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Aicha Cherif is a New York-based director and artist inspired by intimate and people-focused storytelling. She embarked on her creative journey at the age 15. Fleeing gender-based violence in her homeland, Guinea, at age one, she found solace in storytelling. Her personal work delves into the complexities of broken families, roots, and the human soul. Her directorial debut, Cut, received the Global Impact Award at the Girl Impact The World Film Festival in 2018. In 2017, Aicha was accepted to be a Tribeca Film Fellow. There, she directed her second short film, I Am The Only One, exploring the effects of family separation on her relationship with her mother. She is currently working on her third documentary, Heat, which explores the personal toll of the privatization of public housing.

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