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Comment: To establish that Goher meets our inclusion criteria, you'll need to find sources that provide significant coverage of her and her work. Are there any profiles of her in newspapers or similar? MCE89 (talk) 10:35, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
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Sarah Goher is an Egyptian-American filmmaker, born and bred in the South Bronx.[1] An alumna of NYU TISCH, Sarah worked on CAIRO 678, CLASH, AMIRA, and Marvel Studios' MOONKNIGHT.
Her directorial debut, HAPPY BIRTHDAY premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival garnering top awards:Best International Feature, Best International Screenplay, and the Nora Ephron award for a distinguished female filmmaker.[2] The film went on to win the Audience Award at Mill Valley film festival, Best Performance at Mostra Sao Paulo, Cinema for Humanity Audience Award at El Gouna Film Festival, Grand Prize at Cine Mujeres Madrid, Grand Prize at Heartland film festival.[3][4][5][6][7]The film has been selected as Egypt's official foreign feature nomination for the 98th Academy Award.[8]
Variety Magazine listed her in their 10 directors to watch for 2026[9] list.[9]
Sarah holds a dual degree, cum laude from NYU in Film & Television and Economics.
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edit- ↑ "Sarah Goher | Producer, Writer, Director". IMDb. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ Lewis, Hilary (Jun 12, 2025). "'Charliebird,' 'Happy Birthday,' 'Natchez' Top Tribeca Festival Award Winners". Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ "AwardsWatch - 'Hamnet' Wins Audience Award at 48th Mill Valley Film Festival". Oct 14, 2025. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ "49ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo". 49ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ Molloy, Tim (Oct 21, 2025). "Heartland $20K Grand Prizes Go to Debut Film Happy Birthday and Doc Jimmy & the Demons". www.moviemaker.com. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Ahmed Malek becomes first Egyptian to win Best Actor at El Gouna Film Festival - Screens - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Home". www.festivalcinepormujeres.com. Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- ↑ Jones, Marcus (Nov 4, 2025). "'Happy Birthday' Trailer: Jamie Foxx Produces What Could Become Egypt's First International Oscar Nominee". Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
- 1 2 Debruge, Peter (Dec 4, 2025). "Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2026: Kristen Stewart, Harry Lighton and Dave Green Among Honorees". Retrieved Dec 15, 2025.
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