Roxy Rezvany is a BIFA and London Critics Circle nominated British writer-director. Born in London; she has a particular interest in telling conventional narratives from underrepresented points of view, particularly when it comes to the themes of ‘family’ and ‘home’. Roxy elevates her work and subjects through distinctive art direction and engaging dialogue. Her directorial debut, Little Pyongyang (2018), was the recipient of several awards, and premiered internationally in competition at CPH: Dox and locally at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Combining visual art and journalism, it has been named one of the best documentaries available online by Wired and was distributed via The Guardian Documentaries, with a total online audience of over 300k views to date. She was interviewed on BBC World News about the film’s first-of-its-kind access to the North Korean community in the UK and was on the cover of Broadcast’s “Hotshots” issue. Her follow up documentary film, Wifi Rider (2020), for which she was awarded a One World Media fellowship, was a prize winner at the Torino Short Film Market. It premiered on television in the US on Topic, as part of Roger Ross Williams’ “One Story Up” series and went on to tour with Film London’s Art and Moving Image Network’s ‘Selected 11’. It premiered online on Nowness and as a Vimeo Staff Pick. Her debut scripted shorts, Honesty (2021) and Photo Booth (2022) have screened in competition at several festivals across the UK including Edinburgh, Cambridge and Leeds, and garnered nominations at the BIFAs and London Critics Circle awards.