illingworth — Project: Diary of a Hitman
Lara Arafeh — Project: Provenance (working title)

Learn more about the projects and filmmakers www.cinephiliaproductions.com