Maryam Hamidi

Maryam writes across screen, stage and radio. As a playwright her work includes Moonset (Citizens Theatre, 2023), which was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and The Words (A Play, a Pie and a Pint) which she adapted for BBC Radio 4. She has previously been a runner up for the Amnesty: Freedom of Expression Award,  a recipient of the Playwright’s Studio Scotl=and New Playwright’s Award and a Peter Shaffer commission for the Citizens Theatre.

For TV she was a guest writer for Vigil 2 (BBC), Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Sky) and Counsels (BBC) and wrote and directed two short films, Bahar (15’, 2021 Moquette films) and Bloody Love (7’, 2017 Clan Productions). She is currently developing her next short Welcome and her first feature film, Birthright with Screen Scotland, Moquette Films and Other productions. She was one of Screen International’s 2024 Rising Stars Scotland.