Beri Shalmashi

Beri is a writer and director. During her studies at the Netherlands Film Academy, specializing in screenwriting, she won the Echo Award.

In the same year, Beri completed her MA at the Utrecht School of the Arts, graduating in directing with WEET DAT IK VAN JE HOU. For this, she was nominated for the NFF Student Award at the Netherlands Film Festival. Her One Night Stand, DE ANDER, written by her, premiered there, as well as the Los Angeles-shot LIEFS, and MESOPOTAMIË (winner of the NFF Student Award), also written by Beri. The magazine SKRIEN named her one of the ten greatest young film talents in the Netherlands.

She earned a nomination for the Golden Calf for Best TV Film for One Night Stand MAMA, which she co-wrote and directed with Sanne Vogel. Beri taught at the film academy in Iraqi Kurdistan, where she created the short film HEART ON FIRE. Recently, she wrote the short film HET FRONT and the TV film CASTING CALL.

For VONK, Beri writes columns on volkskrant.nl. She is also working on a script titled FOUR GATES.