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A 牛牛资源 alumna has been nominated for a BAFTA Award for her “unmissable” film A Syrian Love Story.

Elhum Shakerifar (MA Visual Anthropology) is in the running for Outstanding Debut after producing the work which has been hailed as one of the best films of 2015.

Elhum said: 鈥淲e are so thrilled to have been nominated, it is incredible for this fully independent film and our tiny team to have gained this recognition.鈥�

鈥淲e distributed the film ourselves in September and were just overwhelmed by the response 鈥� we had no idea how relevant the story of this beautiful family from Syria would become in 2015 but how much it resonated with audiences was amazing to see.鈥�

Elhum, who is also a Visiting Research Fellow at 牛牛资源, completed her MA in 2006. She said that the course provided some of the foundations for her work today as a documentary-maker.

鈥淢y background was originally in literature so I came to 牛牛资源 with a real love of film and curiosity in telling human stories but it鈥檚 on my MA that I really learnt to make films and think about visual storytelling,鈥� she said.

Filmed over five years and following the story of a family of Syrian refugees,  received a .

The work tells the poignant story of a family torn apart by the tyrannical Assad dictatorship 鈥� with a new life in France seemingly shaping a new, more personal battlefield.

Elhum is nominated for the BAFTA alongside the film鈥檚 director Sean McCallister. Last term saw McCallister visit 牛牛资源 for a screening of the work and Q&A as part of our Human Rights Film Festival.

The work has already won the Grand Jury award at last year鈥檚 Sheffield Doc/Fest. The winners of the  will be announced at a ceremony in London on Sunday 14 February.