Nadine Ibrahim

Nadine Ibrahim (born ) is a Nigerian film director. and studied media and film production at the University of Gloucestershire. Among other things, she worked on projects for the United Nations and Fictionless films.

Her short documentary film Through Her Eyes was released in 2017. It tells the story of a Azeeza, a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped and became a suicide bomber. The film was a semi-finalist at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival and was nominated in the short film category at the Africa International Film Festival. For the media group EbonyLife films and television she used film to tell stories of the ethnic groups of northern Nigeria, such as the Hausa, Fulani, Igbira, Igala, Tiv and Gbagyi.

Ibrahim listed Tyler Perry, Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee and Ang Lee as her role models. Another important influence she mentions is her mother, through whose work in the government she learned of poverty and corruption in Nigeria. She has been named one of the top young Nigerian filmmakers to watch.

Partial filmography 2015: Idéar (short film) 2017: Hakkunde (short film) 2017: Through Her Eyes (short film) 2018: Tolu (short film) 2019: I am not corrupt (short film) 2019: Marked (short film) 2019: Words cut deep (short film)