Naziha Arebi

Arebi was born in 1984 to an English mother and Libyan father and was raised in Hastings, East Sussex.^[1] She studied film at Central Saint Martins in London.^[1]

Arebi moved to Tripoli, Libya during the 2011 uprising to explore her dual heritage and her fathers homeland.^[1][2][3] In 2012, she co-founded HuNa Productions, a Tripoli-based film collective.^[2][3]

Arebi directed and produced the film Freedom Fields, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).^[4][5][6] The film was subsequently shown at over 70 other international film festivals.^[2] It follows three women, their Libyan football team and the challenges they faced after the country descends into the 2011 civil war^[7] and was filmed over five years.^[8]

Her writings and photography have also been published in multiple magazines and newspapers.^[9] She has shot documentaries supported by news outlets Al Jazeera and The Guardian.^[2]

Arebi works as a programme consultant for Sheffield DocFest.^[2] She also works with organizations such as UN Women and BBC Media Action.^[10]

• Freedom Fields (2018)^[5]
• After A Revolution (2021)^[3]