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Sadia Pineda Hameed, Ilona Sagar, Rhea Storr, and Alia Syed person been shortlisted by Film London for this year’s Jarman Award.
The award, which is administered by nan section arts assemblage Film London, honors UK-based artists and filmmakers moving successful nan mean of experiential moving image. The award, of course, takes its sanction and inspiration from nan seminal British filmmaker Derek Jarman and comes pinch a £10,000 rate prize.
2026 marks nan award’s 19th year. This year, nan shortlist has been dropped from nan accepted six nominees down to four. Previously shortlisted artists see Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Oreet Ashery, Duncan Campbell, Monster Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Imran Perretta, Heather Phillipson, Charlie Prodger, Laure Prouvost, Elizabeth Price, James Richards, Sin Wai Kin and Project Art Works, each of whom went connected to beryllium shortlisted for aliases to triumph nan Turner Prize.
The Jury who selected this year’s shortlist are: Eve Gabereau, laminitis and main executive Officer astatine Modern Films; Woodrow Kernohan, Director astatine John Hansard Gallery; Luke Moody, Head of nan BFI Doc Society Fund; creator Hope Pearl Strickland; and Gilane Tawadros, head astatine Whitechapel Gallery.
Sadia Pineda Hameed is simply a Filipina Pakistani creator based successful nan Ebbw Valley, Wales. She is champion known for moving successful 16mm movie and hi8 video, sculptural installation, matter and performance. Her films person been selected for nan Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2026, nan Wales One World Film Festival 2026, FOCUS Wales 2026, and nan Queer East Film Festival 2025.
Ilona Sagar is simply a London-based creator and filmmaker, and resident of Somerset House Studios. Her activity has been presented internationally astatine venues including nan 24th International Exhibition astatine Triennale Milano, nan Serpentine Gallery, nan Barbican Art Gallery, nan Hayward Gallery, and nan Wellcome Collection.
Rhea Storr makes films that see Black, mixed-race and diaspora cultures, including her ain Bahamian-British ethnicity. She has precocious screened activity astatine MoMA Doc Fortnight. New York Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, and Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival.
Alia Syed was calved successful Swansea and has worked successful experimental movie for complete 40 years. Syed’s films person been shown astatine galore institutions astir nan world, including CCA Glasgow, Whitechapel Gallery, Yale Centre for British Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
