01Profile
A Sara-Alghesheyan Photo
Sara-Alghesheyan
Filmmaker — Riyadh
03Interview
Name, where are you from?
Sara Alghesheyan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
What do you do?
Filmmaker.
Describe your style in three words?
Simple, '90s, practical.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
SZA 2018 CTRL.
If you could put any three bands in history on a lineup?
I don’t really listen to a lot of bands but I would nominate Destiny’s Child, Arctic Monkeys and Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue.
Which subcultures have influenced you?
I guess indie film culture influenced my filmmaking style.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Stanley Kubrick.
Where is your favourite independent venue?
Other Cinema is a long-standing bastion of experimental film, video, and performance in San Francisco's Mission District. In my time interning when I was going to college. I was introduced to film archiving and film making working at other cinema.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Princess Nokia.
02Playlist
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
'Ain’t No Sunshine' by Bill Withers.
A song that defines the teenage you?
'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' by Soulja Boy.
One record you would keep forever?
'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' by Kanye West.
A song lyric that has inspired you?
"If the sky is pink and white
If the ground is black and yellow"
From 'Pink + White' by Frank Ocean.
A song you wished you had written?
Any song by Otis Redding.
Best song to turn up loud?
'Goosebumps' by Travis Scott.
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' by Nirvana (covering Lead Belly).
A song to get you straight on the dance floor?
'Feelin' Myself' by Mac Dre.
Best song to end an all-nighter?
'Paper planes' by M.I.A.
Any new bands you’re into at the moment?
Haven’t been keeping up with new bands but loving seeing new female artists killing it.
03Interview
Name, where are you from?
Sara Alghesheyan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
What do you do?
Filmmaker.
Describe your style in three words?
Simple, '90s, practical.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
SZA 2018 CTRL.
If you could put any three bands in history on a lineup?
I don’t really listen to a lot of bands but I would nominate Destiny’s Child, Arctic Monkeys and Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue.
Which subcultures have influenced you?
I guess indie film culture influenced my filmmaking style.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Stanley Kubrick.
Where is your favourite independent venue?
Other Cinema is a long-standing bastion of experimental film, video, and performance in San Francisco's Mission District. In my time interning when I was going to college. I was introduced to film archiving and film making working at other cinema.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Princess Nokia.
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
'Ain’t No Sunshine' by Bill Withers.
A song that defines the teenage you?
'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' by Soulja Boy.
One record you would keep forever?
'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' by Kanye West.
A song lyric that has inspired you?
"If the sky is pink and white
If the ground is black and yellow"
From 'Pink + White' by Frank Ocean.
A song you wished you had written?
Any song by Otis Redding.
Best song to turn up loud?
'Goosebumps' by Travis Scott.
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' by Nirvana (covering Lead Belly).
A song to get you straight on the dance floor?
'Feelin' Myself' by Mac Dre.
Best song to end an all-nighter?
'Paper planes' by M.I.A.
Any new bands you’re into at the moment?
Haven’t been keeping up with new bands but loving seeing new female artists killing it.