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Rouzie Hassanova
Rouzie Hassanova is a Bulgarian born writer/director. She became interested in directing at High School and soon after she graduated, she moved to London in ‘98. Rouzie has been working in the film industry for almost a decade - from production, post production to film sales. Besides being a writer/director, she is also the Sales Manager for East Europe at Hanway Films, an international film sales agent. Selling films like Creation, Nowhere Boy and Harry Brown gives her a broad insight into the independent film finance, international market, distribution, marketing and most acutely the importance of having a great script.
To this date, Rouzie has completed three short films, 'Glashedy', her graduation project at London College of Printing (now called LCC) which was awarded with Distinction. Her short, The Portrait, was officially selected at six international film festivals and won an Accolade Award for Excellence in Film.
With Gramophone, Rouzie was recently nominated for the Robert Bosch Shiftung Prize and won Best Pitch at the Live! Ammo organized by Raindance and Women in Film and TV. She is also developing her next feature Nusha, which won her a free Screenwriting Course at the Met Film School and a development mentorship by the Script Factory, UK.