Suha Araj creates films that explore the displacement of immigrant communities. The Cup Reader, screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded The Next Great Filmmaker Award at the Berkshire International Film Festival and Baghdad International Film Festival. She has received support for her work from the Sundance Film Festival, Torino Film Lab, Independent Filmmaker Project, Berlinale Talent Project Market, CAAM and Cine Qua Non Lab. She is the 2018 recipient of Tribeca/Chanel Through Her Lens production for Rosa, which premiered at the Blackstar Festival in 2020 and was the recipient of the Best Short Narrative and the Lionsgate/Starz short film award and the Best Short Narrative Award at Woodstock Film Festival and aired on HBO. She is a 2021 Creative Capital Grantee and a 2022 Jerome Foundation Grantee and a Warner Media 150 Fellow for her feature comedy/thriller, Bowling Green Massacre. Her latest short, Mashed Potatoes launched at The Woodstock Film Festival in 2024.
