Saodat Ismailova is a filmmaker and artist from Uzbekistan who came of age in the post-Soviet era and has established her artistic career between Paris and Tashkent. Interweaving rituals and dreams within the tapestry of everyday life, her films investigate the historically complex and multilayered culture of Central Asia. She graduated from Tashkent’s State Institute of Arts and Culture and Le Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Tourcoing. She founded the DAVRA research collective in Central Asia in 2021. In 2022, Saodat Ismailova participated in the 59th Venice Biennale, presented new work at documenta 15, and received the Eye Art & Film Prize, Amsterdam.
