Small change, big impact!
Raabia Hussain a Multi-Award Winning Adventure Filmmaker who has completed her Degree at the Northern Film School. At a young age, she fell in love with Filmmaking and made it her career of dreams. Now she is recognised as an International Award-Winning Filmmaker. Being Deaf means that she lives and breaths in pictures, quite literally for her to help explain the emotions and reaction that human display without thinking. Raabia has a long passion for becoming a Natural History and Wildlife filmmaker. Raabia has worked on numerous mainstream documentaries and projects with an internationally well-known broadcaster, ITV. Her roles included directing, producing documentaries, and working on programmes including “This Is Deaf”. Her work has addressed issues such as Mental Health, Disability, de-stigmatising, inclusivity and the importance of activism that she travelled and created a short documentary, “Unheard Stories: Kenya” this is the story of Kenyans’ deaf and disabled.
Best Short Documentary
Two Deaf Travellers
London Movie Awards 2022
London
2022
Official Selection
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
GlobalGirl Film Festival 2021
London
2021
Official Selection
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
NAFCo Film Festival Series 2021
Pennsylvania
2021
Honorable mention
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase 2021
California
2021
Bronze winner in Independent Travel Video
Two Deaf Travellers
Japan World's Tourism Film Festival 2021
Kyoto
2021
People's Choice Award
Two Deaf Travellers
Equality and Diversity Film Festival 2021
London
2021
Gold Winner in Independent Travel Video
Two Deaf Travellers
International Tourism Film Festival Turkey 2021
Cappadocia
2021
Gold Winner in Independent Travel Video
Two Deaf Travellers
International Tourism Film Festival Africa 2021
Cape Town
2021
Official Selection
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
Cornerstone Short Film Competition 2020
Islamabad
2020
Official Selection
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival 2020
Brighton
2020
Official Selection - International Documentary Top 5
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
Focus on Ability Film Festival 2020
2020
Official Selection
Unheard Stories: My documentary on the lives of Kenya's Deaf
Rapport Festival: Black Film Festival 2020
London
2020
Official Selection
Two Deaf Travellers
Cornerstone Short Film Competition 2020
Islamabad
2020
Official Selection
Two Deaf Travellers
Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival 2020
Brighton
2020
Best Documentary Short (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
Beer Town Film Festival 2020
Burton
2020
Sliver winner in Independent Travel Video
Two Deaf Travellers
11th Amorgos Tourism Film Festival 2020
Amorgos
2020
Official Selection
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
VI International Film Festival Golden Frame
Kharkov, Ukraine
2019
Official Selection
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions May 2019
London, United Kingdom
2019
Official Selection
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
Cefalù film festival 2019
Cefalù, Italy
2019
Official Selection
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
Sole Luna Doc film Festival XIV edition
Treviso, Italy
2019
Official Selection
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
Sole Luna Doc film Festival XIV edition
Palermo, Italy
2019
Official selection, Best Film 2018
The Tale of Two Deaf Travellers
The Reel Challenge
budapest
2018
Official Selection
Two Deaf Travellers
Pune Film Festival 2021
Pune
Official Selected
Two Deaf Travellers
Anatolia International Film Festival 2021
Anatolia
Official Selected
Two Deaf Travellers
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival 2021
Toronto
Official Selected
Two Deaf Travellers
CAA Celebrating Abilities Virtual Film Festival 2021
California
Official Selected
Two Deaf Travellers
Inheritance Northern Visions 2021
Ireland
Short Documentary (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival 2021
Toronto
Documentary Film (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
International Media Arts Film Awards 2021
Documentary Short (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2021
Tokyo
Best Documentary Short Film (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film 2021
Istanbul
Best Documentary Short (Finalist - Top 3)
Two Deaf Travellers
Festival Deux Cans 2021
Gold Award in Independent Filmmakers
Two Deaf Travellers
Terres Travel Festival - Films & Creativity 2021
White Acacia for The Best General Sensibility of the Film
Two Deaf Travellers
Silafest 2021
1st place in Independent Travel Video
Two Deaf Travellers
ART&TUR - International Tourism Film Festival 2021
Finalist in Best Documentary Short Film
Two Deaf Travellers
The British Short Film Awards 2021
London
The Best Independent Travel Film
Two Deaf Travellers
Zagreb Tourfilm Festival 2021
Zagreb
Best Independent Travel Short 2021
Two Deaf Travellers
The CIFFT Awards 2021
Nickname
Ruby
Birth City
Oldham
Current City
Manchester
Gender
Female
Small change, big impact!
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