Film Biz Chat: One on One with Filmmaker/Cinematographer, Martina Radwan

Martina Radwan, Director / Producer / Cinematographer 

Martina is a New York City-based, award-winning filmmaker. “Saving Face,” the 2012 Academy Award Winner for Short Documentary and Emmy winner, earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in 2013. Her recent work includes Food & Country, Boys State, Inventing Tomorrow, The Final Year, The Family I Had, The Promised Band, Through A Lens Darkly and Hot Coffee. Her narrative features include Under Construction (the first female directed feature in Bangladesh), Rain (the first female directed Bahamian feature), Gideon Raff’s American films Train and The Killing Floor, as well as the award-winning Singapore Dreaming. Her directorial debut Spring in Awe won the Media Awareness Award at the Media That Matters Film Festival in 2004 and the Best Editing Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival and was part of PBS’ New York Reel the same year. Her second film Aliens Among Us played theatrically at IDA’s DocuWeek, 2009 and at numerous festivals. In 2023, Martina premiered TOMORROW, TOMORROW, TOMORROW at DOC NYC, her first feature-length documentary as director/producer. 

Martina Radwan is a member of the Academy, Documentary Branch and BAFTA.