Anisa Sabiri is a London-based writer-director originally from Tajikistan. 
Working as a tour guide across the mountains in Central Asia, she developed a career as a poetess before receiving a Tajik State Literature Award in 2014. 
Her films and projects in development have earned recognition at festivals and platforms, including Busan International Film Festival, Berlinale, Klassiki, Ji.hlava, Riga International Film Festival, goEast, Edinburgh Pitch and Asian Film Archive. A UK-Chevening Scholarship recipient, she undertook an MA in Screenwriting at the London Film School, winning the Outstanding Screenwriting Award (2021), sponsored by Final Draft, for her feature screenplay. 
Anisa lectured at institutions, including UNESCO, European Film Market, and TED Mastercard. Anisa is one of the contributors of the Independent Project by DISCO Network, Doc Society.
Anisa is an alumna of the UCLA documentary film program, Berlinale EFM Doc Toolbox-23, Sheffield Future Producers and BAFA & CHANEL Film Academy.