Ghanwa Rana

Biography

Ghanwa Rana started photographing and filming family events at a very young age, using her father's material to imitate him. Her first models wer her sisters and friends. She hasn't followed any photographic studies. Over the years, she desired to combine her passion for photographic portraits and her studies. It pushes her to turn to a Master's degree in Cinematography with a specialisation in ethnographic film. In 2015, she wrote and directed her first film for school, named Rêve qui peut about the Parisian wanderings of two homeless "wanderers". It will be screened in 2016 at the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs (FIPA) in the "special sessions" section. The same year, she joined Collectif Fusion as a photographer-videographer. She joined, in 2017, Collectif Laisser Passer an initiative by students from University of Saint Denis, as an actor director and co-director on the play: Complots. Screenplay award at the Festival A Contre Sens of University Paris 3 in 2018. In 2019, she engages in the association Autism'Action 95 with the project La maison des papillons bleues. During several months, as a volunteer, she helps the team of the day care center for autistic children and directs Autonomes. Screened at the first autism fair in Gonesse in November 2019. This short documentary is screened in film theater as the first part of the film The Specials by Nakache and Toledano. She continues to work on photography and video projects for various associations. In September 2021, she joined the association Les Yeux de l'Ouïe, working in prisons to initiate prisoners to the audiovisual world, as part of their reintegration process. She is the referent of the internal video channel of the Hautes-Seine prison, Nanterre. MAKAN is her first live-action film.