Shahida Tulaganova

History

"I am an award winning producer/director. Born and raised in Uzbekistan, I have lived in the UK for the last 20 years. I was a news and current affairs producer/reporter with the BBC (UK) and RFE/RL (Czech Republic). I've produced a number of documentary films, two of which won major prizes; 'Airport Donetsk', the story of the epic battle for Donetsk Airport in Eastern Ukraine, won Best Documentary at Artdocfest 2015, and 'How to Plan A Revolution', which followed the fight of young opposition leaders in Azerbaijan against an autocratic regime, wonthe Prix Europa for best current affairs television program in 2006. Lately, I co-produced Cries From Syria, directed by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, I have reported. from Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Turkey, and Somalia as well as across the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Asia. I am more known for my BBC Panorama feature 'My Fake Passports And Me', an investigation into passport forgery in Europe."

Movies

Ukraine: Kinder im Krieg
Ukraine: Kinder im Krieg
Director
The war in Ukraine told by children. A director gives the floor to young Ukrainians who share their experience, their emotions and their aspirations in the face of horror.
EXILED Rohingya
EXILED Rohingya
Producer
The silence behind the genocide of the Rohingyas in Burma.
EXILED Rohingya
EXILED Rohingya
Writer
The silence behind the genocide of the Rohingyas in Burma.
EXILED Rohingya
EXILED Rohingya
Director
The silence behind the genocide of the Rohingyas in Burma.
Airport Donetsk
Airport Donetsk
Screenplay
The Donetsk Airport, Ukraine. Rebuilt in 2012, but now a scene of utter devastation - shortly after Russian-backed separatists have taken it over. Weaving together the voices of fighters on both sides supported by battle video, we tell an unvarnished story of war through the eyes of those who were there. The desperate fight for an airport whose capture seems more symbolic than strategic, they also show how human nature can adapt - in sometimes disturbing ways - when one's life is on the line.
Airport Donetsk
Airport Donetsk
Producer
The Donetsk Airport, Ukraine. Rebuilt in 2012, but now a scene of utter devastation - shortly after Russian-backed separatists have taken it over. Weaving together the voices of fighters on both sides supported by battle video, we tell an unvarnished story of war through the eyes of those who were there. The desperate fight for an airport whose capture seems more symbolic than strategic, they also show how human nature can adapt - in sometimes disturbing ways - when one's life is on the line.
Airport Donetsk
Airport Donetsk
Director
The Donetsk Airport, Ukraine. Rebuilt in 2012, but now a scene of utter devastation - shortly after Russian-backed separatists have taken it over. Weaving together the voices of fighters on both sides supported by battle video, we tell an unvarnished story of war through the eyes of those who were there. The desperate fight for an airport whose capture seems more symbolic than strategic, they also show how human nature can adapt - in sometimes disturbing ways - when one's life is on the line.