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Production designer
Nakisa Sanai
Born March 19, 2007 in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (age 19)
Nakisa Sanai is an emerging filmmaker and visual artist based in British Columbia, working primarily in stop-motion animation. Her practice centres on building tactile, handcrafted worlds that explore memory, girlhood, identity, and the emotional landscapes of growing up.
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Drawn to the quiet power of visual storytelling, she approaches film as both a technical and intimate process, constructing each frame by hand to create atmospheres that feel at once delicate and unsettling. Her work often blends fantasy with introspection, using symbolic imagery to reflect on themes of innocence, loss, and transformation.
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