Nushi Sharma
is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Vancouver, BC. She is a director, producer and visual artist with skills in screenwriting, editing, project management, graphic design, painting, drawing and screen-printing.
Nushi has received an Outstanding International Student Award, the Freda Springate Graduating Prize for Excellence in Film at the University of British Columbia. She has also won Best Screenplay and Best Editor at the annual POV Film Festival.
Nushi is passionate about interpersonal relationships, community and bringing her heritage to the west. She grew up in the Philippines and moved to Canada when she was 19. Here, she wrote and directed ‘Apoy’, a Filipino short thriller that premiered in the 2023 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. She directed her next short film The Archipelgo, which is making its festival rounds in 2025. She is a creative bug through and through, but she has great experience with assistant directing, project leading and editing.
Nushi wants to acknowledge that she is situated and making art on the unceded traditional territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Film
Apoy (2023)
The Archipelago (2024)
Visual Art
“ARCHIPELAGO”
Intaglio
Showcased at the AHVA Undergraduate Art Exhibition