Nana Duffuor is a first generation Ghanaian filmmaker based in New York City. Her work thoughtfully blends heart and humor to explore themes at the intersection of the personal and political. She recently graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Film MFA Program, and has been a recipient of the Adrienne Shelley Foundation Award for Female Director, the New York Women in Film & Television Scholarship, The Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Fellowship, and the Frameline Completion Fund.
In 2023, she made Columbia history as the first-ever student to direct an international short film in Ghana. Her film, Confirmation, premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and went on to screen at festivals across the U.S. and abroad, including the Academy Award-qualifying Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, where the film received Honorable Mention. Her graduate thesis short, Rainbow Girls, will premiere at Frameline, and its accompanying feature script is currently in development.
Filmography
Writer (3 Credits)
Rainbow Girls2025
Short, Student
Confirmation2023
Short, Student
Casual Encounter 2022
Short, Student
Director (3 Credits)
Rainbow Girls2025
Short, Student
Confirmation2023
Short, Student
Casual Encounter 2022
Short, Student
27 Awards & Selections
Official Selection & Frameline Completion Fund Recipient Rainbow Girls
Frameline Film Festival San Francisco, CA
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
HollyShorts Film Festival Los Angeles, CA
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
OutSouth Queer Film Festival Durham, NC
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Reel Queer Flix Oakland, CA
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Vancouver Queer Film Festival Vancouver
2025
Audience Award Rainbow Girls
New Orleans Film Festival New Orleans
2025
Best Student Produced Work / Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Santa Cruz Film Festival Santa Cruz
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Out on Film Atlanta
2025
New York Short Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award / Official Selection Rainbow Girls
NewFest New York
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Bushwick Film Festival Brooklyn
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
CinemaQ Festival Denver
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Black Harvest Film Festival Chicago
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Festival Pittsburgh
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Urbanworld Film Festival New York
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Brooklyn
2025
Official Selection Rainbow Girls
Diversity & Inclusion Film Festival New York
2025
Official Selection Confirmation
New York African Film Festival New York
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
Micheaux Film Festival Los Angeles, CA
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
Accra Indie Film Festival Accra
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
Bushwick Film Festival Brooklyn
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
African Film Festival Atlanta Atlanta
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
Black Harvest Film Festival Chicago, Illinois
2023
Official Selection Confirmation
Reel Sisters of the African Diaspora Film Festival Brooklyn, NY
2023
Official Selection Casual Encounter
Newark Short Film Awards Newark
2022
Best Actress in a Narrative Short Film Award Casual Encounter