Musa Yawari is an emerging filmmaker who works on fiction and non-fiction projects. Currently based in Sydney but born and raised in one of the most high-risk areas in Pakistan, Quetta, his love for telling human stories started with taking photos of the aftermath of suicide blasts and terrorist attacks.

Having educational background from the University of Sydney, University of Texas at Austin and National College of Arts, Lahore, he has been telling stories as a writer, director, and cinematographer. He has penned down two feature films both because of an exchange program at Austin and one of the first screenwriting programs in Pakistan, Qalambaaz. Working as a Video Journalist at the BBC News for six years, Musa explored different areas of Pakistan in pursuit of telling untold stories. As a BBC trainer, he has trained his colleagues the art of effective storytelling. He specialises working under pressure as a producer and director in high-risk regions.

Musa has been part of multiple fellowship programs in Pakistan; Pakistan Photo Festival and Goethe Institute’s Film Talents Program. He has been working on the topics of migration, human trafficking, terrorism, and its aftermath. Currently, he is developing his feature documentary If I were a Prophet.