Rouzie Hassanova

BIOGRAPHIE

Rouzie is a Bulgarian born, Muslim raised, female filmmaker. She has written and directed a number of award-winning shorts and a feature film called Radiogram, which has screened at fifteen international film festivals and won three awards. Her graduation film Glashedy was awarded with Distinction at London College of Communications, where she studied Film and Video. Subsequently, she has directed the shorts The Portrait, the musical called Vicky which brought awareness of modern day slavery in the UK, and the internationally licensed short Tree without a Root. Her debut feature film Radiogram received the support of the Bulgarian National Film Centre, Bulgarian National Television, the Polish Film Institute and is a co-production with Solis Film, Turkey. The production received development finance from MEDIA, while the script has been developed at the renowned ScripTeast and EAVE workshops. Rouzie’s film industry experience includes roles in post-production, international film finance and distribution, production and drama development. In London, she worked as Sales Manager for HanWay Films and as Vice President, International Licensing and Distribution for Mister Smith Entertainment. Since moving to New Zealand with her Kiwi husband and family, Rouzie has worked as a Drama Development Producer for Great Southern TV and Development Executive at the New Zealand Film Commission. Currently, Rouzie is developing a comedy series set on the border of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece, which recently took part in the Torino NEXT TV Lab Workshop 2. She also has a feature film called Yeni which has been selected to take part in the Script to Screen FilmUp Mentorship.

FILMOGRAPHIE