Cross Continental Forum 2026
CCF Producer
Aeyliya Husain is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who is passionate about storytelling whose unique lens provides rare insights into lives, that gives audiences new perspective on the world around them. Her last film An Unfinished Journey, had its world premiere in Geneva at FIFDH and North American premiere at Hot Docs, broadcast on CBC, ARTE France, and ERT. Nominated for a Canadian Screen Awards and DGC awards. Shooting War premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, where the film was nominated for best short documentary. Some of her other works include the National Film Board of Canada produced film, ‘The World at Ten’, ‘Daughters of the Revolution’, and ‘The Fifth Region’. These films have screened at San Francisco Docfest; Glasgow Short Film Festival and São Paulo Film Festival and have been broadcast on CBC, BBC, RSI (Swiss Public TV), France 4, The Documentary Channel, SBS Australia, and Knowledge Network.