Adura Onashile is an award-winning Glasgow based Theatre artist and filmmaker. In 2020, she wrote and directed her screen debut, EXPENSIVE SHIT, which premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2020 and was BAFTA nominated. Her debut feature, GIRL, written and directed by Adura, premiered at The Sundance Festival 2023 as part of the World Dramatic Competition. GIRL was the opening film at Glasgow Film Festival 2023 and at the prestigious Black Star Film festival 2023 winning the Narrative Feature Prize.  Previously, she premiered an AR production with The National Theatre of Scotland. Ghosts invited participants to explore the myth of the collective amnesia of slavery and racialised wealth via a journey through Glasgow’s Merchant City and goes live in Spring 2021. She has written and directed two Theatre productions, HeLa and Expensive S**t for The Edinburgh fringe festival, winning a Fringe First, Edinburgh Guide Best Scottish Contribution to Drama and TOTAL and Amnesty nominations. Both shows toured nationally and internationally supported by the British Council. She was No. 5 in The List Magazine 100 2023, a 2021 screen star of tomorrow and is currently developing projects across film and TV.

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